[NLRS] Shoosh! Midwest Mania! is history and was a blast.

[aa9il at sbcglobal.net]

Greetings

I wanted to add that our group (N9UHF) had some good microwave
propagation Saturday nite on 1296.  We worked Zack in the
afternoon on CW and I had the cans clamped tight to dig the
signal out of the noise floor.  That evening, a surface fog
rolled in and we were able to work several stations including W9SZ
on CW or voice.  The best dx on 1296 was eastern Kentucky.  During 
one Q to Ohio, the QSB went from S9 to S1 and back to S9.
Needless to say, we stayed up til midnight scanning the band.
Im waiting to hear what our final score was but overall it
was great fun.  Im hoping another good tropo rolls in for
for the 10ghz contest next week.

73 de AA9IL
Mike

--- On Mon, 9/14/09, Zack Widup <w9sz.zack at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Zack Widup <w9sz.zack at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [NLRS] Shoosh! Midwest Mania! is history and was a blast.
> To: "NLRS List" <nlrs at mailman.qth.net>
> Date: Monday, September 14, 2009, 10:56 AM
> 
> 
> Out of curiosity, what is the average distance for
> microwave QSO's in
> Midwest Mania?
> 
> I didn't hear too many people up your way in the contest
> and no one except
> W0UC seemed to be able to hear my 10 watts when I called. I
> did point in
> that direction and called CQ on CW quite a bit on 2m,
> usually a couple kHz
> above or below 144.200.
> 
> Perched on the hill in EN50rl, the closest person I worked
> on any band other
> than 144 MHz was about 100 miles away. I had more microwave
> activity in this
> contest than I've had in any other than the 10 GHz contest.
> Saturday night
> the tropo was exellent in my area. The K3SIW beacons on
> 2304 and 3456 were
> both pinning my s-meter. I've never heard them so loud down
> here. Microwave
> QSO's were quite easy then. I heard quite a few stations
> far to the east on
> 2m but didn't manage to work any of them. Again, QRP has
> its disadvantages.
> I guess I need to make up for that with bigger antennas!
> 
> Sunday was blah. Flat conditions and no significant
> enhancement after sunset
> here. Oh well.
> 
> 73, Zack W9SZ
> 
> On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 10:22 AM, Bruce Richardson <w9fz at w9fz.com>
> wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> > While I'll admit that I didn't work NLRS-land much, I
> had a blast.  Near
> > 400 Q's!  As good as Wisconsin roving :-) . And
> EXCELLENT roving spots are
> > EASY to find in the great plains. The vistas are
> 10-giggers dream. Full
> > travelogue and pictures will be posted in the results
> tab of the Midwest
> > Mania! Website.
> >
> > I guess the early results say that those "in" the
> region had
> > a blast with increased activity. Those outside the
> region didn't notice
> > much increased contacts out into the Great Plains.
> >
> > I'm in Norfolk, NE today and will drive across Iowa to
> the
> > farm in Hillsboro to store the antennas for another
> season.
> >
> > I worked KA0RYT, W7XU, K0SIX, and W0GHZ (and K2DRH).
> >
> > Bruce W9FZ/R
> >
> >
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