[NLRS] January Contest - W0ZQ

[W0ZQ at aol.com]

Band   Q's   Grids                Station
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50:   52    14    100 watts + stacked  loops
144:  43    15     400 watts + 28' yagi @ 50'
222:  22     14    120 watts + 17' yagi @ 52'
432:   26    13    100 watts + 17' yagi @  54'
902:  10       7     20 watts + 19' looper at 50'
1296:   12     8     50 watts  + 19' looper at 50'
2304:     4      2     30 watts + 17' looper  at 50'
3456:    4       2     30 watts + 17' looper at 50'
5760:    2       2      2 watt, 27 dBi dish,  portable
10368:    3       2      2 wats, 17 dBi horn,  portable
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Total:  178      79   Score = 30,257  

Managed to catch the short E open on Sunday morning to the FN41 area ....  
not a large scale opening but good signals from a small area and always fun to  
catch ANY propagation.  Hat's off to Bruce as KB9C/R for braving the  elements 
.... made the grade with him from most of his stops on 2, 222, and 432,  but 
it was hit & miss on 902 and 1296.  Never did complete a 2304 Q  with him.  
Glen, KC0IYT/R, got out Sunday and provided some much needed  multipliers from 
EN35 on 902 and up.  Big thanks to both guys.
 
My 5.7 and 10 GHz contacts were made with W0GHZ and KC0IYT/R with my  
portable system from my driveway or garage.  W0GHZ (EN34lx) is only 17  miles from me 
(EN34it), but it is an all tree path.  10 GHz was on snow  scatter, but 5760 
was pretty much brute force direct path with pure tone  CW.  Glen was portable 
across the river from me in EN34, probably not much  more than five miles or 
so, but on the other side of my house from me as my  garage door points north. 
Glen and I were able to work on 10 GHz, but  not 5760.  Later in the day Glen 
moved up to EN35ja, or 15 miles north of  me.  Once again we were able to use 
snow scatter to make it on 10  GHz.  When Glen went to work Gary on 5760 
using the bounce off of downtown,  I heard Glen 5x1 on CW and we went on to work 
each other.  I was aimed on  the direct path to Glen, but the signals peaked 
while pointing just at the top  of the trees, perhaps 10 degrees up .... any 
more or any less elevation and he  drop out.  After looking at the picture that 
Glen sent to me as to his set  up its pretty amazing that we made the Q over 
this path.
 
Other  than that, a typical January contest.  Lots of QSB.   Best DX was over 
to K8EB in EN73.  Signals would float up out of the noise,  be there for a 
minute, then gone forever.  Disappointed that there wasn't  more UHF & uW 
activity this time around, but it was fun to make what Q's  there were to make. 
 
Don't forget to send in your log and don't forget to indicate Northern  
Lights Radio Society as your club.
 
73, Jon
W0ZQ
 
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