[WWYC] 50 MHz Spring Sprint N5XU EM10
Kenneth E. Harker
kharker@cs.utexas.edu
Sun, 14 May 2000 10:56:55 -0500
Last night, I operated in the 50 MHz Spring Sprint, one of a series of
four-hour-long single-band VHF/UHF contests we have in North America. I've
been disappointed with activity on the other bands (the ARRL used to sponsor
these contests, but dropped them because of low activity - now, they have a
new sponsor every year, and never get well publicized, so the activity is even
lower than it used to be) but there was a good band opening last night for
about two and a half hours. From central Texas (EM10) I worked at least
Iowa, Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Ontario, New York,
Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, Alabama, and Mississippi, in addition
to Texas. (It is hard to tell, as the exchange is just grid squares, and not
states.)
I find that VHF contests, particularly six meters, are great for newer
operators who are not yet active on HF. Working six meter Es openings and
then talking about it with other members of the University of Texas Amateur
Radio Club is what got me interested in DXing and contesting.
2000 Spring Sprint 50 MHz
Contest Dates : 13-May-00, 14-May-00
Callsign Used : N5XU
Operator : KM5FA
Category : Single-operator
Default Exchange : EM10
Name : University of Texas Amateur Radio Club
Section : South Texas (STX)
Country : United States
Team/Club : Central Texas DX and Contest Club (CTDXCC)
BAND Raw QSOs Valid QSOs Points Mults
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6SSB 118 117 117 36
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Totals 118 117 117 36
Final Score = 4212 points.
Soapbox Comments
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The first hour was torture, but then the band opened up, and it was a lot of
fun.
HOUR 6SSB TOTAL ACCUM
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23 1 1 1
0 46 46 47
1 52 52 99
2 18 18 117
TOTAL 117
1. en82 12
2. em10 7
3. en91 7
4. en60 6
5. em75 6
6. en72 5
7. en80 5
8. em79 5
9. en73 4
10. en70 4
11. em86 4
12. em64 4
13. em74 4
14. em85 4
15. en61 3
16. en63 3
17. en62 3
18. en53 3
19. fn02 3
20. em69 2
21. en52 2
22. em58 2
23. en50 2
24. em89 2
25. em54 2
26. em76 2
27. fn03 2
28. en71 1
29. en94 1
30. en51 1
31. en54 1
32. en56 1
33. en41 1
34. en81 1
35. em78 1
36. em68 1
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Kenneth E. Harker "Vox Clamantis in Deserto" kharker@cs.utexas.edu
University of Texas at Austin Amateur Radio Callsign: KM5FA
Department of the Computer Sciences President, UT Amateur Radio Club
Taylor Hall TAY 2.124 Maintainer of the Linux Laptop Home Page
Austin, TX 78712-1188 USA http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/
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