[NLRS] UHF Contest - W0ZQ/R Prelim

[W0ZQ at aol.com]

WOW, I don't how others may feel, but that may be the best Rovermania  yet.  
I was down at the EN33/34/43/44 grid corner on Saturday and the  EN24/25/34/35 
grid corner on Sunday.  The bands were in good shape Saturday  into the 
evening with easy SSB contacts on 902 and up.  Working K2DRH  from EN24 on Sunday 
Bob mentioned that he had a new record score.  Not sure  about my score as the 
log is a bit of a mess and needs to be transferred  into Roverlog, but it 
looks like about 350 Q's.  Best DX was up to EN08  (thanks Dennis ... I was mobile 
! ), down to EM39, over to EN50 and up to  EN74.  Last I heard Bruce, W9FZ/R, 
he was down in EN32 fighting off the  pile ups.  I had some time to make some 
longer haul 902, 1296 and 10 GHz  Q's with Bill, K0AWU and some outstanding 
signals from Jim, K0MHC in EN26 on 432  through 3456 where most of them were on 
SSB.  

Many thanks to those  who stood by when I entered a new grid .... at times I 
felt like the control  tower at O'Hare Airport ... its quite the challenge and 
I know how frustrating  it can be for the fixed stations.   I never left a 
grid if I knew  someone was still looking for me. 

For those who were playing, don't  forget to send in a log .... paper is 
fine.  Lets see if we can shatter  that 200 log barrier this year.
 
More later after I've had a chance to recover !   

73,  Jon
W0ZQ/R
 



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