[VHFcontesting] 144 MHz Sprint results

[Dan Evans]

I had a good time playing with the sprint yesterday!
I turned the rig on a few minutes after 7:00 and scanned the band up and down on SSB.  I did hear a couple of stations on 144.200 that seemed to be chatting somewhere to the south, but they were right at my noise so I could never copy enough to make a call.  Not surprising for southern Indiana and my modest station.  I couldn't swing buying a bigger amp this year, maybe next year...
So, I tuned down to .174 and tried FT8.  I quickly worked half a dozen station.  I went on to work 10 stations in 6 grids in about 2 hours of operating time.  Heard a few more stations in the EM84, EM85, EM86, area, but couldn't get their attention. Doesn't sound like much, but it's probably a record sprint for me!
73Dan, K9ZF
START-OF-LOG: 3.0CREATED-BY: N3FJP's VHF Contest Log 6.3CONTEST: ARRL-VHF-JUNCALLSIGN: K9ZFLOCATION: HARCATEGORY-OPERATOR: SINGLE-OPCATEGORY-STATION: PORTABLECATEGORY-TRANSMITTER: ONECATEGORY-POWER: LOWCATEGORY-ASSISTED: NON-ASSISTEDCATEGORY-BAND: ALLCATEGORY-MODE: MIXEDCLAIMED-SCORE: 60OPERATORS: K9ZFNAME: ADDRESS: ADDRESS-CITY: ADDRESS-STATE-PROVINCE: ADDRESS-POSTALCODE: ADDRESS-COUNTRY: EMAIL: QSO:   144 RY 2019-09-23 2340 K9ZF              EM78   W7JW              EN82QSO:   144 RY 2019-09-23 2344 K9ZF              EM78   KE8FD             EM64QSO:   144 RY 2019-09-23 2352 K9ZF              EM78   WB8ART            EM79QSO:   144 RY 2019-09-23 2354 K9ZF              EM78   WB8VSU            EM79QSO:   144 RY 2019-09-23 2356 K9ZF              EM78   W8PLZ             EM79QSO:   144 RY 2019-09-23 2358 K9ZF              EM78   KB8ZR             EM79QSO:   144 RY 2019-09-23 2359 K9ZF              EM78   KD8JQ             EN91QSO:   144 RY 2019-09-24 0005 K9ZF              EM78   K4XR              EM64QSO:   144 RY 2019-09-24 0037 K9ZF              EM78   N8LRG             EN80

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