2013 ARRL June VHF QSO Party

24 Logs Received

Published 2013-10-03

Callsign	Score	ARRL Section	Category	Bands	QSOs	Points	Grids	Rover Grids Activated	Grids Activated	PNW Grids Worked	Operators
K5QE*	401472	STX	Multi-Unlimited	ABCDF	1044	1088	369	--	EM31	4	see below
N7NW	61320	WWA	Multi-Unlimited	ABCDEFGHI	342	438	140	--	CN87	20	see below
VE7JH	44414	BC	SO High Power	ABCDEF	335	419	106	--	CN88	21	VE7JH
N7EPD	37291	WWA	SO High Power	ABCDEFGH	303	419	89	--	CN87	17	N7EPD
K7CW	34272	WWA	SO High Power	A	336	336	102	--	CN87	26	K7CW
WW7D/R	27984	WWA	Rover Limited	ABCD	496	636	44	9	see below	11	WW7D
WA7TZY	22022	WWA	SO High Power	ABDFG	241	286	77	--	CN87	18	WA7TZY
KD7UO	16569	WWA	SO High Power	ABDEF	223	263	63	--	CN87	18	KD7UO
VA7FC	16560	BC	Multi-Limited	ABD	202	207	80	--	CN79	10	VA7FC
KI7JA	12000	OR	SO High Power	ABCD	165	200	60	--	CN85	16	KI7JA
K7AWB	9240	EWA	Multi-Unlimited	ABCDF	139	154	60	--	DN17	13	K7AWB
VE7XF	8618	BC	SO High Power	A	139	139	62	--	CN89	13	VE7XF
VE7DAY	7038	BC	SO Low Power	ABD	134	138	51	--	CO70	8	VE7DAY
KG7P	4160	WWA	SO Low Power	ABCDEF	95	130	32	--	CN87	8	KG7P
KX7L	4066	WWA	SO Low Power	AB	107	107	38	--	CN87	10	KX7L
N7DB	3640	OR	Multi-Limited	ABCD	91	104	35	--	CN85	10	N7DB
N6ZE/R	2882	WWA	Rover-Limited	ABD	121	131	22	4	see below	10	N6ZE
KF7CQ	2415	ID	SO High Power	ABD	63	69	35	--	DN13	4	KF7CQ
K7HPT	572	EWA	SO Low Power	ABCDFGHI	25	52	11	--	DN17	2	K7HPT
KL7YK/R	550	AK	Rover	ABCDE	37	55	10	2	see below	--	KL7YK
W7AMI	403	ID	SO 3-band	ABD	26	31	13	--	DN14	6	W7AMI
W6LLP	264	EWA	SO Low	ABCD	18	24	11	--	DN17	2	W6LLP
KG7CX	138	WWA	SO Portable	B	23	23	6	--	CN85	6	KG7CX
AI9Q	135	WWA	SO Portable	A	15	15	9	--	CN85	4	AI9Q

* = 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, J - 10 GHz, K - 24 GHz L - 300+ GHz

PNWVHFS AWARD WINNERS
Certificates at the PNWVHFS Conference in October 2013

Multi-Limited: VA7FC-BC
Multi-Unlimited: K7AWB-EWA, N7NW-WWA
Single-Op High Power: VE7JH-BC, KF7CQ-ID, KI7JA-OR, N7EPD-WWA
Single-Op Low Power: VE7DAY-BC, K7HPT-EWA, KG7P-WWA
Limited Rover: WW7D/R-WWA
Rover: KL7YK/R-AK

ADDITIONAL INFO

K5QE Multi-Unlimited Operators: K5QE K5AIH K5MQ N5NU KN5O Propagation was lousy. 6M was poor. A really pitiful showing for June.

N7NW Multi-Unlimited Operators: N7NW K7ND

WW7D/R Rover Limited Grids Activated: CN76 CN77 CN85 CN86 CN87 CN88 CN96 CN97 CN98
A NEW ROVER PLATFORM MADE THIS CONTEST FUN AND CHALLENGING. THE FULL WRITE-UP CAN BE FOUND HERE: HTTP://WP.ME/P2ICLK-8F

KI7JA SO High Power: Fun Contest, some interesting openings on 6M.

VE7DAY SO Low Power: Couple of openings made for a nice contest. I experienced a 5 over 9 power line noise over the last 3+ hours, but apparently the band was mostly dead over that period. Lots of fun just the same.

KX7L SO Low Power: There's lots of variety in this contest, if you look for it. No Es activity for me on Saturday, but I did work a nice Tropo opening into
eastern Oregon. Sunday morning I took a shot at a meteor scatter sked, but didn't make it - did hear some pings from others though. Sunday afternoon, 6m kept teasing us with brief "spotlight" openings: you'd hear 1 or 2 stations in one grid square for a few minutes at a time. Finally, at around 1830Z, things opened up solid into CO and the SW, though by the sounds of things they were also open into 8 and 9 land, and it took a little while for them to turn their beams! Thanks for all the fun!

N7DB Multi-Limited: I did not hit the Contest hard this year. Got on to give out points and see what conditions were like this time. Conditions were average from the PNW, best weather we have seen in years for a June Contest. I did not work 2M, but there was a good path down to CM89 Saturday evening reported to me by KI7JA(CN85.) For 6M, Saturday had an opening to the SW, Sunday double hop to 4's plus KL7 in the afternoon.

N6ZE/R Rover-Limited Grids Activated: CN87 CN88 CN97 CN98
N6ZE operated the ARRL June 2013 VHF Contest as Limited Rover-Limited from 4 grids in the Western Washington Section of the Northwest ARRL Division. Most operating time, all grids worked, & most QSOs were made from CN87tw and CN88ra on Whidbey Island, WA. An additional 20 QSOs were made from CN98 & CN97 on the mainland. Bands utilized were 6 meters, 2 meters, & 70 Centimeters. Most QSOs were made on SSB, with a few on CW. 2 meter FM QSOs with two stations were made after the primary multi-mode rig failed. From CN87tw, I briefly heard a 2 meter station on Mt Ashland (CN72). From CN87/CN88 on Whidbey Island, 10 grids were worked on 2 meters. Southern-most QSO was W7EW in CN84; most Easterly contact was with KD7FAU in DN05 (260 miles). This is the farthest East I have ever worked from CN87/CN88 Whidbey and was the first "dry side" QSO east of the Cascade Mountain Range. The DN05 QSO was the highlight of the Contest for me. Northernmost contact was with VA7FC in CN79 (160 miles). 6 meter operations netted 6 grids, all in the PNW. No Sporadic E or Aurora long distance was noted during the times I was on the air. I did not spend much time on 70 Cm and my results confirm it. Late Sunday afternoon, my XYL & I drove East on US Rt. 2 to with the intent of going up to Stevens Pass, but very heavy Westbound traffic returning to Seattle after a weekend of vacationing made us turn around at the Salton Fish Hatchery. My operating elevations on Whidbey Island ranged from 200 ft. to 500 ft. above sea level & I operated 200 - 400 ft. above sea level in CN98/97. I ran about 75 watts on both 6 & 2 meters and just 10 watts on 70 Cm. I began having troubles with my FT-100 on Sunday morning and swapped out the FT-100 transceiver R-T. When I activated my setup from Granite Falls (CN98) I discovered that I had no output on 6 & 2 meters on vertical whips, but eventually got 6 meters going with distorted signals (caused by voltage drop due
to heavy current draw). The 2 meter portion of the rig did not work at all, so I pressed a 2 Meter FM rig into service. From Granite Falls & Salton (CN97), I
used a modified TV rabbit ears arrangement for 6 meters & a 5/8 wave whip for 2 meters. Thanks to the PNW guys who had to put up with my terrible signals on Sunday. I made 121 QSOs with a total of 17 grids in the 3 band Rover-Limited class. I made 63 QSOs on 6 meters; 49 QSOs on 2 meters, & 10 QSOs on 70 cm. My score is 2772. I made several contacts with Daryl, WW7D/R, worked Charlie, K7KN, who hill-topped on Whidbey Island, as well as 1 mobile station. As usual, I had fun Roving AND my XYL, Robin, enjoyed using her 'I-Whatever' = I-pad/I-phone when I operated from CN98/97. I plan to be active in the July CQ VHF Worldwide Contest, ARRL August UHF Contest, assorted summer/fall Sprints, & ARRL Sept VHF Contest from various locations in the ARRL SW & NW Divisions.

KL7YK/R Rover Grids Activated: BP41 BP51

W7AMI SO 3-Band
Snowbank Mountain lived up to its name. Still plenty of snow in early June.