[VHFcontesting] N0JK EM08 QRP Port.

[jon jones]

Slow contest out here in the heartland. Hot and windy both days. I operated 
QRP Portable about 5 miles west on Nickerson, KS on a bluff overlooking the 
Arkansas River in EM08.

6M  24 Qs  20 Gs   MFJ-9406, 2 el yagi

2M   3 Qs   3 Gs    IC-706,  halo

Total:  27 Qs, 23 Gs, 27 QSO Points = 621 points

High winds blew down mast with 70 and 23 cm antennas, broke both of them. 
Managed to keep 6M yagi up, but by end of the contest the wind had twisted 
the elements around and it looked like a windmill. Worked VA6AN do42 and 
KC4PX el98 near the end of the contest - nice geographic spread. Loud 6M 
signals from K8GP, N3EMF, K2BAR, NT0V and VE5UF. Heard lots of weak stuff 
couldn't work with 10 watts. Alot of work for not much of a score - but glad 
to give out the rare grid.

- Jon N0JK



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