[VHFcontesting] 2 Meter Sprint

[W3cmp at aol.com]

Hello everyone:
 
     It was a lot of fun getting back on 2 meters for  the first time in 
close to a year.  I had to reacquaint myself with the  TS-590 and of its bells 
and whistles.  Transverter worked as it should, as  did Lunar Link.  Keyer 
paddle needed contacts wiped with paper and  thumbscrews tightened (sorry 
for my poor cw), but once I got paddle  adjusted everything worked well.   
It's been so long I forgot a lot of  names I should have had on the tip of my 
tongue.
     I was on for about 3 1/2 hours while working  on UKSMG Six News 
magazine column on computer.  Worked 54  contacts in 23 grids.  Best was K9MRI to 
the west, NG4C and N4EME to the  south, VA3ELE/R to the northwest, and K1HC 
to the northeast.  Wish there  were more stations on.
 
73,  Chris Patterson W3CMP