[NLRS] K0AWU -- UHF contest report

[Rich]

Good score Bill. You were loud on 432!

Rich N0HJZ

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> On Aug 7, 2022, at 1:40 PM, Bill Davis via NLRS <nlrs at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
> 
> 
>   Disappointed that I had only one 10GHz QSO with all the weather. I was sure excited looking at the weather forecast thinking that it was going to be GREAT for 10GHz, but not the case.
> 
>   Hard work it was. I was so relieved to shut all the blowers and rigs down, THE NOISE! GREAT end to the contest by working Mel and Carol with no coordination from 2 grids in the last 35min on 432 and 222 SSB at 298 miles. I only needed one repeat from Carol. That was VERY COOL. Thanks Mel and Carol!
> 
>    Thanks to the Canadian crew again: VE4MA, VE4CY, VE4DDZ, VA3ECO and VE3KRP. It would have been a bleak contest without those fellows for sure. Notable DX – K2YAZ, W0LGQ, K2DRH, KG0VL. It had been a while for some of these guys to appear in my logbook.
> 
>    I have no idea of the conditions. “The sample size was just too small”. The Canadian crew were strong but not too many others.
> 
> The Tally::
> 
>   222 – 17 QSOs  -- 11 Grids
> 
>   432 – 23 QSOs --  14 Grids  
> 
>   902 – 6 QSOs  -- 4 Grids
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> 1296  -- 6 QSOs – 5 Grids
> 
> 10 GHz -- QSO and 1 Grid
> 
> 53 total QSOs and Log computed score 33,834 pts
> 
>  
> 
> K0AWU  EN37ed
> 
> 222 – 250w  15elem 65ft
> 
> 432 – 250w  19elem 68ft
> 
> 902 – ~ 40watts  33elem looper 63 ft
> 
> 1296 -- ~ 40 watts 45elem looper 63 ft
> 
> 10GHz – 6 watts 18” dish 55ft
> 
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