[VHFcontesting] W3SO LM FN00 WPa ARRL Jan VHF

[Ed Steeble]

W3SO, LM, FN00, WPa section ARRL Jan VHF Contest

6M: 356/56
2M: 418/61
222: 110/36
432: 177/40

Totals: 1061/193  Score = 260,164

Operators: AI3M, W3BTX, W3IDT, W3SF, W3YOZ, WR3Z, and K4VV.

WX not so bad
.maybe 1-2" of snow after 4" 
earlier before we got there.  The plowing made 
going up the mountain fine. The normal amount of 
snow on the ground for this time of the year is 
18 inches. We dodged the ice. Monday AM ice formed on the antennas and trees.

On 6M, we had a couple of spurts out to W0/W5 for 
~11 grids, but other than a few in W9-land, all 
the rest were in W1/2/3/4/8.  On 2m we penetrated 
farther out than normal. We didn't have the 500w 
220 amp for this contest so the 220 totals are 
down. Overall, we felt the rates were good except 
for when the football games were on.

We shut down everything during a few hour period in the middle of Sat night.

A lot of the big guns were absent this time 
(mainly the January issue).  No W4IY, K8GP, 
K3YTL.  W2SZ was on but probably from home
their 
sigs were real down compared to normal.  Didn't hear K9NS.

For the Wopsononock Mountaintop Operators,
Ed, K3IXD