[NLRS] & [BC'ers] UHF 2009 Wow! For W9FZ/R

Thu Aug 13 22:22:59 EDT 2009

I will provide at least one station worth of full time recording next year if 
we do the W0AUS Buck Hill effort again.  I have some good cheap ideas in mind.

It will need to be tested under full RF conditions during June to make sure 
it's immune and doesn't interfere with the rigs.

tom
K0TAR

On 13 Aug 2009 at 21:04, John (JK) Kalenowsky, K9JK wrote:

> 
> 
> Big Congrats Bruce and looks like it will be a NEW Central 
> Division Record for Rover, eclipsing the one set by K9PW which 
> has stood for the UHF test since 1999!
> 
> Now WHAT do "we" have to do to get you to submit your log 
> electronically! (DIG! DIG! DIG!)
> 
> And I'd LOVE to hear a recording of the multi-accented CQing 
> that Rich, N0HJZ, described!
> 
> 73, JK
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bruce Richardson" <w9fz at w9fz.com>
> To: <NLRS at mailman.qth.net>; "'Badger Contesters'" 
> <badgercontesters at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Thursday, August 13, 2009 20:07
> Subject: [NLRS] UHF 2009 Wow! For W9FZ/R
> 
> 
> >
> >
> > Wow!  I had a great time and set a personal record!
> > Activity levels were HIGH.  Yes, conditions generally stayed
> > at the normal range or shorter for most of it. But I had one
> > or two minor extensions of normal range (EN52-EN71 and
> > EN44-EN12)
> >
> > There were many highlights. I'll get to those in a minute.
> >
> > The only lowlights I can think of is not working EN25, EN55,
> > EN64 and EN62. While I'm VERY pleased with regional rover
> > activity, we need YET MORE ! :-)  A rover would have filled
> > those in nicely.  Oh, a couple of callsigns weren't on that
> > I wish were.
> >
> > Highlights: Excellent weather. Sure, chilly on Sat night but
> > that was refreshing. No bugs. Many fixed stations following
> > me around consistently yielding lots of Q's. LOTS of Rovers!
> > Many rover-to-rover Q's. None of them orchestrated and none
> > over trivial distances.  But boy did those rovers help fill
> > in my grid map.  Another highlight was every 2.3 GHz and 10
> > GHz contact. More contacts and more grids this year.
> >
> > Bob, K2DRH swept me on 5 bands in all 8 Grids! That's 40
> > QSO's!  Other frequently worked calls: W0AUS (37), KC9BQA
> > (25), W0UC (26), K2YAZ (18), ND9Z (13), and W9GA (12). Jay,
> > W9RM, with 2 bands found me in 4 of the 8 grids--thanks!
> > But ya know, all the contacts are  appreciated even if I
> > only worked them once on one band.
> >
> > Rovers!  A whopping 91 rover-to-rover contacts (26%).  I
> > worked K9JK/R, K0PG/R, K9ILT/R, KC0IYT/R, N0EDV/R, N9GH/R,
> > W0ZQ/R, W7XU/R, WA9O/R, and WB8BZK/R.  Most of the rovers
> > gave me valuable needed grids.  I worked a whopping 25 Q's
> > with WA9O/R--closest one was 95 miles.
> >
> > I guess what impressed me about this year was that I stayed
> > busy--in the UHF contest--where antennas are pointy and
> > CQ'ing is tough.  Very good grid coverage this time as well.
> > This one will be hard for me to beat.
> >
> > Rovers PLEASE come work the Dodgeville and Wausau corners
> > during a future contest. See what fun I've been having!!
> > I'll be elsewhere in September (more on that later) so
> > Rovers should start planning for this coming September to
> > activate Dodgeville and Wausau. You will be swamped in
> > multiple directions.
> >
> > I'm working on some graphic map images with the paths worked
> > from this UHF weekend on them.  Stand by for those.  Paper
> > log will be going in marked "Badger Contesters".
> >
> > Thanks to all who got on and especially to all those I
> > worked--you helped me get this nice score. Wow!
> > 73
> > Bruce Richardson W9FZ/R
> >
> > Here's my new personal record high score:
> >
> > RoverLog QSOs by Activated Grid:
> > Grid QSOs Grid QSOs Grid QSOs
> > EN45 49 EN54 25 EN55 46
> > EN42 39 EN43 45 EN52 59
> > EN44 36 EN53 49
> >
> > RoverLog Score Summary, Using new rover rules:
> > Band QSOs Value QSOPts Mults
> > 222 94 3 282 22
> > 432 106 3 318 22
> > 902 59 6 354 16
> > 1.2 56 6 336 16
> > 2.3 20 12 240 8
> > 3.4 0 12 0 0
> > 5.7 0 12 0 0
> > 10 13 12 156 7
> > 24 0 12 0 0
> > 47 0 12 0 0
> > 76 0 12 0 0
> > 119 0 12 0 0
> > 142 0 12 0 0
> > 241 0 12 0 0
> > 300 0 12 0 0
> >
> > Grids activated: 8
> >
> > Totals: 348 1686 99
> >
> > Claimed Score: 166914
> >
> >
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Tom Ring K0TAR, ex-WA2PHW  EN34hx

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