[VHFcontesting] Sept VHF QSO Party Es

Zack Widup w9sz at prairienet.org
Sun Sep 9 13:51:53 EDT 2007


It rained here all day Saturday and I never got the antennas up.  Today 
I'm on 50-432 but I either have a problem with 432 or the band is really 
rough today. Equipment seems OK with a 1.1 SWR on the 432 beam.

6m is dead except for the WR9L beacon about 90 miles north of me.

73, Zack W9SZ EN50vc

On Sun, 9 Sep 2007, jon jones wrote:

> Nice contest Es opening on 6 Meters all afternoon Saturday. Saw N5TIF 
> spotted. :-)
>
> Here in north central Kansas, stations in Mississippi and Alabama were very 
> loud. I worked several running my old MFJ-9406 (10 watts) and a dipole.
>
> Es openings are rare in the September contest and a widespread oone like 
> yesterday's a pleasant treat.
>
> GL in the contest to all.
>
> - N0JK em28
>


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