[NLRS] January VHF: W0ZQ

[w0zq at aol.com]

W0ZQ SOLP Results
Band  Q's Grids             
  6m  26    9
  2m  17    6
 222   6    4
 432  14    4
 902   4    2
1296   4    2
2304   3    1
3456   3    1
Total 77   29  Score = 4,379


W0ZQ/R
Band  Q's Grids    
 2m   1     1
10G   2     2       
Total 3     3  Score = 36

Soapbox:  I started the contest from the Burnsville overlook as W0ZQ/R, EN34is, to work K0AWU on 10gigs.  EN34is to EN37ed is about 265 km.  It was still 'warm' at about 35 degrees but the wind was honking and I had to hold the dish down with the car battery.  I did made a few calls on 146.55 and .58 with no takers.   After that I warmed up both me and the home station.  It had been a long summer with few Q's due to home remodeling, but everything seemed to work despite the wind and the cold.  Good signals from W0UC/9 on 902, what a great band.  I worked K0AWU late in the contest on Sunday evening and he went from S3 to S-nothing.  Had to resort to CW to get the "RRs".  

The good news is that the rover rack is now unburied from the garage, all the equipment seems to work, and I am looking forward to the June, July and August contests.   

73, Jon
W0ZQ