[Wswss] N6ZE Spring 2013 Microwave Sprint

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START-OF-LOG: 2.0
CALLSIGN: N6ZE
CATEGORY: SINGLE-OP HIGH 
CLAIMED-SCORE: 270
CONTEST: VHF-SPRINT-MICROWAVE-SPRING
CREATED-BY: WA7BNM Web2Cabrillo 1.12
NAME: peter heins, n6ze
ADDRESS: 1559 norwich ave
ADDRESS: thousand oaks, ca, 91360
EMAIL: n6ze at aol.com
OPERATORS: N6ZE @N6ZE
SOAPBOX: Soapbox: Short Summary: 4 Q.
SOAPBOX: Cumulative Distances worked (km) = 270.22 Points, by N6ZE resulted from  
4
SOAPBOX: Contacts in 3 Grids during 1.4 hours of operation on 23 Cm during the
SOAPBOX: Microwave
SOAPBOX: Sprint. Activity levels from SoCal were poor.
SOAPBOX: I operated from 8 AM until 9:15 AM from Grid Locator DM04qg at an 
elevation of
SOAPBOX: 2640 ft. in the Santa Monica Mts. All QSOs were made on SSB. Nil was 
heard  on
SOAPBOX: CW. Nothing North of DM04 was heard. Best DX was N6EQ (DM14HI) at 
119.44
SOAPBOX: Km/74.2 Mi.
SOAPBOX: In an attempt to encourage Sprint activity, I posted Pre-Sprint
SOAPBOX: e-mailings/announcements to some Ventura Co. (CA) radio clubs, WSWSS, &
SOAPBOX: PNWVHFS, & W6YX.  Visually, I was above a cloud deck  covering the 
Santa
SOAPBOX: Monica
SOAPBOX: Bay and along the LA Co. Coast. Visibilities to the West, North, & 
Northeast
SOAPBOX: were approximately 30 miles in Smoke from the Camarillo Springs Fire.  
Light
SOAPBOX: winds from the South & temp. ~ 70 F. Rig: FT736 33 element M>2 yagi.
SOAPBOX: 
QSO:  1.2G PH 2013-05-04 0812 N6ZE              DM04QB WA6EJO            DM04jg 
QSO:  1.2G PH 2013-05-04 0817 N6ZE              DM04QB N8DEZ             DM04sh 
QSO:  1.2G PH 2013-05-04 0852 N6ZE              DM04QB K6TSK             DM03xt 
QSO:  1.2G PH 2013-05-04 0901 N6ZE              DM04QB N6EQ              DM14hi 
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