[VHFcontesting] K1WHS 222 sprint

[WA2TEO at aol.com]

Dave - ur antennas were working well - u were very loud down this way.  
Totals here were 43 X 21 for 10991 distance points. Tnx for the Q's. I will be  
only be on late for the 432 sprint. Hope to see a few hearty souls still on 
the  air!
 
73, Jeff K1TEO
 
 
In a message dated 4/17/2013 3:26:32 P.M. GMT Daylight Time,  
k1whs at metrocast.net writes:

Here is  my story.
144 Sprint: Turn on the 144 MHz gear for the first time on the  144 Sprint. 
The 12 volt supply craps out and puts 23.6 volts into my K3,  my DEMI 
transverter, sequencer, and Teletek solid state amplifier.   Stuff really 
hit 
the fan that time.
222 MHz Sprint:  At 2230 UT, I  turned on the 222 gear for the first time 
this Spring. No 12 volts  anywhere. Discover the 12 volt regulated supply 
(a 
different one) has no  output. Find blown fuse. Replace fuse. 2nd fuse 
blows 
too. Went home and  found some stuff to rewire a new power supply into the 
shack. I got on  about 2330 UT and operated until about 0200 UT. This 
morning 
I turned on  the laptop to check the distances for my 35 QSOs and find that 
the IBM  laptop has died. It won't even beep at me. All I hear is a fan  
noise.  So I don't have a log! I give up.
I found  conditions very poor with very high winds. At times the line 
noise was  ramping up to about S7. No good DX heard. I worked only 14 grids 
with no  local activity to my northeast at all. Missed FN33 FN44, FN54, 
FN53 
etc.  Many local grids were empty. Nothing worked past FM29 to the SW, and 
FN12  to the west. I spent a lot of time with the beam west too. Very  
discouraging. I finally got FN32 when KJ1K went back home around 10 PM. He  
was my only FN32 contact. I did find VE2JWH in FN35 though. Around 10PM I  
heard K1TEO working KO4YC. I had the antennas aimed right at KO4YC but  
heard 
nil at any time.  Activity was either really bad, or my antenna  is busted!
End result... no log and no score!  Winter can  be harsh on an unheated 
shack. At this point I should probably skip the  432 Sprint to preserve 
what 
little sanity I am still clinging  to.
73
Dave K1WHS

-----Original Message----- 
From: Zack  Widup
Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2013 10:02 AM
To: VHF Contesting  Reflector
Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] K1DS/R 222 sprint

I was  planning on going to a hilltop to operate but a line of
thunderstorms went  through here all night. Rained out.

I forgot about the 144 MHz Sprint  till it was over. The VHF contesting
season is not starting out well for  me. Hopefully the 432 Sprint will
be on a dry night.

73, Zack  W9SZ


On 4/17/13, Rick R <rick1ds at hotmail.com> wrote:
>  Things were quite slow last eve to start, but then they seemed to pick  
up
> after the first 30 mins. I forgot to raise the antenna after  getting on
> site--but remembered after those first 30 mins! Operated in  FN20 and then
> after an hour went to FM29. Totals were 24 QSOs and  distance of 4325 Km. 
> Tnx
> to all were on the air.
> The  newest versions of the  W3KM loggers do automatic distance scoring  
for
> the Spring Sprints.   73, Rick, K1DS
>
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