[MAMS] Fall MIcrowave Sprint de W9SNR/R

[W9SNR - Jim]

Weather and conditions were both good, for late October.  There was definitely a strong opening to the SW early on.  

Started out on my usual hill in EN62cc.  First contact was with W9NU, who was 5/9 on 10 GHz from EN71as, way above his usual signal.  Next was K8MD on 902-2304.  I heard Mark on 3456, but he couldn't hear my puny 3W.  Then the first surprise, working K8TQK all the way up through 3456.  That's the best DX for this contest, at just over 500 km. The next pleasant surprise was working W9SZ/R in EN52sa all the way up through 24 GHz.  As some of you may already know, that was Zack's first 24 GHz contact.  Glad to have another station to work on that lonely band!  Also worked KO9A, W9ZIH, N9LB, and WB8BZK/R (three times).

Moved to EN52xc around 11 AM.  Not too many left on the air by that time. Managed to work N9LB, KO9A and WB8BZK/R again, and caught K9JK/R from a few spots.  Hoped to work Zack again on several bands, but only got him on 1296 right at the end of the contest.

All in all, it was a lot of fun.  Thanks to having multiple bands, this turned out to be a real sprint.  Not much idle time, and missed at least one station (K2YAZ) due to being so busy.

73 - Jim
W9SNR/R