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ARRL Sept VHF Contest Results

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This is the first contest of the CTRI Champions series. If you participated and are submitting a score, please post your results here.

73, Ken K3IU
Keeper of the Leaderboard

6 comments on “ARRL Sept VHF Contest Results” 

  1. ARRL 2014 September VHF QSO Party

Call: W1AN
Class: Single Op HP
QTH: CT

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
-------------------
    6:   91    21
    2:   68    20
  222:   34    16
  432:   45    17
  1.2:   19    10
-------------------
Total    257   84
Score:  31,416

    My best score yet in a VHF contest. Having 1296 helped a bit!
    So-so conditions, and only a very brief opening on 6M to W4 land kept me from a much higher score. Powerline noise from several directions was also frustrating on 2 and 6. I did enjoy working 10 grids with my 10W on 1296. CTRI stations worked were W1WBB, KA1CQR, K1DM and KA1VMG.

    73, John, W1AN

  2. Here's my report for this contest.  I operated only on 6-meters.  CTRI contacts, only W1AN.  I heard Florida, but did not work him.  I only made time for 0.6 hours of operation.

12 QSO's 8 Grids, 96 points.

K1DM

  4. Only 6 meters here as well. CW only. Also only about 0.6 hours. Worked W1WBB.
    73, Ken K3IU

    Band   Mode  QSOs     Pts  Grd
    50  CW       9       9    6
 Total  Both     9       9    6
Score: 54

  5. ARRL September VHF QSO Party

    Call: W1WBB
    Operator(s): W1WBB
    Station: W1WBB

    Class: Single Op LP
    QTH: FN41
    Operating Time (hrs): ~4

    Summary:
    Band QSOs Mults
    ——————-
    6: 60 17
    2:
    222:
    432:
    903:
    1.2:
    2.3:
    3.4:
    5.7:
    10G:
    24G:
    ——————-
    Total: 60 17 Total Score = 1,020

    Club: CT RI Contest Group

    Comments:

    Found out this summer my doublet easily tuned on 50 MHz. With good gain in lots of directions and located over 2 wavelengths above ground it works quite well on the 6m band for local and DX QSOs.

    First ever VHF contest entry fm here … only 6m capable. In/out of shack alot
    both days — quick checks for band openings, new stations and general 6m
    propagation. Worked total of 32 SSB and 28 CW contacts.

    Enjoyed Es opening to Fla late Saturday afternoon…logged 9 Fla stns in 6
    grids from 2040Z-2125Z. Only DX opening heard from here in RI all weekend.
    Best regional DX was briefly hearing/working VE2 on Sunday in FN45 on CW.

    Disappointed no enhanced VHF band conditions with associated significant geomagnetic storm and multiple CMEs striking earth Friday eve. K-index hit 7 briefly then. Sparse 6m activity but still had fun.

    Icom IC-706 MKIIG @ ~75w into 88′ wire doublet at up over 40′. Fed almost
    exclusively with low-loss window line via MFJ-929 tuner.

    All QSOs to LoTW. Thanks for the contacts! Good to work the CTRI vhf’ers in this one. Nice score from W1AN … you were loud here John when apparently pointing beam east.

    73, Bill W1WBB

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