2014 ARRL September VHF Contest

Callsign	Score	ARRL Section	Category	Bands	QSOs	Points	Grids	Rover Grids Activated	Grids Activated	PNW Grids Worked
WW7D/R	33655	WWA	Limited Rover	ABCD	476	635	53	10	see below	10
N7EPD	21080	WWA	SOHP	ABCDEFGH	219	340	62	--	CN87	15
KD7TS	15351	WWA	SOHP	ABCDEFGHIJK	176	301	51	--	CN98	16
W7LUD	12604	WWA	SO Portable	ABCDEF	194	274	46	--	CN87	14
KE0CO	12144	WWA	SOLP	ABCDEF	173	264	46	--	CN87	9
K7YDL	8316	OR	SOLP	ABCDF	167	231	36	--	CN85	16
K7ATN	7744	OR	SO Portable	ABCDEF	180	242	32	--	CN85	15
N6ZE/R	4564	WWA	Rover	ABC	135	163	28	2	see below	11
WA7TZY	4550	WWA	SOHP	ABCDFG	82	130	35	--	CN87	8
WE7X	3535	WWA	SO Portable	ABCD	93	101	35	--	CN78	8
KG7P	3300	WWA	SOLP	ABCDEF	86	132	25	--	CN87	7
K7ND	2646	WWA	SOLP	ABCEF	58	98	27	--	CN87	9
K7CW	1880	WWA	SOHP	A	94	94	20	--	CN87	18
K7NIT	1261	OR	SOFM	ABCD	70	97	13	--	CN85	5
VE7DAY	1113	BC	SOHP	ABD	49	53	12	--	CO70	11
K7AWB	612	EWA	SOHP	A	34	34	18	--	DN17	13
N7DB	513	OR	SOLP	ABCD	42	57	9	--	CN85	4
K0VIZ*	480	OR	SO3B	ABD	30	40	12	--	CN85	6
K7HSJ	468	OR	SOLP	ABCDEFG	20	36	13	--	CN94	3
KG7CFV	444	OR	SOHP	ABD	34	38	12	--	CN85	7
W7AMI	280	ID	SO3B	ABD	19	20	14	--	DN15	7
K7FL	261	WWA	SOLP	AB	29	29	9	--	CN85	8
W6LLP	198	EWA	SOLP	ABCDF	12	18	11	--	DN17	4
K7BWH	156	WWA	SO3B	ABD	21	26	6	--	CN87	3
KX7L	126	WWA	SO Portable	ABD	17	18	7	--	CN87	4
AF7GL	96	WWA	SO Portable	B	16	16	6	--	CN96	6
N7LKL	60	OR	SO Portable	ABD	12	15	4	--	CN85	2
KE7MSU	52	OR	SO3B	AB	13	13	4	--	CN85	3
KF7CQ	42	ID	SOHP	AB	7	7	6	--	DN13	4

* = Late log submission, 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, L - 300+ GHz

PNWVHFS Award Winners

Certificates at the PNWVHFS Conference in October 2014
Rover: N6ZE/R - WWA
Limited Rover: WW7D/R - WWA
Single-Op High Power: VE7DAY - BC, K7AWB - EWA KF7CQ - ID, KG7CFV - OR, N7EPD - WWA
Single-Op Low Power: W6LLP - EWA, K7YDL - OR, KE0CO - WWA
Single-Op 3-Band: W7AMI - ID, KE7SMU - OR, K7BWH - WWA
Single-Op Portable: K7ATN - OR, W7LUD - WWA
Single-Op FM: K7NIT - OR

Additional Information

AF7GL Single-Op Portable, operator HG1DUL: Hiked to Mt. Adams and operated from 12262 feet with a 5 element Yagi. The 10 Watt limit is not a good rule. It should be deleted for future contests. Portable stations cannot have such good antennas to make QSO from back or sides. Had similar problem during January contest where I raised power level. Otherwise had a good time.

KD7TS Single-Op High Power: Hope everyone enjoyed this as much as I. Great tropo into BC both days. Most memorable was working W7GLF on all bands through 24 GHz. Most rewarding was finally, after years of trying, completing with KE7SW on 5760. Most productive was working WW7D/R in many grids.

KE7SMU Single-Op 3-Band: I intended to be a rover, but had to stop after activating only one grid. I id'ed as a rover.All contacts made from summit of South Fork Mountain in my car.

KX7L Single-Op Portable: The weather was nice, so like many others in the Seattle area, I decided to get out of the shack for this one. I had just finished a 3 element hex beam for 6m, and wanted to try it out. So I hauled myself to the top of 5340 ft high Mt. Pilchuck. As I was putting the hex beam together in the crowded and not very horizontal space I had, I heard a "crack" - the hub of the hex beam broke in half! So much for using my fiberglass pole to hold up the antenna. The best I could do was set the antenna on top of a rock, propped together. Still had fun, and got good reports. I could hear much more than I could work, though - Several stations in CN84, and VE7DAY up in CO70, were plainly copiable, but just didn't hear my 10W signal. Thanks for the fun!

N6ZE/R Rover: activated CN87 CN88

VE7DAY Single-Op High Power: Lotsa listening for not many stations but also a tiny opening.

WW7D/R Limited Rover: activated CN76 CN77 CN85 CN86 CN87 CN88 CN95 CN96 CN97 CN98. Another enjoyable September VHF contest. The full write-up is here: http://tinyurl.com/ww7dSeptVHF14