[NLRS] N9LB - ARRL January VHF Contest Results

[Zack Widup]

I was unable to participate this year due to other commitments the
whole weekend. Maybe just as well. For this contest, ideal conditions
for me to go to the hilltop I like to operate from are temperatures
just below freezing and no snow/ice storms. This year, the temperature
hit 52 on Sunday and it was raining. That hill would've been a muddy
mess. I could still be up there stuck waist-deep in mud.
:-)

73, Zack W9SZ


On Tue, Jan 23, 2018 at 3:26 PM, Lloyd - N9LB <lloydberg at charter.net> wrote:
>
>
> As always, the ARRL January VHF test was a great operating event.
>
> 140 QSOs this year, which is seven more contacts than last year, but somehow
> I missed many of the regulars.
>
> WX was drizzle & fog 32-40 degrees all weekend.
>
> Propagation conditions were above normal, but no e-skip.
>
> My operating modes were SSB and CW ( no digital ).
>
> Worked into Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and home
> state Wisconsin.
>
> Best DX:
> N8ZM on 144/222/432 in Ohio at ~337 miles ( I don't have his 6-digit grid to
> calculate exact distance ).
> KC9PQT on 144 in Indiana 285 miles.
> WB8AHT on 144 in Michigan 261 miles.
> K9MRI on 50/144/222/432/902 MHz in Indiana 252 miles.
> K2YAZ on 50/144/222/432/902/1296 in Michigan at 219 miles.
> K0CQ on 144 and 432 in Iowa at 215 miles
>
> Perhaps the highlight was working Janice-KA9VVQ/R and Bruce-W9FZ/R on 144,
> 222, and 432 in EN24 at 249 miles and in EN25 at 281 miles.  Both are new
> grids for me on all three bands.
>
> Six band sweeps with K2DRH, K2YAZ, and W9GA. Five bands with K9MRI.
>
> 140 QSOs and 67 Grids produced a claimed score of 14,673
>
> 73
>
> Lloyd - N9LB  EN52hv
>
>
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