[NLRS] CQWW VHF WB8BZK/R

[Mike Metroka]

Well I'm sort of glad that 2 meter activity was low on Saturday due to all
of the action on 6 meters.  Only after I put the beams up in the air at my
first stop in southern Wisconsin did I realize that I brought the 222 beam
and NOT the 2 meter beam!  Early on set Alzheimer for sure!  I did remember
to swap out beams for the Sunday trip so I'm not totally brain dead yet.

 

Portions of Saturday were very good with skip into the southern states.
Sunday was rough with limited Es most of the day.  I left the best location
for last but Murphy followed me there.  The last few hours of the contest
was mostly CQing and only noise in response.  Local activity seemed to be
down this year.

 

I did have a good time working 104 unique stations.  215 total Qs (154 on 6
meters with 85 grids and 61 on 2 meters with 35 grids).  Using the rover
scoring it looks like 33,120 points if I didn't mess up logging anything.

 

73

Mike WB8BZK/R

 

See you at the 47th Central States VHF Society Conference, July 25-27, in
Elk Grove Village, IL