[VHFcontesting] 2 Meter Sprint

[Jeffrey Guenther]

Hello,

I am new to the Sprint, although I do operate to give out points or QSOs,  I 
only worked 4 stations.  N2NT only 116.1 miles away.

I tried calling CQ on CW on 144.204 for 15 minutes, but only got one reply.

100 watts and 11 element beam at 12 feet.

Surely the little guy in the group.

Jeffrey - KA2BKG
Bel Air, MD
FM19tm

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <WA2TEO at aol.com>
To: <vhfcontesting at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 08, 2014 11:29 AM
Subject: [VHFcontesting] 2 Meter Sprint - K1TEO


> 106 X 30 grids. Activity was better than last year and despite heavy rain
> and wind condx seemed normal. Best DX was W0LD in FM05 to the south, K8TQK
> in  EM89 to the west, and K1WHS to the Northeast. No FM18 or FN11 was 
> worked.
> I did  work 6 in FN25 and FM17 which is very unusual. And, I believe I
> worked more VE's  (16) than in any contest over the 25+ years I've lived 
> in CT -
> great job guys  and tnx!
>
> I operated most of the first 3.25 hours before heading off to watch the
> second half of the basketball game. One thing that made a difference this 
> time
> was the use of the chat page. Last year when it was allowed I found it
> didn't  make much of a difference. This time there many stations on the 
> page
> which made it an effective means to hook up with others. I'm sure either 4 
> or
> 5  of my grids would not have been worked had I not used the Internet to
> arrange a  sked with the other station. I have mixed feelings about it, 
> but
> given the  current level of activity I would say it was very positive (In 
> the
> 1990's I  worked over 200 stations during sprints on 2M)
>
> Tnx for the Q's. If I get on for the 222 or 432 sprints it will be late as
> unfortunately have conflicts both nights.
>
> 73, Jeff K1TEO
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