[NLRS] January test.

[Ken Boston]

Hi all;

 

Another January VHF SS in the books.  This year, I did not plan a full
time effort, ( I usually don't do very much this contest anyway) but did
manage to mount a half-time effort, about 15-16 hours.I got a late start
due to my Heil headset boom mike dying, but got underway at about 2 pm.
Broke at supper, went our, returned for evening, off overnite, and back
on for 'spurts' all day Sunday.

 

Highlights were; their seemed to be relatively good activity levels
locally, WB8BZK/r was all over the place, K9JK/r was on from a few
grids, decent tropo conditions over the lake on Saturday nite, and 432
continues as my best band.

 

Lowlites were; many locals could not get on 1.2 or 903 this event; still
no 2.3 QSOs; my boom mike died half hour before the contest and I had no
spare; due to the harness and cabling this knocked out my 2 meter to
computer/DVM interface and therefore no CQ machine; my 220 brick is now
totally useless so I had 15-20 watts on that band; my noise level on 6
meters continues to increase steadily to the point that now even with a
good blanker it is hard to copy the weak ones.

 

Regardless, I had fun, so here are the prelim numbers;

 

6 meters           68 QSO            18 mults

2 meters           106 QSO          23 mults

220                   36 QSO            18 mults

432                   69 QSO            19 mults

903                   9  QSO             9  mults

1296                 13 QSO            13 mults

 

Tot                   301 QSOs        98 mults

 

Claimed score 46,256

 

Club affiliation;  Badger Contesters

 

Electronic log submissions have changed at the league, if any BCers have
trouble with the band designators, just let me know via email.

 

Don't forget to send them in, and list Badger Contesters as your club
affiliation.

 

CUL  Ken W9GA