[VHFcontesting] Jan Contest

[George Sintchak/WA2VNV]

Steve - good going, but you left out the secret high security 2 tin cans 
w/string spotter network - whoops, no RF radio here, can't use it.  It 
probably won't make the "capable of 1 kM" rule anyway.

The rules are getting kinda complicated with all the possibilities for 
helping make a possible contact. After all is said and done (scheduled, 
spotted, announced, QSY to freq xx.xx, run the bands, etc), you still have 
to make the RADIO QSO exchange to complete the contact. i.e. point/swing the 
beam, listen into the noise/QRM, hear/see/decode the info, log it correctly, 
and transmit your info back, AND, keep all your equipment running without 
blowing it up (what's that resistor burning smell ?!?).  I'm leaving out the 
radio(s), tower(s), climbing, coax, antennas, computers and $$$ involvement 
you already made to the effort to keep all this working in any type of 
good/bad weather. Some people think boating (or fishing, golf, airplanes, 
horses, etc - fill in the blank) is expensive - we just have a different 
love - or is it an affliction? - are we having fun yet or what?

Not exactly an easy task at VHF/UHF even with help of computer logging - 
remember paper logs and dupe sheets that took endless days to review until 
you were blind - you know "the good ole days" - hi hi. Technology marches 
on. I guess I'm having too much fun keeping all this going. (except when the 
logging program crashes)

I was only able to squeeze in ~4 hours of scattered operating time due to 
previous family/birthday surprise party (unknown to me) that took up most of 
the weekend. However, I did get to check out the many new antennas and 
improvements I had made over the past several months since the Sept contest.
My score, Single OP Low Power, 123 Q's 44 grids, total 10076, on 50 thru 
2304. Not too bad for 4 hours. Past Jan scores ran 17-19 k points.

73's till the next contest/sprint,

George, WA2VNV, FN30kv


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "K1IIG" <stephen.tripp at snet.net>
To: <VHFcontesting at contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, January 25, 2008 11:23 AM
Subject: [VHFcontesting] Jan Contest


Finally got my email posting problem cleared up, thanks to list 
adminstrator. I truly enjoyed the contest and also enjoyed the posts on this 
service. Now operating on 7 bands, 6m-2304 with 4 radios and pleased with my 
score but is lousy compared to other sysops. Did it the old fashion way, no 
pingponging, internet or landline skedding, wifi, diskjockeying, wsjt and 
not even a dvr. If others use these methods of contesting and it is legal, 
go for it. Have fun, that's what it is all about.I live in a tough ham area 
with a lot of high power contesters such as K1TEO, WZIV and other power 
houses, a couple towns away plus a neighbor one street away. I too run high 
power and wish to compliment them and all the hams in this area who did such 
a great job "bobbing and weaving" to avoid each other. Not once did I hear a 
complaint nor did I give one, yet we had to kill each other at times. With 
50 years of ham radio under my belt, I feel lucky to be surrounded by these 
polite operators a
 nd knowledgeable hams which a few gave me some great help with my contest 
station. Now if I can clean up my act, hone my operating skills and some of 
the big guns take up another hobby, I might have a chance..hihi

73's to all and cu in June or maybe a sprint of two..
Steve
K1IIG
Band Q's,Grids  shown

50 110 23, 144 121 20, 222 23 8, 432 48 11, 903 11 4, 1296 18 4, 2304 7 3

SCORE= 39785

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