[NLRS] N9LB - ARRL January VHF Contest Results

[Dr. Gerald N. Johnson]

The air here was nearly muddy, thick fog visibility 1/8th to 
occasionally a whole mile. 432 signals in and out had very great QSB and 
that made some contacts hard to complete.

73, Jerry, K0CQ

On 1/23/2018 3:57 PM, Zack Widup wrote:
>
>
> 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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