[NLRS] Jan. VHF Results - W0ZQ

[Jon Platt]

     band    QSOs   points    mults
       50         80        80       19
     144        104      104       20
     222         54       108       17
     432         71       142       18
     903         22        88        13
     1.2         33        132       13
     2.3         18        144       11
     3.4          0            0         0
     10G          1           8         1
  TOTAL      383       806     112      SCORE: 90,272

Started out this contest not really into it very much and just thinking =
that I would hand out some points and support our local rovers.  =
Conditions Sat. didn't help my mood as tropo conditions were, well, par =
at best for January.  Sunday things picked up a bit with both Gene & =
Bruce providing me with some new new grids on 903 and up.   Regarding =
all rovers, thanks, thanks, and THANKS.   Did I say thanks ?   You =
rovers are just awesome.

High points of the contest:
1.  Listening to one well known local rover have a discussion with a =
fixed station about the merits of sitting solely on 144.200.  What made =
this normally enjoyable conversation even more enjoyable was that this =
discussion was held at 1:00 AM Sunday morning while he was out in the =
middle of a snow packed harvested corn field in the middle of nowhere =
when its -5 degrees outside.   It gave me a good laugh.
2.  Working most of the "new" rovers on at least four bands.   222 has =
come a long way towards activity in the last five years.  YES !  222 is =
the ultimate premier UHF (OK, really VHF) band that we have.    I =
apologize to those rovers that I missed .... my rotator got a very very =
serious workout with rovers in all 360 degrees for most of the contest.  =
=20
3.  Working those new grids on the high bands.   Much thanks to Bruce & =
Gene.   Its just awesome to be sending CW, break, turn the volume up on =
the radio and start to gently rock the RIT and there, just above the =
noise, you hear "W0ZQ R R R".
4,  Working KM0T on 903.110 then QSYing to 1296.  On 1296 I listened and =
heard nothing .... and then thinking that conditions really do stink =
cause I can usually hear Mike with at least a weak CW signal.   Then I =
thought, hmmm, 903, 902, 1296, 1297, so I flipped my IF rig from 144.110 =
to 145.110 and bingo, there was Mike clipping away on 1297.110 cw.   I =
think that this was my first 1297 QSO, thanks Mike.

Low Points:
Not that many.    My neighbor called and said that I was into her =
cordless phone .... a new complaint so I'll need to check it out.   My =
2m count was down this year .... I just didn't beat the bush as much as =
I have in the past.   I also kept the power level down so as to not =
cause to many problems for others that were having a good time too.  =20

73, Jon
W0ZQ


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