[VHFcontesting] K1DY 432 Sprint report

[Bill Olson]

Hi all, Well an interesting evening. I took the rover out and went to my spot in FN54JM, same as where I was quite successful on 2M two weeks ago. This site is on a ridge at over 1000ft ASL and while it has some trees in the way, they are a pretty thin stand and didn't seem to be a factor on 2. Conditions seemed pretty flat and signals from FN31, K1TEO and WZ1V, seemed weaker than normal.. I struggled thru but heard nothing on skeds with FN10 and FN20.. Around 8:30, I decided it was pretty useless so pulled up stakes and headed home. On the way I passed a site a couple miles away, not as high but totally clear, and decided to run up there.. I set up and immediately heard stations louder than I did from the original site (shoot, maybe the trees were more of a factor than I thought they would be! - or maybe conditions changed - who knows!?). Worked a 4th FN42 station, then FN30 and by then it was time for my sked with Mike, WB2RVX, in FM29, NJ. What the heck.. Tuned down to .075 and bang there he was! Q5 S-2 or so. We easily worked on CW over this 439 mile path! So I figured maybe I would work a few more DX stations when the RIG stopped working.. Oh well, turned out to be a cable pulled loose on the band switching box, but was hard to troubleshoot in the dark, and I had been heading home anyway.. Apologies to those I may have missed at that point!
 
9 Q's
6 Grids
yippee!
 
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bill, K1DY