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2013 ARRL January VHF Contest
22 Logs Received
Revised 2013-04-28

Callsign

Score

ARRL Section

Category

Bands

QSOs

Points

Grids

Rover Grids Activated

PNW Grids Activated

PNW Grids Worked

Operators
K5QE*
 442144
 STX
 Multioperator
 ABCDEFGHIJ
 719
 1348
 328
 0
 0
 3
 see below
N7EPD
 22630
 WWA
 Single-High
 ABCDEFGHI
 239
 365
 62
 0
 CN87
 16
N7EPD
WW7D/R
 18568
 WWA
 Limited Rover
 ABCD
 334
 422
 44
 9
 see below
 11
 WW7D
KE7SW
 15620
 WWA
 Single-High
 ABCDEFGHI
 180
 284
 55
 0
 CN87
 17
 KE7SW
K7BWH/R
 11505
 WWA
 Limited Rover
 ABD
 261
 295
 39
 7
 see below
 15
 K7BWH
K7ND
 11440
 WWA
 Single-High
 ABCDFGHI
 143
 260
 44
 0
 CN87
 16
 K7ND
KD7UO
 9720
 WWA
 Single-Low
 ABD
 192
 216
 45
 0
 CN87
 15
 KD7UO
KI7JA
 5180
 OR
 Single-High
 ABCD
 124
 148
 35
 0
 CN85
 9
 KI7JA
K7CW
 4932
 WWA
 Single-High
 A
 137
 137
 36
 0
 CN87
 15
 K7CW
W7YOZ
 4488
 WWA
 Single-Low
 ABCD
 115
 132
 34
 0
 CN87
 8
 W7YOZ
KG7P
 3432
 WWA
 Single-Low
 ABCDEF
 94
 143
 24
 0
 CN87
 11
 KG7P
K7AWB
 3131
 EWA
 Single-High
 ABCDF
 83
 101
 31
 0
 DN17
 8
 K7AWB
N6ZE/R*
 2772
 SWDiv
 Limited Rover
 ABCD
 102
 126
 22
 6
 see below
 0
 see below
KE0CO
 2323
 WWA
 Single-Low
 ABCDE
 72
 101
 23
 0
 CN87
 10
 KE0CO
K7YDL
 1666
 OR
 Single-Low
 ABCDF
 73
 98
 17
 0
 CN85
 8
 K7YDL
VE7DAY
 1155
 BC
 Single-Low
 ABD
 52
 55
 21
 0
 CO70
 6
 VE7DAY
KX7L
 992
 WWA
 Single-Low
 ABD
 59
 62
 16
 0
 CN87
 7
 KX7L
K7HSJ
 690
 OR
 Single-Low
 ABCDEFG
 29
 46
 15
 0
 CN94
 4
 K7HSJ
N7DB
 572
 OR
 Single-Low
 ABCD
 42
 52
 11
 0
 CN85
 4
 N7DB
KD7RYY
 210
 WWA
 Single-Low
 ABCD
 26
 35
 6
 0
 CN85
 3
 KD7RYY
W7/HG1DUL
 154
 WWA
 Portable
 B
 22
 22
 7
 0
 CN97
 7
 HG1DUL
VE7JRX
 70
 BC
 Single-Low
 ABCD
 8
 10
 7
 0
 CN89
 4
 VE7JRX

* = PNWVHFS Member operating outside the Society region. Not eligible for PNWVHFS Awards.

Band Codes: A - 50 MHz, B - 144 MHz, C - 222 MHz, D - 432 MHz, E - 902 MHz, F - 1.2 GHz, G - 2.3 GHz, H - 3.4 GHz, I - 5.7 GHz

PNWVHFS AWARD WINNERS
Certificates at the PNWVHFS Conference in October 2013
Limited Rover - NW Division: WW7D/R
Single-Op High Power: K7AWB - EWA, KI7JA - OR, N7EPD - WWA
Single-Op Low Power: VE7DAY - BC, K7YDL - OR, KD7UO - WWA

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

WW7D/R Limited Rover: Grids activated CN76 CN77 CN85 CN86 CN87 CN88 CN89 CN97 CN98


K7BWH/R Limited Rover: Grids activated CN83 CN84 CN85 CN86 CN87 CN88 CN97
Rover operation included three days of driving in dense fog. The weather was bad, too. I drove the I-5 corridor from south to north, starting in CN83 near Eugene Oregon and finishing in Marysville Washington CN88. I was very much hoping to work California stations from a big 2000' perch on a remote hilltop in CN83 near Eugene, but tropo was against us. A rare and unusually strong and low altitude temperature inversion put the desired air layer far below us. On the one hand, the hilltop was hot and sunny and scenic, floating above dense freezing fog in the valley. On the other hand, the desired air layer far below provided no radio assistance at all. Thanks to a new logging system, I enjoyed this contest twice. First I experienced "VHF Contest: In 3D" and then I got to enjoy "VHF Contest: The Audiobook". My logger was a new Sony ICD-AX412 digital recorder. With an extra memory card it has 100 hour capacity. Very nice audio quality and easy MP3 file transfer, but the road noise and radio hiss defeated its VOX. It took me a week to transcribe the log from sixteen hours of recordings. I had no big band openings as a rover with an FT-897 and stacked horizontal loops. But a brief 6m opening Seattle-to-Phoenix was a lot of fun. The FM Simplex band gave me seven contacts with somewhat surprised but helpful local hams along the way, but I didn't find any active contestants on FM. Read more about my Alien Rover at www.k7bwh.com.

N6ZE/R Limited Rover: Operators Peter Heins N6ZE and "Woodie" Woodward KJ6VZC
Grids activated CM94 CM95 DM03 DM04 DM13 DM14
N6ZE/Rover entered the ARRL Jan 13 VHF Contest as a Limited Rover entry with 100w/.25wave whip (6m); 50w/.25 wave whip & 5 el of a 2M 7 yagi (2m) ; 25w FM/.5 wave whip (135 Cm); and 10w/whip & 8 elements of an M>2 yagi (70Cm). Pete, N6ZE, & Woodie, KJ6VZC, were the ops.N6ZE/R made 102 QSO on 4 bands and drove 505 miles to make QSOs from grids DM04, CM94, CM95, DM03, DM13, & DM14 during the contest period. We enjoyed great sunny weather with temperatures as high as 80F throughout the contest, although the San Fernando Valley, Conejo Valley, Oxnard Plain, & Malibu had substantial gusty Santa Winds: This was documented ahead of time on the Hepburn Tropo Forecast website which showed absolutely no tropo enhancement in that part of California. Our driving route was from Ventura to Santa Barbara to Lompoc to Nipomo and return on Saturday. One highlight on Saturday was having an 'eyeball QSO' with Mike, W6WE, in Nipomo. On Sunday, we drove from Thousand Oaks to Malibu via Kanan Rd over the Santa Monica Mts. to an elevated site next to the LAX airport to Palos Verdes to Carson to Diamond Bar to Pasadena to Simi Valley's 'Ronald Reagan Presidential Library & Museum' and back to Thousand Oaks by 6 PM.  One station stated that he was in the new '3 band'  category. All 223 MHz QSOs were made on FM. No 6m contacts were made on FM anD -a few FM QSOs were made on 2 meters & 70 Cm. Best contest comment, when asked for QSOs on other bands, one contester replied that in addition to 6m, he could provide us with QSOs on HF. Activity levels were very low due to football playoffs, an HF Contest, power line noise, plus ??? Despite having a Jan. VHF article published in a local club newsletter & postings at a couple of other area clubs, I did not notice an increase in new participants in the Ventura Co (CA) area.

W7/HG1DUL Portable CN97
Ski toured to Mission Ridge, camped at 6850 feet. Saturday night was very windy, so only limited operation, but Sunday morning and during the day was nice. Weather was very forgiving thanks to the temp inversion. While 20F below, I had temperature above freezing even during the night. Very nice sunny days. Was much harder to get stations from CN87 as I thought. I think most people pointed away from me, so had to use 35-50W to get on their back.

K5QE Multioperator: Grid EM31 Operators W6XD K5AIH W5AG N5NU KN50 N5YA K5QE K5MQ KE5VKZ
Propagation was below average, but we got some spotty Es openings on 6M.  Overall, we had a good contest.  Our score was down from last year, but last year was a fluke.