[NLRS] January VHF - W0ZQ/R

[Zack Widup]

Conditions were pretty dismal here on Sunday especially on the bands 902 and
up. I couldn't make it out on Saturday. I was happy to work K9MU in EN44
(144 MHz) and W0VB in EN34 (144 and 222 MHz). I was QRP Portable in EN50rl
from 1 pm to 7 pm.

Didn't hear anyone else up your way. I did also work N4QWZ in EM66. That was
my other long-haul QSO.

It got up to 45 degrees here on Sunday with occasional drizzle. No freezing
fingers to the dish until around 7 pm when I tore down and it had gotten
down to 31 degrees. All the wet coax and antennas from earlier (It WAS
raining when I started to set up at 11:30 am but quit around noon) were
coated with ice by then.
73, Zack W9SZ


On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 12:49 PM, <jcplatt1 at mmm.com> wrote:

>
>
> Band......Qs....Grids
> 6m............5..........2
> 2m..........14..........2
> 222...........6..........2
> 432...........7..........2
> 5760.........6..........2
> 10G........10..........3
> Total......48........13    Score = 2,595 pts
>
> Sunday morning I loaded up the Subaru with my FT897, a 6m hamstik, a 2m and
> a 222 omni loop, and my 5760 & 10gig dishes and headed to the Burnsville
> site (EN34is) for the first ever "Freeze Your Fingers To Your Dish" event.
> As all of you know the weather was interesting - about 36 degrees with
> mist, drizzle, and a slight wind.  We had N0KP, KC0IYT and N0HJZ show up
> all with the goal of working K0AWU (EN37ed) on 10 gigs along with whomever
> else showed up too.  The distance to Bill is about 265 km and we have made
> this path many times in the past.   At 10:00 am, per our prearranged
> schedule, we starting beaconing back and forth on the minute and found
> Bill, but very very weak.  Because of conditions, I was the only 10gig
> station able to make the grade on a very weak CW contact - this part of the
> operation was a disappointment, but Ma nature just wasn't helping us out
> much here.  We did proceed to work WB0LJC and W0GHZ off of downtown on both
> 5.7 and 10 gigs, which was a lot of fun, then proceed up to Ridgeway
> Parkway to EN35 to do the same thing.  With my micro-rover I was also able
> to work K0SIX, W0GHZ, WB0LJC, KC0LXB, KC0VFP, and W0XG on the lower bands.
> On 432 I was using the 2m omni - it loads on 432 but its a really bad
> antenna !   Because the temperature was 36 degrees, we never actually froze
> our fingers to our dishes, but we did get fairly damp in the mist and
> drizzle and one always wonders what is going on inside your equipment when
> you see the ingress of water.
>
> Thanks to all those who looked for us.  Thanks to Bill for giving this a
> go ..... next time we will be more successful.
>
> 73, Jon
> W0ZQ and W0ZQ/R too.
>
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