[VHFcontesting] 432 Sprint - Early Dismissal

[Sid Shusterman]

Small pee weak station atm. 9 Qs 3 new grids. Happy with the results. 
Need antenna improvement.
73, Sid K3SX

On 9/26/2024 8:52 AM, Fred Stefanik wrote:
> Got on late 8pm and off early at 9pm....15qsos and 10grids
> K1FMS
>
> On Thu, Sep 26, 2024, 8:49 AM David R Buckwalter via VHFcontesting <
> vhfcontesting at contesting.com> wrote:
>
>> Scott-
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>> Yep… clock is 100% of the time linked to NBS site.  Usually within better
>> than 0.1 seconds.
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>> de K3SK
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>> From: Scott Armstrong <aa5am.scott at gmail.com>
>> Sent: Wednesday, September 25, 2024 11:34 PM
>> To: k3sk at buckwalter.co
>> Cc: vhfcontesting at contesting.com
>> Subject: Re: [VHFcontesting] 432 Sprint - Early Dismissal
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>> Not much better here..   4 stations, 4 grids in 3.5 hours.
>>
>> Is your computer clock syncing?
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>> -Scott AA5AM
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>> On Wed, Sep 25, 2024 at 9:12 PM David R Buckwalter via VHFcontesting <
>> vhfcontesting at contesting.com <mailto:vhfcontesting at contesting.com> >
>> wrote:
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>> I need to find more words to describe how bad it was trying to work the 432
>> Sprint Wednesday night.     We had very heavy rain most of the day and into
>> the beginning of the Sprint.   Propagation did not exist.   I worked
>> exactly
>> 1 contact in the first hour and then one more before I gave up completely
>> 90
>> minutes in.   On top of the poor propagation Murphy apparently got to my
>> station and I am not sure what he hosed up.   Everything looks like it
>> should be working, but I am not able to decode even the strongest FT8
>> signals.  I've tried program restarts and even switched rigs with no
>> improvement.   It's possible I have some undiscovered computer issues based
>> on CAT interface problems as well.
>>
>> Bottom line is I worked 2 contacts in 1 grid.
>>
>> de K3SK
>> Dave Buckwalter
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>> FM07 - Farmville VA
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