[NLRS] January VHF SS, W0JT SOLP

[John P. Toscano]

Had to work all day Saturday, and had no time in the preceeding week to 
get anything fixed around here, so I was not well prepared.  Hadn't even 
read email since early January, so I didn't know who was doing what.  I 
just jumped in for a few hours when I could.  Initially had 5 bands 
working, but managed to get 220 going after awhile and picked up a few 
people I originally missed on that band.  The 432 amp decided to just 
oscillate whenever I sent RF through it, so I had to leave that 
offline.  And 902 was initially intermittant, but settled down after a 
bit of use.  Still haven't switched the transverters to a better radio, 
so no working CW on the higher bands, no working 2304, nor an antenna on 
the tower for it anyway, and I had to cannibalize the 10 GHz system to 
get 220 going again, but figured that wouldn't be a biggie since I'm 
down in a hole from which 10 GHz signals are unlikely to propagate far.

High points:
  * working W9JN in EN54 on 50 and 144
  * working K0AWU in EN37 on 50, 144, 222 (first time for me), and 432 
(a rare treat for me)
  * sweeping 6 bands with W0ZQ, W0GHZ, N0KP, K0SHF

Low points:
  * after the thrill of getting my 222 and 432 signals to go over the 
hill to my north all the way to EN37ed, *NOT* getting 1296 to do 
likewise.  Oh well, I later heard W0ZQ struggle to manage it, so I don't 
feel so bad.

Score summary

Band   QSO's  Grids
  50    21      5
 144    29      5
 222    13      4
 432    17      4
 902     5      1
1296     6      2
Total   91     21  Score = 3,234  (will submit after I check the log)

73 de W0JT

P.S., keep the postings coming, and check the results at:
  
http://www.nlrs.org/ContestScores/Admin/DisplayScores_VHF.php?Contest_ID=1&Year=2005

I'll try to keep it updated, since I don't have to write any code for 
updating it any more, I can just fill in a web form to add new data.
:jpt: