[AK-VHF] Contest in the books

[Ed Cole]

Hope you had fun in the contest.  I got busy and have my log submitted 
to ARRL 30-minutes after the close (7pm Sunday in AK).  Worked four 
bands, 18 contacts, and 11 grid multipliers (5 grids on 6m) for a score 
of 242.  6m-FT8 opened to CM97 and CM87 in northern Calif. for an hour 
around noon on Saturday.

I was amazed to make contacts on 6m to the north with my small yagi 
pointed SE.  Also two contacts on 432 using only a vertical.

Had a nice visit with Brandon and his girlfriend over lunch at Senior 
Pancho's in Soldotna.

You only have ten days from end of the contest to submit your log, so do 
not dally.  Please enter Alaska VHF-Up Group in your entry for the club 
to get credit in the contest.

73, Ed, FD is only two weeks form now.
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On 6/12/2021 10:01 PM, Brandon Clark via ak-vhf wrote:
> Hi group, that's another rover route wrapped up and in the books. I had been thinking about activating from Soldotna in the morning, but the camping plans didn't work out.
>
> We had a really good turnout. People were on the air from the Mat-Su all the way down to the Kenai. There was also a lot of activity on 6 meters, and I heard that some fixed stations were using FT8 to reach the lower 48.
>
> I'll follow up with log results later. In the meantime, don't forget that we have a workshop in Soldotna tomorrow. We will be at Parker Park at 1000 doing a hands-on deep dive into portable operating techniques. Don't miss out.
> 73,
> Brandon
>
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