[AK-VHF] KL7VHF Results

[Edward R Cole]

Congrats, Brandon,

It was a good plan and glad you were able to find activity at each grid.

I did pretty good working four grids: BP51, BP50, BP40 and BO49 
(anchor point).  BP41 was too difficult using just the vertical.

Being limited to using my dual-band vertical on 2m and 70cm and not 
having a 6m antenna that pointed toward Anchorage made things a bit 
more difficult.  Nice surprise  that the 2m yagi array worked into 
BP50 on Turnagain Arm, and mile-64 of Sterling Hwy (BP40).

My 6m 3-element yagi, which points SE, worked into Anchor Point 
surprisingly well.  Using the HF beam on 6m also worked, though not 
as well (better than nothing).  Made contacts on 50(2), 144(7), 
222(2), and 432(2).  About three times the last contest.

June VHF Contest often offers 6m sporatic-E openings into the 
lower-48 which can really boost you score.

73, Ed - KL7UW
BP40iq

At 10:53 PM 1/18/2020, Brandon Clark wrote:
>Hello group,
>
>This run was a complete success, and a great debut for the new club call
>sign.
>We set out to activate four grid squares, and succeeded at all of them.
>We tried to get more people on air, and had new call signs turning up all
>day.
>We aimed to have fun, and the action didn't stop until around 8 PM.
>
>So how did it all turn out?
>
>By comparison, last September I was able to snag 13 QSOs in two grids, for
>a score of 114. Last June I picked up 15 contacts across two grids, for a
>score of 80.
>
>Today we pulled together *41* QSOs, across *4* grid squares, for a score of
>*423*!
>
>The Alaska VHF-Up Group rocks! You guys made it happen. We put Alaska on
>the VHF map for sure.
>73,
>Brandon
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