[NLRS] 222 Sprint: W0ZQ

[Larry Peterson]

Sorry we didn't get to work you, Jon.  I did very well in the 222 
Sprint, although there are no local operators for the 'easy' QSOs, so 
everything I do is DX from EN54 in Appleton, WI.

Unfortunately I rarely hear anyone in the Twin Cities direction in any 
of the Sprints.   Maybe next time, if alerted by a text message, I can 
turn my beam your way at the proper time.

I had a clean sweep with Wyatt AC0RA/R and two solid contacts with Pete 
K9PW/R.

I only worked Ron W9ZIH at 170 miles via SSB.  Usually we are both very 
strong.  It was only S3 last night.  I had 3 CW contacts. The rest were 
on FT8 which is an extremely effective mode for DX contacts.

Maybe we'll work you for the 432 Sprint next Wednesday.

73,

Larry WA9TT

On 4/15/2020 10:41 AM, Jon Platt via NLRS wrote:
> Poor conditions were countered by good activity.  Final score was 19 Q's x 7 grids for 133 points.  Worked one station on 223.5 FM, four on FT8 (222.174), and 14 on SSB.  No CW this year despite making some calls.  FT8 was interesting as I decode several stations that I was not able to get their attention.  Decoded but not worked were K9PW/R, N9ISN, WA9TT, N9LB, and AA9MY.  Perhaps my 100 watts wasn't cutting the mustard as there was a lot of QSB with our cold weather.  I also heard/called W9ZIH on SSB, I think he responded to me, but I was not able to get a confirmation from him before he disappeared into the noise.  A tip of the hat to rovers AC0RA and WA2VOI.  Thanks for the Q's.  The 222.060 beacon is back on again.
> My 432 antenna is still kaput so next weeks 432 Sprint may be a rove, tbd.
> 73, JonW0ZQ
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