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2015 ARRL June VHF QSO Party

29 Logs Received

Callsign

Score

ARRL Section

Category

Bands

QSOs

Points

Grids

Rover Grids Activated

Grids Activated

PNW Grids Worked

K5QE* 

284000

STX

Limited Multi-Op

ABCD

723

800

355


EM31

9
K7CW
 41500
 WWA
 SOHP
 A
 415
 415
 100
CN87
 21
WW7D/R
 40658
 WWA
 Limited Rover
 ABCD
 531
 701
 58
 10
 see below
 13
K7BWH/R
 24108
 OR
 Rover
 ABCDE
 227
 294
 82
 4
 see below
 11
N7EPD
 23485
 WWA
 SOHP
 ABCDEFGH
 211
 305
 77
CN87
 13
K7YDL
 23247
 OR
 SOLP
 ABCDF
 300
 369
 63
CN85
 14
KD7TS
 19276
 WWA
 SOHP
 ABCDEFGH
 198
 316
 61
CN98
 15
WA7BBJ/R
 17340
 WWA
 Rover
 ABCDEF
 206
 289
 60
 8
 see below
 14
KB7ME
 15190
 WWA
 SOHP
 ABCD
 190
 217
 70
CN85
 11
KE0CO
 9888
 WWA
 SOHP
 ABCDEF
 134
 206
 48
CN87
 11
VA7FC
 7296
 BC
 SOHP
 ABD
 122
 128
 57
CN79
 13
WE7X/R
 6210
 OR
 Limited Rover
 ABCD
 102
 138
 45
 4
 see below
 12
K6UM
 5375
 OR
 SOHP
 A
 125
 125
 43
CN85
 10
KG7P
 4588
 WWA
 SOHP
 ABCDEF
 84
 124
 37
CN87
 9
K7ND
 2660
 WWA
 SOHP
 ABCDF
 52
 95
 28
CN87
 10
KX7L
 2604
 WWA
 SO3B
 ABD
 91
 93
 28
CN87
 6
KF7CQ
 2442
 ID
 SO3B
 ABD
 61
 66
 37
DN13
 5
K7ATN/R
 2288
 OR
 Unlimited Rover
 ABCDEF
 70
 88
 26
 2
 see below
 9
KE7MSU/R
 1955
 OR
 Rover
 ABDEF
 78
 85
 23
 3
 see below
 7
K1FJM*
 1827
 SB
 SO3B
 A
 63
 63
 29
DM04
 8
KE7IHG/R
 1820
 OR
 Rover
 ABCDE
 55
 70
 26
 4
 see below
 6
VE7AFZ/R
 1197
 BC
 Unlimited Rover
 ABCDF
 45
 63
 19
 3
 see below
 6
KD7PY
 1125
 WWA
 SOHP
 A
 45
 45
 25
CN87
 9
N6KW
 410
 WWA
 SO3B
 ABD
 31
 41
 10
CN87
 5
K7HSJ
 220
 OR
 SOLP
 ABCDEFG
 13
 22
 10
CN94
 3
AF7GL
 189
 WWA
 SO Portable
 B
 27
 27
 7
CN96
 7
KL7YK/R
 128
 AK
 Rover
 ABCDE
 11
 16
 8
 1
 BP51
W6LLP
 105
 EWA
 SOLP
 ABCDF
 10
 15
 7
DN17
 1
N7DB
 27
 OR
 SOLP
 AB
 9
 9
 3
CN85
 2

* = 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 2015

Single-Op High Power: VA7FC-BC, K6UM-OR, K7CW-WWA
Single-Op Low Power: W6LLP-EWA, K7YDL-OR, KE0CO-WWA
Single-Op 3-Band: KF7CQ-ID, KX7L-WWA
Single-Op Portable: AF7GL-WWA
Unlimited Rover: VE7AFZ/R-BC, K7ATN/R-OR
Limited Rover: WE7X/R-OR, WW7D/R-WWA
Rover: K7BWH/R-OR, WA7BBJ/R-WWA

ADDITIONAL INFO

K5QE Limited Multi-Op Operators: K5QE, K5MQ, N5YA, K5AIH, W7XU, W5ULR, KN5O, KE5VKZ, N5TM, AF8Z
9 PNW GRIDS WORKED: CN78 CN85 CN87 CN88 CN96 DN13 DN17 DN22 DN25
We had a terrible contest, but I think that everyone else did too.  Our only bright spot was that we apparently set a new record for 2M grids....we have 130 unique grids this time.  Most of those were from 2M EME.

K1FJM Single-Op 3-Band: Pete Heins N6ZE operated 6 meters in DM04 using the callsign of the Thousand Oaks Earth Moon Earth Club.

K7ATN/R Unlimited Rover activated CN85 CN95.

KE7IHG/R Rover activated CN84 CN85 CN92 CN95.

KL7YK/R Rover activated BP51 and worked BP40 BP51

KX7L Single-Op 3-Band:  Contest started off with a bang - nice Es opening into SoCal.  The rest of Saturday was a little sleepy, until very late in the evening when 6 opened into Denver but by then most of the Denver ops must have gone to bed. Sunday at noon time things got lively again with an opening into California again which got broader until we started hearing double hop into Texas, and wound up with some little short openings into all kinds of places.  Not too many Q's on 2m or 432, with 6 so interesting.  Thanks for the fun!


K7BWH/R Rover: I operated as Rover in Northeast Oregon to activate the semi-rare grids DN14-15. This was portable ops, one grid/day, and not operating in motion. With me was Rod WE7X/R who was a huge help and also made contacts from nearby. We had a few spotty openings on Saturday, and then a big pipeline to the Southwest including AZ, NM, MO, TX and parts of Mexico. However travel between grids and setup time only gave me four hours on the air Sunday to enjoy the 6m circus. I discovered that grid-circling takes a surprisingly long time. Rod WE7X/R and I paused on Sunday morning at the very convenient and easy-to-drive corner of DN04-05-14-15 right along I-84 near Baker City, Oregon. We used FM Simplex on four bands for an easy 64 contacts -- but it took almost two hours, lots of detailed record-keeping, and a few conversations with local looky-loos. (ARRL rules allow up to 100 contacts with a single station.) Our site at DN14co Beaver Mtn at 6,400' was an old decommissioned military site about thirteen miles south of Baker City, OR. The buildings were gone but the concrete foundations offered good parking and provided endless speculation about the previous structures and tunnels. Our site at DN15ir Sled Springs at 5,000' was a beautifully scenic ridge in view of the Blue Mountains along Hwy 3 about twenty-two miles north of Enterprise, OR. Although it's an easy turnout right off the highway, I only found this with two days of scouting for good locations. Since I live near Seattle in another state, my total trip was 1700 miles of driving. I've substantially improved my portable station since last year; the equipment worked well and it was a joy to be on the air with a kilowatt station and 5-el Yagi from mile-high, prominent mountaintops in a rare grid. On the other hand, setup and teardown effort is substantial. Still, I want to do another grid expedition soon!

WW7D/R Limited Rover activated CN76 CN77 CN85 CN86 CN87 CN88 CN95 CN96 CN97 CN98.
Another enjoyable June VHF contest.   The full story can be found here: http://tinyurl.com/WW7DJunVHF2015

AF7GL Single-Op Portable: I had some difficulties to set up, thus only operated on 144. Seemed many people did not hear my 5 W and looked like they not turn into direction even when they copied CN96. Had some very long callsign transmission for some stations. It: was a nice contest, however missed two big guns when i only heard them for short (KD7UO, N7EPD). I think they were hanging on six maybe. Fun contest, it was with 27 Qs. 4 el Arrow abt 6 feet from ground, FT817 on 5W. Tnx

WA7BBJ/R Rover activated CN76 CN77 CN78 CN86 CN87 CN88 CN97 CN98
The summer fun run, also known as the ARRL VHF Contest was a summer blast. The XYL (Robin WA7YOQ) and I headed off to CN88, Port Angles, WA  for the start of the contest. From there we went to CN87, DEER Park about 5000' feet then off to CN78 Kloshe Nanitch fire lookout. Then off to CN77, CN76 Ocean Shores, WA to hand out some contacts from 2 Rare Grids and once again 6 meter was open. Sunday morning we continued to operate from CN77 and CN76 and 6 meters was open again. Around 12PM noon we headed off for home activating CN86, 87, 88, 98 and CN97. In the end I worked more stations this year than any time before due to the 6 Meter opening on both days. I ran 6, 2, 432 and 1296 SSB/CW and 222, 446, 927, 1294 FM. The only trouble we had on this trip was forgetting to pack the CW Key. Luckily Radio Shack was open so I bought a couple of cords to match the Radio's CW Key input. Saddly RadioShack no longer carries any hand keys so I ended up stripping back the wires and used my fingers to hold the wires and tapping them together making a real Hand Key HI HI. 73 all until next summer and good DXing.

KE7MSU/R Rover activated CN84 CN85 CN86

WE7X/R Limited Rover activated DN04 DN05 DN14 DN15. QSOs on 903 MHz were deleted for scoring as Limited Rover.

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