[VHFcontesting] 432 Sprint

[George Sintchak/WA2VNV]

Most of the activity was in the first 1st hour or so - then very slow to 
find/get new contacts. IMD was a little rough during that 1st hour, I went 
way above or below .100 but seemed like no one tuned up & down very far. I 
would sit and call from SW thru NE for abt 10 min every 45 degrees or so 
then I would go looking.

All in all conditions were pretty flat, the long NE coastal tropo up to FN95 
got used up the previous two nights, just like what happened last week right 
after the 222 sprint. And so it goes.

I needed one more grid to crack 500 pts. I'm running 100 Watts & 28 el M2 
yagi at 65 ft.
35 Q's & 13 Grids = 455 total claimed score.

Tnx to K9JK - John Kalenowsky & W4SHG - Steve Gilmore, for their efforts 
running (and scoring) these sprints.

73's & See ya all for the 903+ 1296 run. That's as high as I go for now.

George, WA2VNV, FN30kv.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Tripp (K1IIG)" <stephen.tripp at snet.net>
To: <VHFcontesting at contesting.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 24, 2008 12:06 PM
Subject: [VHFcontesting] 432 Sprint


Another fun sprint with fair conditions in FN31. Struggled to work a few
good ones including, FN35,FN13,FN10,FN33, FM28 &FM29. Using a single FO22 at
60' but do have 1200w of power which has caused a bit of a struggle trying
to pick out the weak ones that hear me. To all that kept trying and going to
CW, Tnx. Time for a preamp on tower and new antennas.  Interestingly, I was
hearing W8JV in Ohio, EN91 most of the evening on CW and even with my power
was unable to raise him. At times he did have some wild multipath but other
times very clean Q5 signals. Perplexed I are..hihi

Thanks to all the sponsors and hope to catch you next week on 903 (hate that
noisy shared band), 1296 and 2304.

Gl to everyone in upcoming contests.
Steve
K1IIG

Worked hard to get this poor score.   43Q, 15 grids,  score of 645


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