2020 ARRL June VHF Contest

Callsign	Score	Region	Category	Bands	QSOs	Points	Grids	Rover Grids Activated	Grids Activated	PNW Grids Worked
K5QE *	246,525	STX	LM	ABCD	794	836	285	0	EM31	1
N0LL *	116,781	KS	SOLP	ABCD	568	581	201	0	EM09	7
NJ7A *	30,378	UT	SOLP	ABCDEFJ	221	249	122	0	DN30	1
K7CW	27,438	WWA	SOHP	A	259	259	102	0	CN87	25
K7YDL	25,550	OR	SOHP	ABCDEF	372	509	50	0	CN85	18
N7NW	19,749	WWA	SOHP	ABC	218	227	87	0	CN87	22
W7FI	17,621	WWA	SOHP	ABCD	241	263	67	0	CN87	21
KE7SW	16,800	WWA	SOHP	ABCDEFGH	204	280	60	0	CN87	17
K6NGN *	12,936	SV	SO3B	ABD	151	154	84	0	CN81	14
KI0E	9,696	ID	SOLP	ABCDE	166	201	48	0	DN13	3
KB7ME	8,150	WWA	SOHP	ABCDFK	129	147	49	0	CN85	14
AL1VE/R *	7,848	NE	RL	A	109	109	72	6	see details below	3
K7SMA	7,250	ID	SO3B	ABD	128	141	49	0	DN13	7
KE0CO	6,615	WWA	SOLP	ABCDF	147	189	35	0	CN87	14
K0JJ	5,800	OR	SOHP	ABCDF	123	145	40	0	CN85	15
VE7DAY	4,488	BC	SOHP	ABCDF	98	102	38	0	CO70	16
K7ND	4,284	WWA	SOHP	ABCDFGH	90	126	34	0	CN87	14
W7BA	3,813	WWA	SOHP	A	123	31	31	0	CN87	16
K7YO	3,477	OR	SOLP	ABCDF	134	182	19	0	CN85	7
KX7L	3,384	WWA	SOLP	AB	141	141	24	0	CN87	13
N7QOZ	3,339	WWA	SO3B	ABD	130	159	21	0	CN87	8
K7MDL *	3,124	WCF	SOLP	ABCDF	62	71	44	0	EL87	0
KE7MSU/R	2,875	OR	RL	ABCD	105	124	23	2	see details below	10
K3RW/R	2,565	WWA	RU	ABCDEF	102	135	19	3	See details below	5
K6UM	2,106	OR	SOHP	A	81	81	26	0	CN85	15
K7JSG	2,088	WWA	QRP	ABCD	105	116	18	0	CN98	9
KG7P	2,014	WWA	SOHP	ABCDEF	86	105	19	0	CN87	8
KG0D	1,936	WWA	SOLP	ABD	116	121	16	0	CN88	9
N7CS	1,926	WWA	SOLP	ABCDF	95	107	18	0	CN88	7
W7TZ	1,767	OR	SOHP	AB	118	129	44	0	CN83	13
K7MDL	1,664	WWA	SOLP	ABDF	86	102	16	0	CN88	5
VE7AFZ/R	1,608	BC	RU	ABD	66	67	19	3	see details below	11
WR5J	1,496	WWA	SOLP	A	88	88	17	0	CN87	13
N6ZE	1,404	SB	SOLP	A	78	78	18	0	DM04	2
K7III	1,200	WWA	SO3B	AB	100	101	12	0	CN87	8
WE7X	936	WWA	SOLP	ABCD	61	72	13	0	CN97	6
VE7HR	880	BC	SOLP	ABCDF	47	57	17	0	CN89	8
N7MWV	855	WWA	SOLP	AB	33	12	19	0	CN86	12
KB7IOG	539	WWA	SOLP	ABCDF	34	49	11	0	CN87	4
N7DB	511	OR	SOLP	ABCD	64	73	7	0	CN85	3
KD7HGL	495	WWA	SOLP	AB	55	55	9	0	CN87	4
WV7S	494	WWA	SO3B	A	38	38	13	0	CN87	11
VE7JH	405	BC	QRP	AD	35	45	9	0	CN88	6
K1FJM *	371	SB	SOLP	ABCDEF	39	53	7	0	DM04	0
AI9Q	365	WWA	SOLP	ABCD	53	71	5	0	CN85	2
VA7RKM	330	BC	SOLP	AB	33	33	10	0	CN88	7
KM7O	270	WWA	SO3B	AB	45	45	6	0	CN87	4
N7IAD	210	WWA	SOLP	B	42	42	5	0	CN87	3
W4MHI	168	WWA	SOLP	AB	21	21	8	0	CN97	5
K7ATN/R	114	OR	RU	ABD	14	19	6	2	see details below	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

PNWVHFS Award Winners

Certificates at the next PNWVHFS Conference TBD

Rover:   KE7MSU/R-OR
Unlimited Rover:   K3RW/R-WWA,  VE7AFZ/R-BC,  K7ATN/R-OR
Single-Op High Power:   K7CW-WWA,  K7YDL-OR,  VE7DAY-BC
Single-Op High Power 50 MHz:   K7CW-WWA,  K6UM-OR
Single-Op Low Power 50 MHz:   WR7J-WWA
Single-Op Low Power:   KI0E-ID,  KE0CO-WWA,  K7YO-OR,  VE7HR-BC
Single-Op 3-Band:   K7SMA-ID,  N7QOZ-WWA
Single-Op QRP:   K7JSG-WWA,  VE7JH-BC

Additional Information

K3RW/R Rover-Unlimited OR: Activated 3 Rover grids: CN84 CN85 CN86;  Worked 5 PNW grids: CN84 CN85 CN86 CN94 CN95
First time Unlimited Rover category. Team of K3RW and K4PVA; first VHF contest for K4PVA. COVID concerns changed our plans to roving instead of Limited Multioperator. Heavy rain during the contest hampered some off-road roving locations. Highway blockades impacted our ability to rove in Portland. We had planned at least 5-7 grids, but managed only CN85, CN86, and CN84. As the RF gremlins emerged, we discovered our 6m screwdriver would not tune under 3:1. We made several 6m FM QSOs then gave up on 6m until the next day. We were forced to use a 2m 5/8s whip, cross-polarized and mag mounted, as our 6m FT8 and FM antenna as well as our 2m FT8, SSB, and FM antenna. We made a contact on each band from 6m through 1296; FM-only on 223, 927, and 1296. No 902 FM activity was observed. Due to high SWR on the 2m 5/8s vertical we made no 6m SSB or CW contacts but made numerous FT8 QSOs, most while in-motion between grids. We encountered a concerned neighbor in CN84, adjacent to a vacant hillside field who said our activity appeared suspicious; a well timed CQ from another ham that was clearly audible assuaged her concerns we were somehow spying on her with electronic equipment, and rather part of an ongoing contest as we had claimed.

VE7AFZ/R Unlimited Rover BC:  Activated 3 ROVER GRIDS: CN89 CN99 CO80:  Worked PNW 7 GRIDS: CN84 CN85 CN86 CN87 CN88 CN96 CN98

KE7MSU/R Rover-Limited Rover WWA: Activated 2 ROVER GRIDS: CN86 CN85;  Worked 7 PNW GRIDS: CN84 CN85 CN86 CN87 CN94 CN95 CN98

K7ATN/R Rover-Unlimited OR: Activated 2 ROVER GRIDS:CN84 CN85:  Worked 2 PNW GRIDS: CN85 CN87

N7DB SOLP OR-CN85: 6M in CN85 area was more like September. Saw 6M E thru almost the rest of the country this time.

WE7X SOLP OR-CN97: Weather predictions dictated a simple and quick setup with simple antennas. Operated from a 4400 Ft. ASL ridge, about ten miles north of the summit of Mt. Rainier.

K7SMA SO3B ID-DN13: Best Score ever.

N7QOZ SO3B WWA-CN87: Really enjoy VHF contesting. Always hope for a new grid, which is a bonus, and helping PNWVHF Club scoring too. The only thing that bothers me is having to compete against stations who use digital means for contacts (FT8 etc). Would be really nice if there could be a different category for non-digital within the categories. I almost always go SO3B, which I have done pretty well with before the digital modes came along. It sometimes makes me want to not even work a contest, takes a lot of enjoyment out of contesting at least for me. I am sure there are others who feel this way too.

VE7DAY SOHP BC-CO70: I was very surprised at such a low score in a June VHF contest, but enjoyed it.

W7TZ SOHP OR-CN83: Seemed like my grid was in a propagation quagmire. Along the 43 parallel from CN83 to the Ohio Valley was near empty on PSKR, and now just 12hrs later, I'm operating coast to coast. Crazy thing this magic band. And 2m pretty much sucked, and 432, well nuff said. But I was warm and dry in my rf cereal bowl that is Myrtle Creek.

KX7L SOLP WWA-CN87: An hour before the contest, I flipped on the rig and heard a lively double hop Es opening in progress. Wouldn't you know it, by the time the contest started, the opening was over. I heard more openings during the contest, but all were too short to really capitalize on, I think I only made 3 Es contacts the whole time. Still this was my best score in several years, mostly due to a tremendous amount of local activity. Thanks for all the QSOs!

KB7IOG SOLP WWA-CN87: Enjoyed working everyone. Strong effort and fun for all.

K7ND SOHP WWA-CN87: 6m amplifier power supply quit on Friday. QRP sucks.

K5QE Limited Multi-Operator STX EM31: Operators: K5QE, N5YA, N1XS, N5KDA, W5KDA, N5NU, AF8Z.
Propagation was very poor on Sat and most of Sun. 6M did not open for us until the last 4 hours of the contest. The last two hours were really great. You just cannot make very many contacts picking around on FT8. We worked over 400 contacts on 6M in the last two hours on SSB.

K7MDL SOLP: Submitted two logs, one from his home in Florida EL87 and another from Camano Island CN88.

AL1VE/R Rover-Limited Rover NE/SD: Activated 6 Rover grids: EN04 DN73 DN84 DN84 DN93 DN94;  Worked 3 PNW grids: CN76 CN85 CN87
It had been a while since I've roved through Nebraska and South Dakota. By Saturday noon I was in mid-central South Dakota, but the rather spotty and poor propagation on 50 MHz reminded me of the PNW. On Sunday I drove to the DM73, DM74, DM83 DM84 grid corner in the Buffalo Gap National Grasslands prairie. To make that morning interesting 50 MHz conditions had picked up considerably towards the East Coast, unfortunately so did the prairie winds. By the afternoon, 35 mph gusts meant my 50MHz yagi was 12' off the ground. It wasn't till about sunset that the winds finally diminished enough to get my yagi back up the full mast height of 27'. Unfortunately, by this time conditions were really spotty. The SCal and AZ stations were popping up every now and then and my last contact of contest was Pete, N6ZE in DM04.