[NLRS] Contest

[Ross Vaagen]

Here is my score for the contest. I only put in about 4 hrs so I didn't
expect to get a big score. I tried to give out some points anyway, so here
is what i did.    (I had a bad head cold and migraine and couldn't stand the
noise.)

Band   Contacts   Multi    Grid
6m        10            x1        8
2m         21           x1        11
70cm     11           x2         8


Conditions seemed fair for January. I picked up the locals easy enough. It
seems that everyone out here in the sticks is on 144.200.  I had quite a bit
of noise to contend with but managed pretty good. 6 meters was dead, and
band conditions were terrible. I missed the opening on sunday, that would
have helped.

Thanks to W9FZ for roving out our way. My score would have been even smaller
without those contacts.

I could hear chatter to the SE  on .200 but I couldn't raise anyone in
33/34/35. I tried tuning around a bit and never heard anyone, so I started
calling up and down the band on 2m  every 10 kc but could only find 2 takers
from that area. One on .190 and the other I had a sked with on .260. After
our contact he was nice enough to announce that i was on that freq and i was
able to give out a few more points.

I was disappointed that I didn't make more contacts in the Dakotas. I had
been advertising the contest on the 80m net but only had 2 people ask me
what frequencies I would be on. I guess I will have to work on them some
more. I know there are alot of them running hf/vhf rigs.


Here is my log and times, wish I would have been feeling better. It could
have done alot better with more time at the mic. Thanks all for the
contacts. Hope I helped out some of your scores.


14:15 W9FZ/R EN15 144.25
14:16 W9FZ/R EN15 50.15
14:17 W9FZ/R EN15 432.15
15:55 W9FZ/R EN16 144.25
15:56 W9FZ/R EN16 432.15
15:57 W9FZ/R EN16 50.15
15:58 KA0PQW EN33 144.25
16:25 KM0T EN13 144.2
16:26 KM0T EN13 50.16
16:27 KM0T EN13 432.1
16:31 KA0AWU EN37 144.2
16:35 KA0AWU EN37 432.11 CW
16:44 KA0AWU EN37 50.135
16:51 W0PHD EN18 144.2
16:52 W0PHD EN18 432.1
17:12 W0ZQ EN34 144.19
17:44 W9FZ/R EN26 144.25
17:54 W9FZ/R EN26 50.15
17:55 W9FZ/R EN26 432.15
18:46 N0UY EN18 144.2
18:47 N0UY EN18 432.11
18:48 N0UY EN18 50.125
20:36 WB6AMY EN14 144.2
20:39 KA0BWS EN14 144.2
20:40 WA6AMY EN14 144.2
20:47 KA0BZV EN13 144.2
21:10 NT0V EN08 144.2
21:14 NT0V EN08 50.125
21:16 NT0V EN08 432.1

10:30 KB0OBT EN35 144.26
10:45 KT8O EN34 144.26 CW then SSB
10:46 W0OHU EN35 144.26 CW
10:48 N0OK EN35 144.26
10:49 N0OK EN35 50.13
11:06 KT8O EN34 432.1 CW
11:08 KB0CIM EN37 144.2
11:09 KB0CIM EN37 432.12
11:10 KB0CIM EN37 50.14
11:18 KC0KVD EN37 144.2
11:32 WB0HHM EN13 144.2
11:33 WB0HHM EN13 432.12
11:34 WB0HHM EN13 50.12