[NLRS] UHF Contest - W0AUS Multi-Op

[N0HJZ at aol.com]

Hi All -
 
Below is our score for the UHF Contest.  I am still fighting with the  
contest robot to get it submitted correctly.
 
What a blast on Buck Hill last weekend!  Conditions sure were flat but  the 
rovers and fixed stations sure made things fun!
 
All in all, we worked 27 rovers.  They were: K0HAC, K0MHC, K0PC, K0PG,  
K9ILT, K9JK, KB0NES, KC0IYT, KC0OIA, KC0P, KC0PMW, KD0ABR, KE3QY, N0DQS, N0EDV, 
 N0HZO, N0QJM, N0UK, W0IS, W0JT, W0ZQ, W7XU, W9FZ, WA0VPJ, WA2VOI, WB0LJC & 
 WB8BZK.  Great efforts by all!
 
The rovers gave us 343 QSO's out of 465 total QSO's or 73.76% of our  Q's.  
Unbelievable!
 
The team on the hill did a great job and we learned a lot.  The first  hour 
was the toughest as we had many rovers to work and some fixed stations  
wanted to run the bands too.  We asked the fixed stations to work us later  so 
we could get the rovers.

There were times when we would be asking Dave, N0KP, to look for two  
rovers on the microwave bands and the rovers were almost 180- degrees  apart.  
Sorry Dave!  For the most part, the rovers came "on-line" in  future grids 
with a regular pattern.  We'd finish with one rover and the  next rover would 
be in place.
 
I had a friendly competition with Ron, KA0RYT, for multipliers.  Ron  was 
on 432 and I was on 222.  We'd go back-and-forth as to who had the most  
mults.  I ended up working K2YAZ to grab the lead and 222 ended up one grid  
ahead.  The antenna was pointed at the right place at the right time!   Ron and 
I also had a competition to see who could have more layers of clothing  on 
during the night.  It was freezing up there! 
 
Thanks again to everyone who went out roving, to everyone who got on the  
air, to the team on the hill and to everyone who helped plan this event.   
There were a lot of email messages, planning meetings and trips to the hill to 
 make sure things worked good.  It was a total Upper Midwest team effort to 
 achieve this score.
 
Our score is about five times the previous best multi-op score from  
Minnesota.  I know I set my sights on a million points, but conditions kept  us 
from our goal.  Maybe next year!  I believe our score represents  the 8th 
highest score ever for multi-ops in the country!  Not bad!
 
I'll get some pictures to the NLRS website so everyone can see our large  
station!
 
73  & Thanks to all for getting on the air and making this event  so fun!
Rich N0HJZ
 
 
ARRL UHF Contest

Call: W0AUS
Operator(s): K0TAR, KA0RYT, N0HJZ,  N0KP, WA0RSE
Station: W0AUS

Class: Multi-Op LP
QTH:  EN34ir
Operating Time (hrs): 24

Summary:
Band  QSOs   Mults
-------------------
222:  112    40
432:  148    39
903:   48     30
1.2:   55    27
2.3:    26    21
3.4:   20    15
5.7:   16    10
10G:   39     13
24G:    1      1
-------------------
Total:  465   196  Total Score =  513,912

Club: Northern Lights Radio  Society

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