[MAMS] Results, Sept 2012 ARRL Sept contest NE8I

[Lloyd Ellsworth]

September 2012 ARRL, contest report. NE8I
 
Drove 755 miles. Broke (exceeded) fuel budget. Again. 
Operated 23 hours.
Operated in 7 grids. EN62, 63, 64, 72, 73, 74, 82. 15 stops, set up, operate. Getting faster on set up and tear downs. 
90 contacts.
Claimed score 10,128
Conditions. Dead band. Very poor. Saturday, Midnight was the best conditions. A few tiny short openings to Florida on 6M. Excellent weather. Route was Saturday from Grand Haven, North on US31 to Sleeping Bear. Then East on M115, South on US127, East on I-96. Then Home by 11PM Sunday. Made contacts 6M through 24 GHz. Made more contacts on 1296 or 2304 than on 6M. Murphy was present, and active. Managed to repair most of the damage. Long list of repair work. 
Found one, new for me, rover site in EN63 on Lake Michigan. 
 
73, Lloyd NE8I/r
EN73 etc
 
Will be on for the September weekend 10+ GHz contest. Mostly from the East Shore of Lake Michigan. Ludington to Sleeping Bear. And Tustin Knob EN74gc. 144.260 and 248-225-3847. 
2M fall sprint. Spent too much on fuel. Will not be on rover for it. Can't afford. Maybe from home, low power EN73mv. 
Microwave fall sprint. Plan to be on. Question will be from where. Where I can find activity. 
 
October MAD, don't know for shure where I will operate from. I will be on, the question is from where?