[NLRS] September Contest

[wb0ljc@juno.com]

Hi all,

I operated QRP Portable at Ridgeway Park in EN35.

Here's the band-by-band breakdown:

      50 MHz     12Q        2G
    144 MHz     34Q      10G
     223 MHz    11Q        3G
     432 MHz    14Q        4G
     902 MHz       6Q       2G     (still can't find anyone on in EN35)
   1296 MHz    11Q        3G
   2304 MHz      3Q        1G
   3456 MHz      2Q        1G
   5760 MHz      1Q        1G
 10368 MHz      4Q        1G
                         ____      ____
                          98Q       28G      Total   5236

Activity was pretty slow most of the time. Where were the locals?
Many of the regulars were never heard. It was so slow that I 
could barely raise anyone on 2M FM. 

10G activity was down, only 4Q and no one on from EN35!
I had 16Qs during the UHF contest last month.

I missed W0AMT/R in EN35 so I still haven't been able to work
my own grid on 902 during a contest. Thanks to Mike, KB0TZA, 
for the 1296 EN35 mult. I'll have to finish your 902 transverter  
so I can get that mult in January.

I worked Dave, N0KP, for the first time on 900, 1296, 2304 and 
3456. We bounced off of the Minneapolis buildings for the 3456 Q.
Next time I'll be looking for Dave on 5760 and 10G!

Gary, GHZ, and I worked on 5760 by using building bounce.
Signals were better on 5.7G off the buildings than on 3.4 G
where we worked direct.

Thanks to W0AMT/R, John and Jon, for the mults. I will try to
have more power on the bands next time.

Equipment was:
     50MHz         10W             Squalo at 10'
   144MHz         10W             6el VJB at 15'
   223MHz           8W FM       6el VJB at 7'
   432MHz           3W              8el Quagi at  13'
   902MHz           6W             10el VJB at    9'
  1296MHz         1/2W           10el VJB at  11'
  2304MHz          1W              21el Looper at  8'
  3456MHz         50mW          2' dish at   4'
  5760MHz         20mW         18" offset dish at 4'
10368MHz         1W               18" offset dish at 5'   

Only one police visit each day this year. No real problems.
One officer said they had a call from Honeywell. It must have 
looked to suspicious with the all the antennas pointing their way.
On Sunday I had a police visit and still had the audio turned up. 
He could hear the guys joking about me having another visit. 
The officer thought the guys where bad mouthing the police. 
He wasn't amused. I did explain to him that they were making fun 
of me and that it has become somewhat of a standing joke to 
count the number of police visits. I saw a Honeywell security 
car drive by late Sunday afternoon. I also had plenty of "what 
are you doing" questions.  There was even a ham who stopped,
WN0O. I didn't get his name. He  stopped to take some pictures 
of the sunset. He was a day late. The sunset was fantastic Saturday.

Remember to send you scores in and note Northern Lights
Radio Society for the club competition. Just putting down
NLRS won't work.

The second weekend of the 10G Cumulative is next weekend.
Watch the reflector for announcements. We expect to be 
working the WBFM paths Saturday morning. All are welcome
to come and observe. If there are enough loaner units you
can make some 10G contacts as well.

73,  Gary  WB0LJC


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