[VHFcontesting] 6 Meter Sprint Report

[Bob Mantell]

I sold my FT-847 a few weeks back, so the only 6 meter rig I had was the 10 watt Kenwood TS-600.   I was not planning to be home, but at the last minute my evening opened up.
 
I dusted of the TS-600 and then remembered the 6 meter yagi was still down after the storm took out my trees.  So I used my MFG-949 tuner to dial up(or down?) the 5 element 10 meter yagi I had gotten back on the air last week.  It is only up twenty feet, but works good for 10 band openings.
 
First call I hear is Bob, W4ZST who is about 48 miles away over some rough terrain,  NE is not my best VHF direction, so things are looking good..  I hear 3 other stations he works, so I move up a few kc and call CQ for 10 mintines, but no one comes back. 
 
I wind up working only 6 of the 21 staions I hear,  working only folks in my same grid other than the first one.  Did not hear any of the stations to the south that I can regularly work.
 
 
Results 6 QSOs 2 grids
 
Does 10 watts count as QRP?
 
  


73 de Bob,
 
 K4ESA EM74qc
 
Bob Mantell
k4esa at yahoo.com