[NLRS] 144 MHz Sprint rained out

[Zack Widup]

That's a shame. I really like the Sprints. One of these days I hope to get
some VHF antennas up at home, but since I don't have those now, I'm limited
to portable operations. We had quite a bit of rain last night. It didn't
quit till after 11 pm.

73, Zack W9SZ

On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 7:16 AM, Todd Sprinkmann <sprinkies at excel.net>wrote:

>   Zack, you didn't miss a thing.  Lowest-activity sprint
> in my 9 years of getting on.  It's just shocking, how much
> any V/U contest or sprint that is *not* the June ARRL,
> has fallen apart the last 2-3 years.  ( I love the June, don't
> get me wrong, it's just that the participants in the June
> won't/don't go much above 6m, so they aren't on for the
> multi-band contests where we need the Q volume)
>
>   I can't say anything nice so I won't say anything more, lol.
>
>   Take care, 73,
>   Todd   KC9BQA
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Zack Widup" <w9sz.zack at gmail.com>
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> Sent: Monday, September 17, 2012 10:24 PM
> Subject: [NLRS] 144 MHz Sprint rained out
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>>
>> I'm having pretty bad luck with VHF contests this month. I missed the
>> September ARRL VHF contest due to a lot of other commitments that
>> weekend. I went to a hilltop on Saturday to try to work a few people
>> in the 10 GHz contest and had equipment troubles (my 10 GHz
>> phase-locked LO came unlocked on transmit). So I was hoping to get a
>> couple hours in on the 144 MHz Fall Sprint. I was just about to depart
>> for a hilltop when it started raining. Thunder and lightning right
>> now.
>>
>> I hope my luck changes for the other Sprints.
>>
>> 73, Zack W9SZ
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