[MAMS] W9SNR Microwave Sprint Report

[Jim]

This year's sprint had a lot of local activity on the higher bands (above 
1296) but not much DX.  I made about the same number of Q's as in previous 
sprints but the distance score was much lower.  Early on, I made the 
decision to take advantage of the opportunity to make contacts on 2304 up to 
24 GHz, at the expense of chasing the usual DX stations to the East.  This 
was more fun for me.

Thanks to pre-calibrating all my transverters with a frequency counter, 
nearly all contacts were made on or close to the expected frequency, even at 
24 GHz. The one exception was a 3456 contact near the end of the contest, 
which was about 45 kHz below .100.  This exposed an LO frequency jump 
problem with my new, 20 Watt, 3456 rig.  I'll be looking into this in the 
next few weeks, although the ultimate fix may have to wait until I get a 
chance to do the necessary "surgery" on the new XVTR.  In the meantime, I 
can use an 1152 MHz harmonic generator to check on the 3456 LO freq.

3830 Score results follow:
Call: W9SNR
Class: Single Op LP
Operating Time (hrs): 5
Total:  QSOs = 36  Max Dist(km) = 204  Total Score = 2,019

73 - Jim
W9SNR