[VHFcontesting] 10 gigs + contest results???

[Zack Widup]

My first time in this contest.  I only worked one station - W9ZIH - from 
EN62cc on Sunday morning and then from EN50rl on Sunday evening. Both on 
10 GHz. My total points for the first weekend were 100 + 92 (km) + 160 
(km) = 352.

I set up in EN62cc on Saturday evening for an hour but heard no one on 
from 144.230 through 144.260 and no one on 10G. A large thunderstorm to 
the east produced no rainscatter QSO's.

I set up at the same site again on Sunday morning and worked Ron, then 
tried to work several others to the east who were on 144.260.  Neither I 
nor W9ZIH could hear most of them.  I believe they had propagation to the 
east but not to the west at that time.

My tripod then fell down and bent the feed to my 10G dish.  I drove back 
to Champaign and repaired the feed.  Then in the evening I worked W9ZIH 
from EN50rl.  Signals were pretty decent, so we also worked each other on 
3456 and 5760 just for fun. I listened for others on 10G but dd't hear 
anyone from there and no one else on 144.260 either.

By the way, W9ZIH has a 5760 beacon at the QTH of WB9Z (I think that's 
EN60br).  It is almost exactly on 5760.000 and I think Ron said it is 
aimed to the northwest.  I could hear it in EN50rl to the northeast last 
night.

73, Zack W9SZ


On Mon, 22 Aug 2005, Bill Burgess wrote:

> The first half of the 10 gigs and up 'test has now passed.  Lets start seeing some results here.
> 
> Did anybody exceed past results for the first weekend oin the contest?
> 
> Bill   VE3CRU
> 
> Email: ve3cru at rac.ca