[NLRS] Jan VHF -- EN37ed K0AWU Report

[Zack Widup]

I operated from the highest hilltop in several counties, in EN50rl (my
usual contesting spot). When I got there on Sunday early afternoon, the fog
was so heavy that I couldn't see the wind generator tower 500 feet from me.
The wind was howling. The fog sort of lifted an hour later but the wind
kept on howling. I kind of blocked it out mentally. But I recall Bob K2DRH
told me it sounded like I had some sort of feedback in my SSB signal and I
didn't realize till later he was hearing the wind howling through my car
roof top rack.
:-)

At least I know now that my antenna mounting/support system using the roof
rack can withstand some pretty good winds.

73, Zack W9SZ


On Mon, Jan 23, 2017 at 11:51 AM, Bill Davis via NLRS <nlrs at mailman.qth.net>
wrote:

>
>
>   Thanks to all of those that got on for the contest. The 32deg weather
> produced thick fog for the entire contest period here, so a good weekend to
> be in the shack. I had hoped that the warm weather might have created some
> good prop, but "not so much" as the kids would say. I was "around" the
> entire contest period, watched some football Sunday with the hamshack 10ft
> away monitoring 144.200 and 222.100.
>
>   Activity was low again, My Jan contest score was the lowest since 2002,
> when I had only 4 bands. Very nice to hear some signals on frequencies that
> have been silent since last Sept contest. Great to catch up with a number
> of long time friends. Northern group worked included, NT0V, W0PHD, KB0LBS,
> K0MVJ, KB0CIM. Rovers were only worked in one grid each were W9FZ, KA9VVQ,
> KC0P, N0HZO.
>
>   Best DX (other than Bob K2DRH at 411miles) included Bruce and Janice in
> EN43tq at 287miles, Ray WB0HHM EN13 at 289miles and Dennis NT0V EN08 at
> 250miles. Heard several good meteor bursts on 144.200 that included K5QE
> and a 8 who's call I didn't get,both quite lengthy and strong. Sadly
> neither even got a QRZ or response of any kind that I heard. My sked with
> Bob K2DRH on 432 JT65 was worked using random aircraft scatter again. I run
> abut 4db more power and Bob was seeing me better, but he needed the
> aircraft for any signal to be seen here at all.
>
>   In the end .. Only 56 QSOs, 36grids total 3,564 points.
>
>    Webmail formatting FAILS miserably, so I'll just list the band counts.
> QSO's followed by grids --- 6m 13 - 6, 2m 18 - 10, 222 -- 9 - 7 , 432 -- 9
> - 6, 902 -- 3 - 3, 1296 -- 3 - 3 and 10GHz 1 - 1.
>
> 73  Bill  K0AWU
>
>
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