[NLRS] W9HQ/R was a bust for 222 Sprint

[Melvynkc0p at aol.com]

Hi David, sorry to hear that you got skunked, ouch ! If W0UC was  hearing
Interntional Falls, Paul should have been able to hear you at St.  Charles.
 
Which location were you using for EN33 ? The high ground at O'Meara  Rd,
junction of Winona 35 & 37
or up Crystal Springs road Winona 37 , closer to the Corner  ?  
 
We should have three rover vehicals for 432 Fall Sprint, so if the rain  
prevents
good DX, at least we can dance with each other. I don't carry a weak  signal
source for 222, so I never know if I am receiving until I work the first  
one.
Good Luck next time.
 
73 Mel KC0P/R
 
 
In a message dated 9/30/2015 10:56:06 A.M. Central Daylight Time,  
thepalmhq at gmail.com writes:



I got to the St. Charles grid convergence last night in  perfect time to get
everything in place.  Started CQing right at 7:00  pm from EN33 as planned
and heard nothing.  I CQed for a while,  turning the antenna and still
nothing.

I began to suspect that I had  some hardware problem.  I checked all the
antenna connections and  everything seemed fine.  The transverter was
showing power output on  its display.  But I was not hearing increased
background noise when  cycling power to the 'verter.  So I figured something
was wrong.   About 7:30 I packed it up, checked out the rest of the grids at
that  convergence for another day, and headed for home.

Oh well, I  tried.

Seems like interest in this sprint was pretty low. But it  sounded like
there was more interest for the 432 sprint next week. I'm  planning on being
on that air from the home QTH for that one -- hope there  are still some
rovers going out.

73,

David  W9HQ,  non-rover  again
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