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

[Zack Widup]

It was great to work you guys at N9UHF on all the bands you had except 10
GHz. Did you finally make some QSO's there, Mike?

I worked N4QWZ in EM66 on 144 and 432. We tried 1296 but couldn't make it.
But that opening on Saturday evening was a lot of fun.

I hope we have good condx for the 10 GHz contest, too. Should be fun from
the shores of Lake Michigan!

Here's my breakdown for last weekend:
                   ARRL September VHF QSO Party
Call: W9SZ
Operator(s): W9SZ
Station: W9SZ
Class: Single Op Port QRP
QTH: ILLINOIS
Operating Time (hrs): 20
Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
-------------------
   2:   53    17
 222:   18    10
 432:   30    14
 903:   12     8
 1.2:   15    11
 2.3:    9     7
 3.4:    5     5
 5.7:    2     2
 10G:    3     3
-------------------
Total:  147    77  Total Score = 23,562

73, Zack W9SZ


On Mon, Sep 14, 2009 at 7:53 PM, <aa9il at sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> 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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