Hello NLRS land
I see that the ARRL June and September VHF Extended Articles have been posted on the Leagues contest website. The articles are fun to read and informational. The June write up includes a number of rover stories including one from a Fiat 500, check them out. VHF contest season is just around the corner!
Here are the club's highlights:
June VHF
There were a total of 1,615 logs submitted for the 2023 contest, down from the 1,709 submitted in 2022. Overall, apart from the COVID-19 stay-at-home spike in 2020, the trend has been generally upward over the past ten years. There were 51 clubs participating in the Medium Club competition where NLRS finished in 11th place with 17 logs. National finishes by club members are:
- KA0PQW 4th place Single Operator, Low Power, Analog Only
- N0SUW 7th place Single Operator, Portable
- N0UR 3rd place Single Operator, 3-Band
- K0VG 9th place Single Operator, 3-Band
- AC0RA/R 1st place. Classic Rover
- KC0P/R 9th place Unlimited Rover
- N0HZO/R 10th place Unlimited Rover
September VHF
Overall, contest entries were up a bit this year - 706 in 2023, from 672 in 2022. Single Operator, Low Power remains the most popular category. There were 32 clubs participating in the Medium Club competition where NLRS finished in 10th place with 16 logs. National finishes by club members are:
- KA0PQW 4th place Single Operator, Analog Only, Low Power
- WØAUS (WØZQ, op) 4th place Single Operator, High Power
- W0GHZ 8th place Single Operator, Analog Only, High Power
- N0SUW 6th place Single Operator, Portable
- KA9VVQ/R 4th place Classic Rover
- W9FZ/R 5th place Classic Rover
- KCØP/R 8th place Classic Rover
- N0HZO/R 9th place Classic Rover
73, Jon
W0ZQ