[NLRS] W9FZ/R first notes

[Bruce Richardson]

It was fun!  I got tired at the end :-)  .

Highights:  Many.  Working KC9BQA 4 times on 2304. Working more
rovers this year than last.  Working MANY more 10GHz QSO's this
year.  Worked K2YAZ from 2 or 3 grids again this year. Worked
W0GHZ from 2 or 3.  Worked KF9US/R from 2 grids. Worked W0ZQ from
2. Worked WA9O from SEVEN grids on 10G.  Many Q's with Twin Cities
on first day.  Very few on 2nd day.

Lowlights:  Not working KM0T.  Conditions must have gotten bad
between 6:30 and 8am because I cq'd endlessly ( :-) ) pointed
right at the Twin Cities for 45 minutes straight from EN-54 and
not a peep out of TC (till the moment I'm enroute to EN-55).  1296
equipment not working.  I opened it up and solder joint of the
power-combining semi-rigid had sheared from vibration.  Nothing I
could fix on the road.  Hope the modules survived :-)

I'll work up my score on this 4-day trip upon which I depart in
the morning.  I also want to work up a graphic of the 10G qso's I
made.

I enjoyed working many folks I had recently seen at the
conference.  Longest Q was EM-48 to work KO0Z (Ron Ochu) who was
at the conference.

Of all the contests I've been in, this was one of em.  It
accomplished my main goal of giving me a dose of RF :-)  .  And I
had fun!  I probably should not have gone to EN-44 for 30 minutes
at the end. I did not handle the flurry very well.

Thanks to all who worked me!  I hope to have 1296 fixed by
September!

73
Bruce Richardson W9FZ


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