[NLRS] ARRL September VHF Test Results - N9LB Wisconsin

[Lloyd Berg N9LB]

Participation level was good, and I had 10 more QSOs than last year.  My 
claimed score was down due to fewer mults and technical troubles with my 
equipment.

6M opened up twice from Wisconsin to Florida late Saturday afternoon and 
again late Sunday afternoon!  Also worked one TX station, NR5M in EM10 
Saturday afternoon.

Other than the 6M e-skip, band conditions were about as flat as 
possible.

Sorry that I missed a lot of the regulars, my fault, I was off the air 
repairing equipment:
1.  Front end of 2M XVTR burned out at the beginning of the contest, 
repaired late on Saturday afternoon.
2.  2304 XVTR deaf - ( no idea why )
3.  Config error on temporary IF rig resulted in low receive sensitivity 
for most of Saturday.

Majority of contacts were with Wisconsin and Illinois.

Worked NLRS stations, W0BM & KA0PQW in EN33, and W0UC in EN44.
Enjoyed four band sweeps with WA0VPJ/r in EN53, EN42, and EN33.
Caught rovers WB0EBG/r in EN34 and W9II/r in EN61.
Also contacted WB0ISK and N0MA in Iowa and four Michigan stations.

Nothing heard from Missouri, Indiana, or Ohio.

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N9LB Single Op Low, Power, Unassisted.
         Band  QSOs     Pts  Grd
           50    33      33   16
          144    25      25   12
          222    14      28    9
          420    15      30    9
          902     2       6    2
         1240     3       9    3
        Total    92     131   51
        Claimed Score : 6,681
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September ARRL VHF Contest History for N9LB:
2010 - 105 QSOs, 61 Mults = 9,333
2011 -  82 QSOs, 56 Mults = 7,336
2012 -  92 QSOs, 51 Mults = 6,681

I'll be looking for you all in the upcoming sprints, activity nets, band 
openings, and the 2013 Contests.

73

Lloyd - N9LB EN52