[NLRS] W9FZ/R 2-grid rove report for 2m Fall sprint

[Bruce Richardson]

I had a great time and thought activity levels were
downright good. I think "promotion" in the area helped a
bunch!  Thanks Todd :-) .

It was a lovely, warm evening. Wind was out of the south
bringing in moist air.  I hoped for some good stratification
after dark.  I was near Mineral Point, WI for the first spot
(EN42 Lafayette County) and New Glarus, WI (EN52 Green
County) for the 2nd.  I used a historical marker pull-off
along Hwy 23 south of Mineral Point for the first spot and
I'd recommend it to anyone activating Lafayette County.

I got there with about a minute to spare and set-up my 6m
dipole. I ended up ONLY making 2m contacts.  I had two
schedules with KB0HH--one in each grid. We banged away at
each other for about 8 minutes each time unsuccessfully. But
I'm glad we tried. I heard some pings. 

I did most of my work up on 144.240.  I REALLY appreciate
all the guys who found me there. It saved me from having to
wade into .200 +/- 5 kcs.  For you fixed stations, how did
.240 work for you?  What do you think if I didn't do that
and waded down into .200 +/- 5kcs to CQ my lungs out?  Would
it make for a more unpleasant neighborhood (like I predict)?
I think I'd have made more Q's if I did--because there are
plenty of folks who don't go further away from .200 than
5kcs and I might have had a chance at working them.  But I
personally think that my being off of .200 is a "better
neighbor" way to go.

Pretty nice Grid coverage: WB0YWW in EN22, K0SIX&K0KFC EN35,
N0EDV EN45, K9MU EN44, N8LIQ EN56, KF8QL EN72, N0JA EM49,
K2DRH EN41 several each in EN43, 53, 51,52, 61.  Where was
EN34 and EN64????  Glad to work KE6CBR/R five times and
K9JK/R twice.

Due to a bridge being out, my drive between the two grids
took twice as long (time and distance) as planned to
reposition.  When I got on the air in EN52 with 45 minutes
to go in the sprint, that is when I had that nice pileup!
Thanks guys--that was fun!  Turns out it was 20 Q's in 13
minutes.  Interestingly, I didn't work anything in the
sprint after 0348z.


Band		QSOs	Value	QSOPtsMults Total
144 (EN42)	36	1	36	18     648
144 (EN52)	26	1	26	12     312
	
Claimed Score: 960

That was a nice evening of radio.
73
Bruce W9FZ/R