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2017 ARRL January VHF Contest

33 Logs Received

Revised 2017-07-13
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Callsign Score ARRL
Section
Category Bands QSOs Points Grids Rover
Grids
Activated
Grids
Activated
PNW
Grids
Worked
K5QE* 67528 STX Limited Multi-Op ABCD 303 367 184 EM31 1
W7QQ/R* 9576 NM Rover ABCDEF 167 266 36 9 see below
KD7UO 5130 WWA SOHP ABCDEF 128 190 27 CN87 11
K7YDL 5103 OR SOHP ABCDEF 169 243 21 CN85 7
KE7SW 4416 WWA SOHP ABCDEFG 118 184 24 CN87
N7EPD 4268 WWA SOHP ABCDEFG 108 194 22 CN87 5
KE7MSU/R 4136 OR Rover ABCD 151 188 22 2 see below 10
KB7ME 3683 WWA Limited Multi-Op ABCD 100 127 29 CN85 9
K7ND 2929 WWA SOHP ABCDEF 63 101 29 CN87 9
W7GLF 2920 WWA SOHP ABCDEFG 84 146 20 CN87 8
KE0CO 2907 WWA SOLP ABCDEF 85 153 19 CN87 6
K7ATN 2327 OR SOP ABCDEF 124 179 13 CN85 5
K0JJ 1568 OR SOHP ABCDF 79 112 14 CN85 5
K7KAD** 1359 OR SO3B ABD 128 151 9 CN85 4
W4DVE 1110 WWA SOP ABCDF 79 111 10 CN85 4
VE7AFZ/R 1080 BC Unlimited Rover ABCDF 48 60 18 2 see below 7
KD7TS 1045 WWA SOLP ABCDEFG 48 95 11 CN87 4
VE7DAY 1025 BC SOHP ABD 38 41 25 CO70 11
KG7P 930 WWA SOLP ABCDEF 56 93 10 CN87 3
VE7HR 900 BC SOLP ABCDF 43 60 15 CN89 6
N6ZE/R* 860 SB Rover ABCDEF 55 86 10 2 see below
N7QOZ 780 WWA SOLP ABCD 63 78 10 CN87 6
AC7MD 748 WWA SOLP ABCDEF 50 68 11 CN87 4
KX7L 576 WWA SO3B ABD 42 48 12 CN87 6
VA7FC 392 BC SOHP ABD 25 28 14 CN79 5
K7VIZ 222 OR SO3B ABD 30 37 6 CN85 3
K7HSJ 154 OR SOLP ABCDEFG 7 22 7 CN94 1
KG7GDB 138 OR SO3B ABD 20 23 6 CN84 3
K7AWB 126 EWA SOHP ABCD 16 21 6 DN17 3
AI9Q 124 WWA SOLP ABCD 23 31 4 CN85 1
K7NIT 85 OR SOLP BCDEF 8 17 5 CN85 1
W6LLP 48 EWA SOLP ABCD 8 12 4 DN17 1
N7DB 14 OR SOLP AB 7 7 2 CN85 1

* = PNWVHFS Member operating outside the Society region. Not eligible for PNWVHFS Awards.
** = Log received late, 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 2017
Limited Multi-Op: KB7ME - WWA
Rover: KE7MSU/R - OR
Unlimited Rover: VE7AFZ/R - BC
Single-Op High Power: VE7DAY - BC, K7AWB - EWA, K7YDL - OR, KD7UO - WWA
Single-Op Low Power: VE7HR - BC, W6LLP - EWA, K7HSJ - OR, KE0CO - WWA
Single-Op 3-Band: K7VIZ - OR, KX7L - WWA
Single-Op Portable: K7ATN - OR, W4DVE - WWA

Additional Information

K5QE Limited Multi-Operator STX:  Operators K5QE, N5YA, AE5VB, N5CMI, K5MQ, K5IH, W5RP, N5KDA, K7RSM, AA5PK, VE3WY. Propagation was terrible. If not for MSK meteor scatter and EME we would have been skunked. Worst January in years./p>

W7QQ/R Rover NM: activated 9 grids DM61 DM62 DM63 DM64 DM65 DM72 DM73 DM74 DM75/p>

KE7MSU/R Rover OR: activated 2 grids CN85 CN86, and worked 10 PNW grids CN83 CN84 CN85 CN86 CN87 CN88 CN89 CN93 CN95 CN97/p>

VE7AFZ/R Unlimited Rover BC: activated 2 grids CN89 CN99 and worked 7 PNW grids CN79 CN86 CN87 CN88 CN89 CN97 CO70/p>

VE7HR SOLP BC: Twas a fun event. Appreciate the many stations that had multiple bands available. Can't wait for the July event where there might be some propagation and everyone is healthy.

N6ZE/R Rover SB: Operators N6ZE AND KJ6VZC worked 6 hours activating CM94 DM04.
TRIVIA: 110 Miles driven
Score: 860 points (QSOs 55) (QSO points = 86) (Grids worked 8 + 2 Grids Activated)
QSOs per Mile (QPM) = .500
Points per Mile (PPM): 7.818
Interesting highlights: We had sunny skies on Saturday, BUT some mountain roads were impassable due to debris which resulted from two rain storms. Because we had very limited time to operate, we never got South of the Santa Monica Mountain range to work stations in the LA Basin nor did we get down to Grid DM03 as we had planned. 2.6" of rain fell on Sunday in Ventura County, CA where "it never rains in Southern California"! Two 23 cm QSOs made during pelting rainstorm: I held a yagi on a small mast and transmitted with a very damp FT-736 was inside the vehicle; power was provided to rig by means of battery jumper cable routed to vehicle battery. To qualify as Rover, we needed to make at least 1 QSO from a second Grid. Sometimes, I use Grid CM94 as a second grid. When we travel to the SE corner of Grid (CM94xl) on US-101 to the Northwest of Santa Barbara, CA, few stations are normally heard from the beach line highway. (However, during the summer months, stations as far away as San Diego (Grid DM 12) are frequently heard on the enhanced over-water path.) This time, we worked only WA6EJO (DM04jg) on 70cm over a 51 mile very obstructed (mountain range!!) path. Nil was heard from him on 2 meters or any other bands, for that matter.
Equipment: FT897: 6m/2m/70cm; TM331A: 135cm; DJ-G29: 33cm. Antennas: whips on 6m-33cm & 15element yagi on 23.

KX7L SO3B WWA: Worked pretty much just the locals this year, no Es that I was aware of. Only worked one rover. But the high point was completing my first bona fide MS qso, thanks to MSK144! I tried with FSK441 in the past, but just couldn't seem to complete. Lots of activity on that mode too, considering this wasn't during a meteor shower. Even managed to beat my score from last year(barely). Thanks for the Q's!