Well another Sept contest 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 with Bob K2YAZ several times over the weekend (398 miles) and we heard and worked only on 2 meters which is very unusual for us. Bob K2DRH was less than stellar as well.  Ended up being digital on all bands but 2 meters if I recall correctly. Sadly, I did not work my own grid on any band. That really hurts the bottom line. Sat afternoon changing bands and modes in 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 is REQUIRED for my TS2000. It does NOT hear.

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

  Thanks for all for the activity. Hats off to our intrepid rovers. Without their HARD WORK and expensive 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 at 14:20-14:33Z 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 locations on 10GHz as well. OH WHAT FUN!

 

6 meters – 10 Qs  6 Grids

2meters – 46 Qs  15 Grids

222         -- 23 Qs 10 Grids

432        --- 28 Qs 12 Grids

902        --- 10 Qs   7 Grids

1296     --- 6 Qs  4 Grids

10GHz    --- 4 Qs  3 Grids

TOTALS  -- 126 Contacts and 57 Grids  -- 12,654 total Points