[VHFcontesting] Fwd: ARRL June VHF KR1ST SO 3Band LP

[Alex]

                    ARRL June VHF Contest

Call: KR1ST
Operator(s): KR1ST
Station: KR1ST

Class: SO 3Band LP
QTH: FN21fk, EPA
Operating Time (hrs): 22
Radios: SO2R

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
-------------------
    6:  267   103
    2:   39    16
-------------------
Total:  306   119  Total Score = 36,414

Club: 

Comments:

Rigs: IC-7300 (6m), IC-275H (2m)
Pwr:  100W on 6 and 2m
Ants: 3 elements 6m yagi M2 6M3 @28ft
      9 elements 2m yagi M2 2M9SSB @32ft
      2m ground plane @24ft for FM
Elev: 1900+ ft

I almost tripled my score from last year due to antenna improvements
(going from
loops to yagis), station improvements, and the great openings on 6
meters on
both Saturday and Sunday. I had planned on adding an 18 elements yagi
for 432,
but changed my mind because it wouldn't be worth the investment if 6
meters
would open up, as it did. Perhaps later. 

I always have mixed feelings about 6 meters opening up big during a VHF
contest.
The contest basically turns into yet another HF contest with a different
exchange. Don't get me wrong, it's fun when it does, but the magic band
can take
out some of the magic that makes a VHF contest what it is to me: working
stations on different bands with increasing challenges when you go
higher in
frequency. I did concentrate on operating mostly SSB on 6 meters and
resorted to
FT8 if not many new stations were to be worked for a while. 

Two firsts for me: meteor scatter on 6m, and FM on 2m. Below is a
band-mode
breakout.

Thanks for all the QSO's, the rovers for their hard work activating many
grids,
and the ARRL for sponsoring the contest.

73,
--Alex KR1ST (FN21fk)

Band-Mode breakout:

 Band   Mode  QSOs     Pts  Grd  Pt/Q
    50  FT8    109     109   28   1.0
    50  MSK1     2       2    2   1.0
    50  USB    156     156   73   1.0
   144  FM       1       1    0   1.0
   144  FT8      2       2    1   1.0
   144  USB     36      36   15   1.0