[NLRS] W0ZQ/R June Contest Results

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Band   QSOs  Grids
6m      14         8
2m       46      16
222      31         8
432       31        8
902      22         6
1296       25        8
2304         2        2
3456      16         5
5760         6         1
10368         9        3
 
Totals    202       65 + 4  grids activated = 69
Score  31,533
 
EN24 = 54 QSOs
EN25 = 52 QSOs
EN34 = 45 QSOs
EN35 = 51 QSOs
 
I had originally planned to make it down to the Beauford grid corner to  
activate EN33 and EN23 but I ended up being so busy at the Winstead grid corner  I 
never made it down there.   I started in EN34 right on  schedule, around 8:00 
am Sunday morning.   While the weather was just  outstanding, condx seemed 
pretty flat but seemed to improve as the day went  on.
 
Only one run-in with the local enforcement .... a county sheriff stop by to  
check me out and we ended up talking about the recent bad weather and storm  
spotting .... its clear that the local Sky Warn guys have added a positive  
element lately.   We had a good rag chew for about 15 minutes.
 
Lowlights:  My 2304 is deaf.   Best to find this out before  Rovermania.   I 
thought I had fixed it as I found a bad cable, but  there is more wrong to it 
than that.     Also sorry for  those that I did not work and who may have been 
looking for me or called.    I know I heard JO and VJZ and others when I was 
zigging and they were  zagging.    I tried hard to work all that I could hear 
and I  didn't leave a grid until things dried up.
 
Highlights:  Boy, lots.
1)  First QSOs with my new 5760 transverter.  
2)  3456 rocks.   
3)  Good things can be worked on 902 with just 9 watts.
4)  Besides 2304, the W0ZQ/R is ready for Rovermania !
5)  Working 13 Q's on 2m AU with 50 watts and a 4 element yagi ....  with a 
straight key.
6)  Working 4 Q's on 6m AU with 100 watts and a mobile whip.   Best DX was 
FN31.
7)  Working IYT/R and KF0Q/R several times during the day.   
8)  I just set up my 10gig dish to work N0KP, flipped on my CW  beacon, and I 
could hear Dave say on 432 "Keep it going, I hearing you ....."  and laughing 
as I hadn't even leveled the tripod legs nor pointed the  dish.   
9)  Lots of good activity out of CVCC and EN44.   Always fun  working that 
more difficult path on the high bands.
 
Thanks to Dave, N0KP, for loaning me his FT-857.   I'm favorably  impressed 
with it as it performed flawlessly .... I did have to change the  "pink" 
display though.
 
73, Jon
W0ZQ