[NLRS] June VHF Contest--K0JP

[Jack]

In addition to KA0RYT on 2-meters I also managed to work K0VG on 
6-meters. Thanks for the QSOs.

I am well outside the NLRS club circle so this was submitted for 
Radiosport Manitoba.

73,

Jack, K0JP/VE3RUA


                     ARRL June VHF Contest - 2020

Call: K0JP
Operator(s): K0JP
Station: K0JP

Class: Single Op LP
QTH: EN18
Operating Time (hrs): 7

Summary:
  Band  QSOs  Mults
-------------------
     6:  33     28
     2:   2      2
-------------------
Total:  35     30  Total Score = 1,050


Comments:

Well, that was interesting. N1MM Logger says an operating time of 2:15 but that
is wrong by a significant margin...it was more like 7 hours. Considerable time
was spent CQing on 6-meter CW, 2-meter CW, and 2-meter FT8, with little to show
for it, which is disappointing.

The FT4/8 operation was not as fruitful as I'd hoped primarily because 50.313MHz
was so insanely crowded. It was a rare occasion that I actually worked stations
with signals weaker than 0 or +1. I also lost some FT8 Qs to QSB that, I
believe, could have been successful on FT4.

I was surprised to work so many close-in grids, with EN19/29, EN08/18, and
EN17/27, as well as EN35 in the log. The EN35 QSO was my sole 2-meter FT8
contact. KA0RYT's signal peaked at -4 with my little 7-element Yagi just 10-feet
in the air!

If the pandemic situation is improved by September I hope to be operating the
VHF contest from our VE3 QTH in Kenora, ON (EN29).



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