[VHFcontesting] 10 ghz

[Zack Widup]

Guess I didn't send this summary to the group yet. This is just a summary;
I haven't figured out a score (not much reason for that till after the
second weekend).

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Well, it was an interesting weekend. I wish the few people who couldn't
make it had been present also.

I started out on a hill in EN50rl on Saturday morning. It was raining when
I got there and continued raining for an hour or so. I sat and waited for
it to end. Finally it did, and I worked W9SNR and W9ZIH from there. I tried
to work W9FZ/KA9VVQ with no luck. Also tried working K3SIW, who was at
home, with no luck. He said he had lossy feedline problems. I then drove to
Greene Valley Landfill EN51xr where I met with Jim W9SNR. I worked W9ZIH,
W9FZ and KA9VVQ from there. Garry K3SIW was in EN52sa but got
rained/stormed out, so I didn't get to try with him. Jim and I also tried
to work K2YAZ with no luck. Jim left mid-afternoon. Late in the afternoon a
rainstorm came up. There were also high winds. I was concerned about the
winds so I took the station down while the storm went through. It passed
through at about 5:30. I tried calling W9SNR on the phone but didn't get
through to him. I later got a message that he was set up in EN62ad. We
didn't get a chance to work. Also, W9FZ and KA9VVQ had moved to a new area
but the timing didn't work out. The park people started making motions to
have us leave the hilltop at about 5:45. It closes at 6 pm. So I packed up
and drove to my mom's house close by to sleep overnight.

Sunday morning I drove to EN52sa. I worked Jim W9SNR on both 10 and 24 GHz
a little after 8 am. Jim was in EN62ad. Then moved to a different spot in
EN52sa and worked W9ZIH, W9FZ and KA9VVQ from there. I tried to work
Herbert AF4JF in St. Louis but neither of us heard the other. I had to be
back in Champaign by mid-afternoon, so I packed everything up and left
EN52sa around 10 am.

I think the couple hours I was active on Sunday was just as good as the
whole day on Saturday for me. There was a lot of rainscatter on Saturday
but no particular signal enhancement beyond that. No rainscatter and no
particular enhancement on Sunday.

Looking forward to the September weekend when I'll be driving along the
Wisconsin shore of Lake Michigan.

73, Zack W9SZ


On Wed, Aug 24, 2016 at 3:30 PM, Herb Krumich via VHFcontesting <
vhfcontesting at contesting.com> wrote:

> I have not seen any reports about who did what during the 10 ghz contest.
> We have our amp now repaired, and will get the box back on the tower this
> fall.
> Summer has been far to hot
> Who did what ?
>
> Herb at WA2FGK
> I even looked at 3830 and don't even see the contest listed
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