[NLRS] W0UC January VHF SS

[Paul Husby]

I had hoped the unusually mild and stagnant weather might give us a bit 
of enhancement, but no such luck.  432&up were noticeably down Saturday 
and into Sunday afternoon, when the lifting fog seemed to improve 
conditions quite a bit on 902 & 1296.  6 & 2 were pretty average the 
whole weekend, with no significant enhancement noted.

If you only sat on the calling frequencies and waited for the activity 
to come to you, this would have been a slow contest.  But if you track 
the rovers, follow the spotting page, chase down some people on ON4KST, 
try the digital frequencies and maybe some eme, there is plenty to keep 
one busy.  The guys on digital all report excellent activity on the new 
MSK144.  W9FZ, KA9VVQ, KC0P and N0HZO provided a lot of rover contacts 
to those who kept track of them, as well as other rover activity from 
N0SPN, K9JK and KE0FMX.

I was analog only, with best DX on 144 & 222 K0TPP EM48 at 440 miles, 
and 432 K9MRI EN70 at 409 miles.

50    70    25
144    75    26
222    37    20
432    48    18
902    21    8
1.2    12    6
Total    263    103    46,041

Thanks to W0AIH for plowing a road to the shack, though it proved too 
muddy and slippery to traverse in my van!  Thanks to everyone who got 
on, and please send your logs in.  This is one more chance for you to 
earn another chip in the prize drawing at Aurora '17. Mark your 
calendars:  April 22, hope to see you there!

73
Paul W0UC
EN44HamRadio