[ALHam] vhf test

[Bill Capps]

Hello cort
	i never had much luck either with this contest. maybe next contest we
should all get together and try to sked for contest qso's. also, maybe we
can drive around rover style. i'd be willing to give it a try

73
bill capps
af4od
auburn, alabama


At 06:40 PM 9/15/02 -0500, you wrote:
>Well I had high hopes for this contest with my new six mtr antenna and all
>but boy this is really the pitts. ended up with 11 qso's in 7 grids for a
>score of 77. Wow, signals were really weak and popping up for super short
>times.. Really a problem turning antenna to find the signal was too slow by
>far. Evidently, I have a lot to learn from this. Ten mtrs was open and the
>prop numbers were not to bad so I thought we would have some sort of
>activity but not here. Fartherest grid worked was em96 on cw aa4zz. Heard
>NC1I but never got thru. Guess I am too far away from population centers for
>this kind of contest but looking forward to some better times ahead!!!
>Thanks and 73's Cort K4WI
>
>Courtney Judd K4WI/NA4W
>2300 County Road 61
>Uniontown, Al. 36786
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