[NLRS] 2001-2002 CSVHF States Above - April Results

[Jon C Platt]

>
> Hi all, had a great time at AU02.  I have to display some ignorance here
> though, If I read the chart correctly it is showing that many people
> have 20, 30, or even 40 or more contacts on 2 meters with different
> states.  How is this being done, I have only ever gotten Iowa and
> Wisconson, well, besides Minnesota of course, how is this being done?????
>
> Thanks for the insite
> Mike
> KB0OZN


Hi Mike, good question.   Here is how I have worked my 26 states this year:

    Key
Au = Aurora
T = Tropo
MS = Meteor scatter
E = Sporadic E

Alabama = MS
Colorado = MS
Illinois = T
Indiana = T
Iowa = T
Kansas = T
Kentucky = Au
Michigan = T
Minnesota = T
Missouri = T
Nebraska = T
New Jersey = MS
New Mexico = E
New York = T
North Carolina = T
North Dakota = T
Ohio = T
Oklahoma = T
Pennsylvania = MS
South Carolina = MS
South Dakota = T
Texas = MS
Vermont = MS
West Virginia = T
Wisconsin = Au
Wyoming = Au

I think others have used HSMS and EME to add to their totals.   Between just
tropo and aurora, I think that you can work 15 states fairly easy (with 100
watts, a horizontal yagi, and CW).    The new digital mode that Chris talked
about at Au'02 looks very powerful towards working states without extensive
CW expertise .... the "older" HSCW systems still required CW knowledge, but
the new mode (JT144 ??) does not.

73, Jon
W0ZQ