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2017 ARRL June VHF QSO Party
52 Logs Received
revised 2017-09-03
52 logs this time, a new record!

Callsign	Score	ARRL Section	Category	Bands	QSOs	Points	Grids	Rover Grids Activated	Grids Activated	PNW Grids Worked
K5QE*	425880	STX	Limited Multi-Op	ABCD	1072	1170	364		EM31	13
N0LL*	70716	KS	SOLP	ABCD	415	426	166		EM09	17
W7QQ*	62400	NM	SOHP	ABCD	393	416	150		DM75	20
WW7D/R	58512	WWA	Limited Rover	ABCD	644	848	69	10	see below	16
K7CW	53119	WWA	SOHP	A	439	439	121		CN87	28
KD7UO	43225	WWA	Unlimited Multi-Op	ABCDEFGHI	331	455	95		CN87	20
KE7SW	33465	WWA	SOHP	ABCDEFGHI	274	345	97		CN87	16
AL1VE/R*	31200	CO	Limited Rover	AB	260	260	120	5	see below	12
VE7JH/R	29181	BC	Rover	ABCDEF	308	411	71	4	see below	12
W7FI	28213	WWA	SOHP	ABCD	291	317	89		CN87	16
N7NW	20240	WWA	SOHP	ABC	224	230	88		CN87	22
N7EPD	17447	WWA	SO3B	ABD	212	239	76		CN87	17
K0JJ	17024	OR	SOHP	ABCDF	223	266	64		CN85	4
WA7TZY	16380	WWA	SOHP	ABCDFG	189	252	65		CN87	14
W4DVE	9056	WWA	SOP	ABCDF	211	283	32		CN85	9
VE7DAY	8794	BC	SOHP	ABD	140	144	61		CO70	17
N7QOZ	8208	WWA	SOHP	ABCD	130	144	57		CN87	15
K7KAD/R	7440	OR	Limited Rover	ABD	209	240	31	2	see below	9
K7SWS/R	7332	OR	Rover	ABCDEF	147	188	39	6	see below	9
CF7FC	7072	BC	SOHP	ABD	123	136	52		CN79	14
K7ALO	6119	WWA	SOP	ABCDF	149	211	29		CN85	10
KG7P	6075	WWA	SOLP	ABCDF	99	135	45		CN87	11
K6UM	5980	OR	SOHP	A	130	130	46		CN85	7
AC7MD	5888	WWA	SOLP	ABCDEF	126	184	32		CN87	12
K7ATN/R	5336	OR	Unlimited Rover	ABCDEF	170	232	23	2	see below	7
N6ZE/R*	5280	SB	Rover	ABCDEF	121	176	30	2	see below
K7ZS	4500	OR	SOLP	ABCD	115	125	36		CN85	5
KE7MSU	3925	OR	SOP	ABCD	124	157	25		CN85	10
W7IEW	3857	WWA	SOLP	ABCDF	97	133	29		CN87	6
VE7AFZ/R	3312	BC	Unlimited Rover	ABCDF	79	92	36	3	see below	11
KX7L	3255	WWA	SO3B	ABD	84	93	35		CN87	7
VE7HR	2890	BC	SOLP	ABCDF	69	85	34		CN89	8
K7ND	2725	WWA	SOHP	ACDI	56	109	25		CN87	12
KG7GDB	2464	OR	SO3B	ABD	69	77	32		CN84	6
KB7ME	2028	OR	SOHP	AB	52	52	39		CN92	6
AF7MD	1404	OR	SOLP	ABCD	65	78	18		CN85	3
KF7CQ	1353	ID	SOHP	ABD	39	41	33		DN13	9
K7AWB	1275	EWA	SOHP	ABCD	44	51	25		DN17	12
N7DB	1170	OR	SOLP	ABCD	63	90	13		CN85	3
K7SMA	770	OR	SOLP	ABCD	41	55	14		CN85	6
VE7FYC	731	BC	SOP	ABCF	35	43	17		CN89	9
KD7PY	567	WWA	SOHP	A	27	27	21		CN87	5
WE7X	403	WWA	SOLP	AB	31	31	13		CN97	3
W6LLP	286	EWA	SOLP	ABCD	17	22	13		DN17	2
K7HSJ	198	OR	SOLP	ABCDF	16	22	9		CN94	3
KI7NQN	117	OR	SOFM	BCD	25	39	3		CN85	1
K7BWH	104	WWA	SOFM	BD	22	26	4		CN87	3
N6LB/R	96	WWA	Rover	AB	12	12	8	3	see below	2
WB7BST	90	WWA	SOHP	C	9	18	5		CN87	5
N6KW	72	WWA	SO3B	ABD	20	24	3		CN87	1
K7HPT	70	EWA	SOLP	ABCD	10	14	5		DN17	2
AI9Q	39	WWA	SOLP	ABC	9	13	3		CN85	1

* = 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 2017

Single-Op High Power: VE7DAY-BC, KF7CQ-ID, K6UM-OR, K7CW-WWA
Single-Op Low Power: VE7HR-BC, W6LLP-EWA, K7ZS-OR, KG7P-WWA
Single-Op 3-Band: KG7GDB-OR, N7EPD-WWA
Single-Op Portable: VE7FYC-BC, KE7MSU-OR, W4DVE-WWA
Single-Op FM Only: KI7NQN-OR, K7BWH-WWA
Unlimited Rover: VE7AFZ/R-BC, K7ATN/R-OR
Limited Rover: WW7D/R-WWA, K7KAD/R-OR
Rover: VE7JH/R-BC, N6LB/R-WWA
Unlimited Multi-Op: KD7UO-WWA

K5QE Limited Multi-Op Operators: K5QE, N5YA, AE5VB, N5CMI, K5MQ, W5RP, W7XU, AF8Z, W5LD, N5KDA
Conditions were very poor again. EME conditions were awful. For two days, we watched tons of red lines across the top of the US and in the west. We could not get into those E-clouds. If not for a late run on 6M on Sunday night, we would have been skunked.

The N6ZE/Rover effort for the ARRL June 2017 VHF Contest as a bit unusual due to scheduling by my XYL, W7PBJ. Robin wanted to make a long drive to the North, with a few scheduled stops on Saturday, but with me being able to Rove by myself on Sunday. About 11:30AM on Saturday, while Robin was purchasing Orchid plants near Santa Barbara, CA (DM04), I was able to hear part of a single Seattle 6 meter callsign, amid terrible powerline QRN noise. Due to strong winds all day, powerline noise was a constant feature. At noon, while driving through Santa Barbara, we stopped at 2 favorite grocery stores to get a great picnic lunch; the city was full of cruise ship passengers who were a daytime stop-over to tour the city and try the great restaurants. We then drove over San Marcos Pass (elevation about 2000 ft above Sea Level, and heard nothing but powerline noise on both 6 & 2 meters. We passed through Danish tourist town of Solvang (CM94), and again heard nothing except the noisy powerlines. Eventually we decided to have our picnic lunch in a rural area, just to the Northeast of Nipomo (CM95). We made contact with local ham, WB6AGG, on 6m, 2m, & 70 cm. Wow: 3 contacts by 2PM. W6FM, further to the North in Atascadero had earlier posted that he would be active all day: at this time, I heard nothing from him. We continued our rove to the North, passing through beach towns and drove out to Morro Bay. Only radio transmissions received were from local FM broadcast stations, and the powerlines! After a short break in Morro Bay, we reversed course to return to home QTH in DM04ne via US-101 instead of our Northbound touring US-1/PCH/US-101 routing. Finally, at 5:30PM, we had a successful 2 meter QSO with W6FM, at a distance of about 20 miles, but with a high mountain range between us! Traveling on US-101 along the extremely scenic CM94 coastline routing Southward to Santa Barbara provided great views, but no signs of activity on 6 or 2 meters. Even my favorite spot at the junction of CM94/DM04 in Golita didn't provide any QSOs. Noise continued to be a problem, BUT we had a great multi-course dinner in Carpenteria! After driving 350 miles and making a total of 4 QSOs, we finally arrived at our Thousand Oaks home QTH at 10 PM. >From our driveway, we promptly worked 2 locals, WA6EJO & K6UJO, on several bands before crawling into the house!

On Sunday morning, I drove to a favorite spot at 2340 ft in the Santa Monica Mountains (DM04qb) to activate 5 bands: 6 meters through 33 cm. In 3.5 hour of operation with an FT857 (6m, 2m, 70cm)(a few FM QSO, but mostly SSB), a Kenwood TM331A 222MHz FM transceiver, and an ALINCO DJ-G29 222/902MHz FM handheld, I made about 80 QSOs: including half a dozen 6 meter Sporadic E contacts, 5 QSOs on 902 MHz (33cm), and lots of other communications with SoCal stations also. I did not set up yagis, and only relied upon � wave whip antennas the whole time. Weather on the mountain was neat: I was in clouds most of the time and also had rain for most of my visit: a rarity in SoCal at this time of year. It seemed that every weekend recreation seeker also came to visit my parking spot: bicycles, motor cycles, hikers, and self-styled race car drivers!

I returned to my home QTH about noon for lunch and a chance to catch up a bit after the Saturday drive.

About 6PM, I drove to a Thousands Oaks local parking lot with a decent radio horizon (by city standards!) to make a few more QSOs (I actually made about 20) and to activate band number 6 (23cm) before contest end at 8 PM. I also was able to take advantage of atmospheric cooling and stable air to make a 2 meter QSO with W6FM again, but this time DM04>-CM95 instead of CM95->CM95: I did use a 7 element 2 meter yagi to accomplish this, but W6FM's signals were a steady S-2. I got to observe my second great sunset in 2 nights and went to bed early, knowing that the next big VHF/UHF event will be in September, but wait, Field Day 2017 will be held in just 2 weeks!