[MAMS] W9SNR/R Sept. Contest

[W9SNR - Jim]

I agree with other contest reports that general conditions were rather blah,  but 
the bigger problem I saw was lack of activity, particularly in and around 
the Chicago area.  Many of the familiar big guns and multi-ops were just not 
present.  Some may regret this decision after seeing what I say next.

Right at the start of the contest, there was a mini opening to the west and 
northwest.  I worked several stations in IA an MN that were outside my 
normal range.  Early Sunday morning, there was a much better opening to the 
south and southeast.  My best DX was to W4NH in EM85, and I was able to 
reach many closer stations off the back and side of their antennas.  It 
sometimes took some work to get them to turn their antennas.  They must have 
thought that I was in EM62 instead of EN62.  It will be interesting to see 
what they report for this contest.  I also wonder if K9JK/R found any 
enhanced conditions during his trip SSE of us.

Even with all that DX, my score was considerably worse than in past Sept. 
rover outings.  Some of it was my fault for not putting up 6M,  but mostly 
it was just pitifully low activity.  Anyway, here's my preliminary dump from 
VHF-DX

                QSOs    Pts/QSO   QSO Pts   Mult
144 MHz          84      1         84        22
222 MHz          42      2         84        18
432 MHz          56      2         112       20
902 MHz          18      3         54        8
1296 MHz         20      3         60        8
2304 MHz         5       4         20        2
3456 MHz         7       4         28        3
5760 MHz         2       4         8         1
10368 MHz        3       4         12        2
Total
All Bands        237               462       84
GRIDS ACTIVATED                              4        Rover Scoring Used
W9SNR/R CLAIMED SCORE:   40656

73 - Jim
W9SNR/R