[NLRS] W0ZQ/R June prelim report

[W0ZQ at aol.com]

Well .... that was fun, huh.   What a strange and wonderful  contest.   Of 
course the talk of the contest will be the sporadic E on  Saturday.   That is as 
hot as hot can be !    From the  rover-lite mobile, running a horizontal 
Hamstick at about 9 feet high, I ran  about 50 station from EN24 while sitting on 
50.323.   Just  amazing.   Then I went down and ran another 20 or so on CW on  
50.188.   The CW pile-up reminded me of the Minnesota QSO Party when I  would 
enter a new county !   And oh, ya, a solid one hour plus 2m E  opening to the 
east coast.   
 
In the end, I did cover all eight planned grids, all the equipment worked,  I 
got rained on several times ..... usually when I had to set up the 10 and 5.7 
 G stuff .... the warmest temperature was 63 degrees, no bugs and no visits 
from  any police this time.   What a weird contest.   My log is a  shambles and 
it will take some time to straighten up.   I think I have  about 550 QSOs.   
 
I hope everyone had fun, lets here some scores and stories, mine to follow  
in a few days.
 
73, Jon
W0ZQ/r
 
 
 
 
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America, July 28 &  29, 2006 for the 40th annual Central States VHF Society 
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