[NLRS] Sept VHF: W0ZQ SOHP

[Jon Platt]

Band   Qs Grids50     53  17144    49  21222    31  15
432    30  12
902    11   6
1296   10   6
2304    2   2
3456    1   1Total 187  80Score: 23,920 Conditions on Saturday were so so, a bit better on Sunday, especially later in the day.  There were no E's that I heard so all my 6m Q's except one were made on FT8 despite calling on SSB.  It seems that 6m FT8 is the place to be now; too bad as it makes it more difficult to QSY stations to higher bands.  About half of my FT8 6m Q's were made with NA Contest Mode enabled, the other half using "the funny numbers" mode as many stations are still not aware of this mode.  NA Contest Mode works slick.  The big highlight of the contest were the rovers; AC0RA/R, KC0P/R, N0HZO/R, W0ZF/R, NI0W/R, N0SPN/R, KB0HNN/R, K0BBC/R, and KC0SKM/R. My apologies if I missed anyone.  A big tip of the hat to the rovers! On the down side, my 432 is a bit deaf, I need to explore why.  I suspect the front end may be damaged as that is what happened to my 222 and 2m, perhaps due to a close lightening strike a while back(?).  I replace both the 2m and 222 front end, but thought that the 432 was "ok" but it appears to be partially deaf.  Also, except for KC0P/R, I missed seeing more 902 and up rover activity.  902 works really well for roving (hint hint).  Only two Q's on 2304 and one on 3456, no 5760 or 10G.   73, JonW0ZQ