[VHFcontesting] VE3RWJ: June VHF 2023, 2 Bands FM-only

[ve3rwj at winsystem.org]

That was a fun weekend.

 

I did better than expected, considering I was running 50 W and only on 2 M and 70 CM FM-only.

 

VE3RWJ's Contest Summary Report for VHF

 

Total Contacts = 96

Total Points = 1,088

 

Raw Score: 135 Qpts x 8 Mults = 1,080

 

Band       CW   Phone     Dig   Total       %

----       --   -----     ---   -----     ---

    2        0      57       0      57      59

   70        0      39       0      39      41

            --   -----     ---   -----     ---

Total       0      96       0      96     100

 

Grid        Total     %

---------   -----   ---

FN03           82    85

EN93            8     8

EN92            4     4

FN02            2     2

Total = 4

 

Comments:

As usual, things were booming in from Western NY and northwest PA on Sunday morning before about 9:30, but I could not raise anyone. I need to coordinate better with people in the nearby US states for September, so they turn their beams my way EARLY on Sunday, BEFORE the enhancement dies.

 

Thanks to everyone who gave me a contact this time around, including one person with three callsigns, and several people with two, as well as several rovers who made contact from a few grids. 😊

 

This attempt ranks fifth out of my eight so far.

 

Rank      DATE:    QSO PTS:             MULTS: RAW SCORE:

1             01/22   164                        12           1,968

2             06/22   122                        10           1,220

3             06/21   79                           12           1,188

4             01/23   81                           10           1,150

5             06/23   135                        8             1,080

6             09/21   70                           10           970

7             01/21   75                           8             776

8             09/22   78                           7             546

 

220 mHz, receive preamps and 100 W return in September and I will be trying to beat my previous June 2022 high score of 1,968.

 

73,

Chris

 

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