[NLRS] Quick Contest Review at KM0T

[Mike A. King - KM0T]

Hey all, thanks for all the QSOs!

Score was a bit better than last year, so that was good.  However, fixed =
station activity on the low bands was down by a 1/3rd.  Not good to see. =
 Rover activity was way up, thats what made the difference here.  =
Conditions were like last year....pretty sucky with ever so brief bouts =
of propagation.  No 6M at all.  Did not even CQ there.

Highlights....

Finally catching K0AWU up north...weak but steady on 2M.  Nothing heard =
on 222 Bill, sorry.

N0HJZ, loading up his vertical, worked on CW with cross polarization =
missmatch!  Very weak, but doable.

Caught Tim (K0PG/R) and Pat(K9ILT/R) in a number of grids!  Hope it was =
worth your while coming this way!  Please come again!

Caught Jon(W0AMT/R) and John in a bunch too, very good sigs on the high =
bands!  Good Job on 2304!  Need a card on 900 Mhz for EN35!  That one =
has eluded me!

N0DQS/R - Gene in 14 grids all bands except 1296 Mhz in EN30 (or 20, =
cant remember)  Rain.....1296 dont like it.  I will chalk it up to wet =
corn attenuation.   Strange, all the other bands thru 10 ghz were =
unaffected on this +100 mile path.  Thanks for your efforts Gene!

N0DQS/R - Gene in 6 grids on 24 GHZ!  - in fact, two of them being =
totally new grids, EN02 and EN03 at approximatly 92 miles.  It was =
pretty easy. Took about 8 minutes of sequences then we found each other. =
 Thats now 8 grids on 24 Ghz....looking at the maps for two more!  Glad =
it was not raining, standing on the roof in the cool WX with wind and =
rain would not be fun.  Got luckey this time, just cold with wind!  Just =
got my 24 GHz VUCC - # 21 - Thanks Donn for doing the paperwork / card =
checking!

W0GHZ on 5.7 ghz.  Our first I think during a contest.  Thanks Gary!

Jim  -K0MHC was back up and running in EN26 - good to have activity up =
there again!

KF0Q out in the sticks...EN43...good highband performance this time =
Matt!

N0KP - Dave on some of his new higher band stuff!  Keep it going Dave!

Eric - KT8O - finally made that 903 QSO....wonder if I was on 902 all =
the other times....hmmmm

Amounst others....





I have to say that I heard more cooperation during this contest then I =
have heard in a while, very cool.  Lots of guys telling others where the =
rovers were, and getting their attention for farther out stations (like =
me).  You folks know who you are, thank you!

I appreciate working you all, not sure how much I will get to do this in =
January, as Colleen will be one month out from being due at that point.

73

Mike  - KM0T







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