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2018 CQ WW VHF Contest
24 Logs Received
Revised 2018-08-07
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Score

State
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Category

Bands

QSOs

Points

Grids

Rover Grids Activated

Grids Activated

PNW Grids Worked
K5QE*
 318488
 TX
 Multi-Op
 AB
 849
 971
 328
EM31
 14
K7CW
 29210
 WA
 SOSB
 A
 254
 254
 115
CN87
 21
W7FI
 23180
 WA
 SOAB
 AB
 216
 244
 95
CN87
 18
KD7UO
 9920
 WA
 SOAB
 AB
 134
 160
 62
CN97
 14
W7BA
 6435
 WA
 SOAB
 AB
 101
 117
 55
CN87
 12
AL1VE/R
 6256
 OR
 Rover
 AB
 90
 92
 68
 2
 see below
 5
VE7DAY
 6175
 BC
 SOAB
 AB
 94
 95
 65
CO70
 10
KX7L
 4935
 WA
 SOAB
 AB
 96
 105
 47
CN87
 12
N7KSI
 3854
 WA
 SOAB
 AB
 71
 94
 41
CN86
 13
N7QOZ
 3570
 WA
 SOAB
 AB
 76
 102
 35
CN87
 11
K7BWH/R
 2538
 WA
 Rover
 AB
 79
 94
 27
 4
 see below
 8
AC7MD/R
 2416
 WA
 Rover
 AB
 53
 74
 29
 5
 see below
 7
N7EPD
 2028
 WA
 SOAB
 AB
 60
 78
 26
CN87
 9
KE7MSU/R
 1625
 OR
 Rover
 AB
 47
 65
 25
 4
 see below
 8
K6UM
 896
 OR
 SOSB
 A
 32
 32
 28
CN85
 7
K7FOS
 612
 OR
 SOAB
 AB
 37
 51
 12
CN85
 5
K7IMA
 510
 OR
 Hilltopper
 AB
 30
 51
 10
CN85
 6
K7KQA
 414
 WA
 SOSB
 A
 23
 23
 18
DN06
 1
AF7MD
 408
 OR
 Hilltopper
 AB
 28
 51
 8
CN85
 6
K7ATN
 360
 OR
 Hilltopper
 AB
 27
 45
 8
CN85
 4
N6ZE*
 340
 CA
 SOSB
 A
 20
 20
 17
DM04
 1
KG7P
 150
 WA
 SOAB
 AB
 17
 25
 6
CN87
 4
WE7X
 33
 WA
 SOSB
 A
 11
 11
 3
CN97
 3
AI9Q
 4
 WA
 SOSB
 A
 2
 2
 2
CN85
 2

* = PNWVHFS Member operating outside the Society's territory. Not eligible for PNWVHFS Awards.

Band Codes: A - 50 MHz, B - 144 MHz

PNWVHFS AWARD WINNERS
Certificates at the PNWVHFS Conference in October 2018

Hilltopper: K7IMA-OR
Rover: AL1VE/R - OR, K7BWH/R - WA
Single-Op All Band: VE7DAY-BC, K7FOS - OR, W7FI-WA
Single-Op Single Band: K6UM-OR, K7CW-WA

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

K5QE Multi-Op EM31: Operators K5QE, N5YA, N1XS, AE5VB, VE3WY, WA5CAM, AF8Z.
Es on 6M was very good this time. Fortunately, we did not have to rely on FT8. Rates were 120/hour at the best and more like 60/hour on average hours. We still found way too many folks that were not running in the contest mode. Lots of aggravation. The moon pass was poor on 2M. Degradation was high and declination was low, making for poor grid totals there.

KD7UO SOAB CN97: Operated from Quartz Mountain CN97.

AL1VE/R Rover DN02 DN03: Good conditions,just needed a computer that worked. So many stations on FT8 with extremely strong signals. Could have worked many more stations and lots faster if they had checked out SSB.

KX7L SOAB CN87: My best score in this contest since 2013. Not as many QSO's as that year, but more mults! Lots of fun, with 6m opening almost at the start on Saturday, and staying open to somewhere until well into the evening. Of course up here in the PNW we were all jealous of the Europeans we could hear the guys in the SW working. Which seemed to cause an issue with FT8 operation: Before the band opened on Saturday, it seemed like 80% of the ops up here were using "contest mode" but when the band opened to the SW, that ratio flipped - more like 80% weren't. Was it becaue the Europeans don't use it, and they just turned it off? Instead of speeding QSO's up, as intended, the effect seemed to be to slow them down, if the other guy is in the other mode. Still, I had a blast, and worked several new grids including CN77, which is "right next door" but always elusive until now. Thanks for the Q's!

K7BWH/R Rover CN86 CN87 CN96 CN97: I operated Saturday-only and activated four grid squares. My CN86 and CN96 was from a 3,500' ridge near Mt Rainier in Washington State. It sure was fun to have a 6m opening to NM, AZ and CA. I would've worked more grids but using Rover /R on FT8 was difficult and slow. Funny to see signals from in-state WA bounce off the nearby 10,000' mountain and be equally strong in all directions, lol. My CN87 and CN97 was from a 2,500' hillside near Issaquah, WA with a good view west but everything else (and the band opening east) was blocked by the hill. Fun contest and I'm happy with results for a one-day rover trip. It sure is a lot easier to rove closer to home like this and not camp overnight.


AC7MD/R Rover CN76 CN77 CN78 CN86 CN87

N7EPD SOAB CN87: Was out of town so got started over 4 hr late and realized I missed a bunch of double hop. It has been hot and dry causing the power line QRN to return after a quiet spring/ summer so far so that was against me too. Further discouragement over so many stations on FT8 not using NA contest mode either. Are all those people that clueless???? Needless to say my score is pathetic
this year.

N6ZE SOSB 50 MHz DM04: Excuses, Complaints, etc:
  1. Only operated during last couple of hours of contest due to public service: ALS Bike Ride & other family commitments.
  2. First 16 QSOs on SSB; last 4 QSO FT-8

6m: 100w-SSB/25w FT8/5 element M>2 @ 15 ft

WE7X SOSB 50 MHz CN97: Running a Yaesu FT-100 at about 70 watts into a KB6KQ loop. Only able to operate an hour or so during the whole event.