[VHFcontesting] W9SZ January VHF Single Op Portable

[Zack Widup]

I was hoping W9ZIH would've shown up yesterday. I never heard him during
the time I was active. I would've gotten 6 bands from him including 3456
and 10368.

73, Zack W9SZ

On Mon, Jan 18, 2021 at 3:24 PM Jay Thompson <ac2gj at live.com> wrote:

> I was able to do Backyard Portable from my QTH in Amherst, NY (suburb of
> Buffalo) conditions were perfect for the first few hours but similar issues
> with the fingers.  However I was NOT able to find ANYBODY to work on
> SSB/CW, NOBODY heard, nobody answering my pea shooter signal.  Finally gave
> up after an hour and hauled out the laptop/FT8 setup and sure enough 4
> stations within 15 min ALL within easy SSB range (including 1 who I found
> out is less that 2 miles away as the crow flies.  Disappointing, as if I
> want to take the station truly portable there s no way I coudl lug the
> laptop setup.  Ended up operating "garage portable" on Sunday due to
> deteriorated wx conditions.  Fun?  A bit but even being a computer
> geek/nerd I look forward to operating with a computer.
>
> 73 de Jay NU2H (Ex AC2GJ, KC2NVL)
> QTH = Amnherst, NY USA Grid FN02ox
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* VHFcontesting <vhfcontesting-bounces+ac2gj=live.com at contesting.com>
> on behalf of Zack Widup <w9sz.zack at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Monday, January 18, 2021 1:20 PM
> *To:* VHF Contesting Reflector <vhfcontesting at contesting.com>
> *Subject:* [VHFcontesting] W9SZ January VHF Single Op Portable
>
>                    ARRL January VHF Contest - 2021
>
> Call: W9SZ
> Operator(s): W9SZ
> Station: W9SZ
>
> Class: Single Op Port QRP
> QTH: IL
> Operating Time (hrs): 5.0
>
> Summary:
>  Band  QSOs  Mults
> -------------------
>     6:
>     2:   3      3
>   222:   3      3
>   432:   3      3
>   903:
>   1.2:   1      1
>   2.3:   1      1
>   3.4:   1      1
>   5.7:
>   10G:   1      1
>   24G:
> -------------------
> Total:  13     13  Total Score = 559
>
> Club: Society of Midwest Contesters
>
> Comments:
>
> I haven't been in the January VHF Contest since 2017. I decided I was going
> to
> be in it this year "no matter what." The "no matter what" included a
> temperature around 28 degrees most of the day and heavy snow during the
> last hour I operated and for the additional hour or so it took me to take
> everything down. The temperature was good, in a way; the top of the hill I
> was on had frozen ground instead of a muddy mess. But my fingers didn't
> like it! Very little wind. All the antennas stayed up.  Band conditions
> were not great but it was great just to be in this contest as a QRP
> Portable again. The FT897D
> I got a few months ago did very well on 144 and 432 MHz in its inaugural
> VHF contest use.
>
> I was CW-SSB only. Logged on paper. No computer with me. I heard a VERY
> strong signal on FT8 and wondered where he was.
>
> I wonder how many people try to operate QRP Portable in the Midwest in the
> January contest. Sometimes I think I'm getting too old for this. At least I
> survived this year. :-)
>
> 73, Zack W9SZ
>
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