[VHFcontesting] Sept 09 Contest summary and analysis

[George Sintchak/WA2VNV]

I guess I was the only FN30 multiband station for this contest. Conditions never really improved much after all the rain stopped. There was a little enhancement South to FM16 late Sat ~11PM till ~ 12:30 AM when I called it quits for the night. Worked 144 & 432 down there to a few stations but activity was down as most had gone to sleep. Nothing to the North. Other than that, conditions were flat to poor and never picked up. 6M never opened up at all from here.

Results for me where better than last Sept'08. Having added CW capability definitely helped me on 903 & 1296, also did 1 or 2 CW Q's on 432 & 144. 

ANALYSIS: Sept 07 was my best total score so far with old antennas and only 4 element beam on 222.  In '07 on 222,  I did 49 Q's & 22 grids. In 08 & 09 with big new M2 15 element  222 antenna I only did 35 Q's and 14 or15 grids !!!  See what all that work & $$$ did for me - ha ha. I guess it's all conditions & activity. Maybe I don't want to know all this......

Total Scores Summary for past few years:
Sept 09, 33117, Op time ~16 Hrs.
Sept 08, 31476, Op time 16 hrs,
Sept 07, 47187 (6 bands & old antennas - I did more grids, but abt the same number of QSOs as Sep09 - better conditions???)
Sept 06, 16835 (5 bands plus limited 222 FM mode. Old antennas on 144 & 432, only 4 element beam on 222.)
Sept 05, 8816 - the good old days - only 6, 2 & 432.

Sept 09 
Band       QSOs X pt =  QSO pts.  X   Grids   =     Points
    ---------------------------------------------------------------
    50         65     1      65            15            975 
    144        91     1      91            20            1820 
    222        35     2      70            15            1050 
    432        44     2      88            15            1320 
    903        11     3      33            7             231 
    1296       16     3      48            10            480 
    2304       1      4      4             1             4 
    ---------------------------------------------------------------
    TOTALS     263           399           83            33117 

73's,
George, WA2VNV, FN30kv
Single OP- Low Pwr