[TVARC] Fw: CQWW SSB VP2MDG M/S HP

[Daniel McKinney]

Great job guys I know you had a great time!!!!!!

On Thu, Nov 2, 2017 at 7:47 AM George Briggs <k2dm at att.net> wrote:

> Here is the writeup that Dennis and I submitted to the 3830 scores site.
>
> CQ Worldwide DX Contest, SSB
>
> Call: VP2MDG
> Operator(s): K2DM N0SMX
> Station: VP2MDG
>
> Class: M/S HP
> QTH: VP2M
> Operating Time (hrs): 44
>
> Summary:
> Band  QSOs  Zones  Countries
> ------------------------------
>   160:  204    10       23
>    80:  366    16       56
>    40:  331    16       54
>    20: 1267    26       84
>    15: 1694    29       95
>    10:  533    11       21
> ------------------------------
> Total: 4395   108      333  Total Score = 4,656,519
>
> Club: Florida Contest Group
>
> Comments:
>
> This year I was accompanied by a friend and fellow resident of The
> Villages,
> Dennis, N0SMX.  Dennis has always wanted to be on the DX side of a pileup,
> and
> I am getting to where putting in a full single-op effort is a little much,
> so
> this was a perfect win-win for us.  In addition to the contest, we wanted
> to
> be
> the first ops to give out Montserrat on FT8.
> After a LONG day of traveling (3AM to 6PM) we arrived at Gingerbread Hill
> guest
> house on Montserrat.  We immediately hung a 40M dipole (in the dark) so
> that
> I
> could work a few friends in the late evening CWT, and so we could get going
> on
> FT8.  We made hundreds of contacts on FT8 using Dennis' call, VP2MMX.
> Needless
> to say, he was VERY popular.
> But our primary purpose was the DX contest, so we started erecting the
> antennas
> at sunrise on Thursday.  We got everything ready by Thursday afternoon in
> time
> for me to get a huge ham radio thrill.  My fiancé, Karen, had JUST received
> her Technician Class license as KN4GQP, and we were able to make a contact
> on
> 10M.  We made another contact during the contest, and of course I worked
> the
> three ZMs, Jeff, Peter and Patrick.  Not to be outdone, Dennis made
> contacts
> with his wife, Sharon, with his Uncle Dan and with his father.  What a
> hoot!
> Speaking of the contest, we had a great time.  Everything worked fine all
> weekend except for an intermittent high SWR on the 40M yagi that appeared
> Saturday morning.  Every time we thought it resolved itself, it came right
> back.  I put the aforementioned 40M dipole back up mid-day Sunday to use on
> Sunday evening.
> Some of our runs were fantastic.  When 10M opened to the USA Sunday
> afternoon
> it was spectacular for a few hours.  We had contact totals that were near
> records for the station on 160M and 80M.  Yes, our multiplier totals are
> low,
> but we didn't set up to really chase multipliers.  I worked a handful on
> the
> mult station, but that was about it.  Dennis had some fine runs and would
> have
> stayed in the chair for hours if I hadn't booted him out so that I could do
> some operating.  All in all it was a very satisfying contest effort for us.
> I
> am certain that we have a lock on winning Montserrat.  And it was special
> to
> have so many old and new friends call us during the contest.  The Villages
> is
> NOT a hotbed of contesters, but we made contacts with a handful of
> neighbors
> who made the effort to get on and look for us.  Thanks to you all!
>
>
> Posted using 3830 Score Submittal Forms at: http://www.3830scores.com/
>
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