[NLRS] EN37ed Sept VHF Contest report

[Bill Davis]

  Well another Septcontest in the log. Sure had disappointing conditions here for the most part.The Canadians were doing well early on but other directions not. Thanks guys to the north:-) I tried withBob K2YAZ several times over the weekend (398 miles) and we heard and workedonly on 2 meters which is very unusual for us. Bob K2DRH was less than stellaras well.  Ended up being digital on allbands but 2 meters if I recall correctly. Sadly, I did not work my own grid onany band. That really hurts the bottom line. Sat afternoon changing bands and modesin the middle of a run, another 1302 Gasfet left for great DX in the sky.Something “hung” the TS2000 PPT line in TX and in the process of clearing that.. puff. It had been a very long time since I had that blown that preamp.Repaired it while continuing to operate and didn’t miss anything. A preamp isREQUIRED for my TS2000. It does NOT hear.

  No 6 or 2m Es workedhere during the entire contest. So 6 meter numbers are down as a result.

  Thanks for all forthe activity. Hats off to our intrepid rovers. Without their HARD WORK andexpensive travels, the contest would have been pretty lame. Jon, Bruce, Janice,Mel, Carol and Dave a BIG SPECIAL THANK YOU. Jon W0AUS/R was the strongest I have ever heard from EN34 at14:20-14:33Z Sunday. Signals on 902 and 1296 over S9. We enjoy work CW so much,that even with those signal levels we stayed with CW. Worked Jon at 3 locationson 10GHz as well. OH WHAT FUN! 

 

6 meters – 10 Qs  6Grids

2meters – 46 Qs  15Grids

222         -- 23 Qs10 Grids

432        --- 28 Qs12 Grids

902        --- 10 Qs   7 Grids

1296     --- 6 Qs  4 Grids

10GHz    --- 4 Qs  3 Grids

TOTALS  -- 126Contacts and 57 Grids  -- 12,654 totalPoints

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