[NLRS] Observation/Question about the June 50 MHz contest

[Zack Widup]

Hi John,

Interesting that you called it the "50 MHz contest." It certainly
became that, didn't it?

I got a late start (around 0100Z Sunday, or 8 pm Saturday evening
local) and worked a few stations at the tail end of an opening to
Texas and New England. I heard nothing to the southeast.

On Sunday there were two 50 MHz openings here - one in late morning to
New England and one starting around 6 or 7 pm to the west, north and
northeast. Again, nothing to the southeast. I did hear XE2W for a bit
but that is to the southwest. A local ham, K9XE, told me he worked
Cuba on Saturday. I don't know how much of an opening there was in
that direction then but I missed it.

I heard you on 2m a couple times on Sunday. I think you were in EM59.
You were just about to QSY to another band with someone else both
times and I had a hard time finding you again. Sorry we didn't work.

73, Zack W9SZ


On 6/13/12, John (JK) Kalenowsky, K9JK <hamk9jk at ameritech.net> wrote:
>
>
> Was there an absence of propagation to the "southeast" in the
> contest or was it just me (missing the openings in that
> direction? not being in an area to which propagation was there?
> limitation of my rover equipment/antenna?).
>
> I've just been scanning my log and noticed that I basically
> worked NO ONE South of 41N/East of 87W on 50 MHz, basically East
> through South on a compass from where my rover route took me
> were "blank". I DID manage to make contact with FN11, FN21, FN31
> and FN41 (and points north) but FN10, FN20, FN30, NOPE! (FN40
> all in water so I didn't expect anything from there). Nothing
> around DC (no FM18/19/28/29). I *DID* work ONE station in North
> Carolina, FM13, but no OTHER FM grids, no EMs greater than 26
> (even missed K5QE in EM31, though I heard them for a bit). I
> heard stations in Southern Florida (K4MM-EL97, W4AS-EL95) but
> was not able to make contact and, other than EL29 (my ONLY Texas
> QSO) and EL60 (Mexico), EL was "blank", too.
>
> >From SE Iowa (near the EN30/31/40/41 Grid Corner) on Saturday
> late afternoon into evening, I felt like I had a pipeline to
> Arizona, 15 Qs with 8 different stations, in addition to some of
> New Mexico and one station in Utah. Even caught W7GJ in Montana
> from two of those grids.
>
> I'm going to have to make a map similar to the hourly highlight
> maps I did for the extended/web version of the 2012 January
> contest results so I can visualize this better.
>
> For my Claimed Score and other detail, check my report to the
> 3830 Reflector at:
> http://lists.contesting.com/pipermail/3830/2012-June/253182.html
>
> Any similar observations by others? (Especially by other
> 'midwest'/western Great Lakes rovers.)
>
> 73, JK
>
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