[TVARC] CQWW VHF K2PS SOSB/6 HP

[George Briggs]

Nice going Pete. Imagine if you had the beam!

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> On Jul 21, 2019, at 9:00 PM, K2PS Pete Stafford <psk2ps at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> The band openings this weekend were way better than those of the June VHF
> Contest a couple of weeks ago.  Usually the propagation gets worse as the
> summer goes on, but 6 meters never fails to surprise.  Unfortunately the
> beam I had up for the June contest is sitting in the garage all
> disassembled, waiting for next year, so I had to make do with my G5RV
> multiband antenna.  But running 500W attracts a whole lot of stations, and
> when the band was open they called in droves.  SSB is the money mode here,
> with CW a distant second.  Some nice mults showed up on FT8, but the going
> is pretty slow in comparison.  Didn't get around to installing the new WSJT
> version to include FT4, but early comments are that the bulk of the activity
> was still with the longer cycle FT8.  Heard a few Europeans on FT8, but
> couldn't raise any.
> 
> Had limited time for this contest as our 9 year old grandkids arrived today
> in Orlando as unaccompanied minors and we picked them up at the airport.  By
> the time we got back, the storms didn't allow any more operating.
> 
> 73, Pete, K2PS
> 
>                    CQ Worldwide VHF Contest - 2019
> 
> Call: K2PS
> Operator(s): K2PS
> Station: K2PS
> 
> Class: SOSB/6 HP
> QTH: FL
> Operating Time (hrs): 6
> 
> Summary:
> Band  QSOs  Mults
> -------------------
>    6:  215    91
>    2:           
> -------------------
> Total:  215    91  Total Score = 19,565
> 
> Club: The Villages Amateur Radio Club
> 
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