[VHFcontesting] K3DNE 2M Fall Sprint

[Ed Kucharski]

My meager results from the 2m Fall Sprint.  I thought activity was down, that being said, the fall sprints are historically not the most popular VHF+ events.  Many "big guns" that I typically hear or work were absent.  Things have certainly changed in the past 5 years on VHF+.   In the recent past, I found a SSB spike in activity around 8-9pm when WA4NJP calls his 2m net on 144.210 and net participants tune the band to work sprint QSO's.  I think I only worked one of those ops.  I refused to give in to the FT8 VHF+ pandemic (yes, you read that correctly) and operated the first hour and a quarter exclusively on SSB netting a grand total of 6 QSO's in that time frame.  After that I spent a good 20 minutes at the top of each hour on SSB and only netted one more SSB QSO.  I did not notice any significant enhanced propagation.
Thanks to the sponsor for continuing the support for weak signal VHF+ activity.
 
144 MHz Fall Sprint - 2023
Call: K3DNE
Class: Single Op HP
QTH: SC
Operating Time (hrs): 3.75
Summary:
Total: QSOs = 24, Mults = 16, Total Score = 384
Club: Swamp Fox Contest Group
 
Elecraft K3S, Kuhne DB6NT transverter, Lunar Link Amp (750w digital, 1+KW SSB), 12 element M2 at 47ft.
 
73
Ed K3DNE
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