[NLRS] 2013 June VHF Contest results for N9LB ( EN52 / Wisconsin )

[Lloyd Berg N9LB]

Highlights:
Worked two XE stations XE2JS and XE2X
Worked K2DRH on 2304 MHz ( my only 13 cm contact )
6M e-skip 6-7 PM CDST Saturday evening to Texas & Mexico and a few 
momentary spotlight openings later Saturday evening to SW states.
6M e-skip off-and-on from 9:30 AM to 2:30 PM CDST Sunday to Florida, 
Gulf Coast, NM, AZ, CO, UT.

Was able to work W0UC, K9UJH, and N0AKC in EN44 and AC0RA/R in EN31 & 
EN32 on multiple bands.

Lowlights:
Unable to contact the regulars around Minneapolis/St. Paul on any band ( 
Tropo-shield? ).
No e-skip openings with New England, East Coast, Western upper tier 
states or West Coast.

Best DX:
XE2X  EL06  1521 miles  (Tamaulipas )
WA7JTM  DM53  1381 miles  ( Arizona )
XE2JS  DL68  1353 miles  (Chihuahua )
NM7D	DM37  1333 miles  ( Utah )
K7CA  DM57  1301 miles  ( Utah )

Participation seemed excellent, but regional propagation was very poor. 
Missed many of the regulars in Wisconsin and surrounding states. My Q’s 
and score down from previous years.

Many thanks to all the operators who got On The Air for anywhere from a 
few minutes to all weekend long.  Extra thanks to those stations that 
took extra time to dig signals out of the noise.  Thanks also to the 
better equipped stations that attracted the attention of semi-distant 
stations then stood by to allow the lower power guys to “tail end” and 
make a few extra contacts.

Really appreciate the rovers, you made a huge contribution to the 
contest!  Midwest:  K9ILT/R, K0PG/R,  W9SNR/R, K9JK/R, W9YOY/R, AC0RA/R. 
DX rovers  ( that I contacted ): N0LP/R DM79, W0BL/R DM88, AL1VE/R EM06, 
W7QQ/R DM65. Thanks for being out there!

73

Lloyd – N9LB EN52 Wisconsin

Band  QSOs  Points  Grids
     50  130       130     65
   144    56         56     20
   222    22         44     12
   432    31         62     15
   902      5         15       5
1296      6         18       6
2304      1           4       1
Total   251       329   124

2013 Score :  40,796