2020 ARRL September VHF Contest

Callsign	Score	Region	Category	Bands	QSOs	Points	Grids	Rover Grids Activated	Grids Activated	PNW Grids Worked
K5QE *	54,108	STX	LM	ABCD	265	327	162	0	EM31	1
KE7SW	14,612	WWA	SOHP	ABCDEFGH	193	281	52	0	CN87	20
N7KSI	8,858	WWA	SOHP	ABCDF	152	206	43	0	CN86	20
W7FI	5,832	WWA	SOHP	ABCD	139	162	36	0	CN87	19
KA7RRA/R	5,562	WWA	RL	ABCD	147	206	27	6	see details below	8
KD7UO	5,440	WWA	SOHP	ABCDEF	132	170	32	0	CN87	13
K7ND	5,254	WWA	SOLP	ABCDFGH	103	142	37	0	CN87	17
KB7ME	5,214	WWA	SOHP	ABCDF	96	111	32	0	CN85	16
N7NW	5,184	WWA	SOHP	ABC	103	108	48	0	CN87	20
N0LL *	5,040	KS	SOLP	ABCD	70	84	60	0	EM09	0
K6NGN	4,935	OR	SOHP	ABD	94	100	45	0	CN92	17
W7GLF	4,756	WWA	SOHP	ABCDEF	115	164	29	0	CN87	9
N6ZE/R *	4,577	SB	R	ABCDEF	138	199	23	2	see details below	0
KG7P	3,596	WWA	SOHP	ABCDEF	89	116	31	0	CN87	11
KE0CO	3,450	WWA	SOLP	ABCDEF	93	138	25	0	CN87	12
N7QOZ	3,014	WWA	SO3B	ABD	105	137	22	0	CN87	8
K7YDL	2,889	OR	SO3B	ABD	95	107	27	0	CN85	17
VE7FYC	2,760	BC	SOLP	ABCDEF	82	120	23	0	CN89	8
AF7MD	2,560	OR	SOLP	ABCDF	102	128	20	0	CN85	12
K7MDL	2,530	WWA	SOHP	ABCDF	81	115	22	0	CN88	7
WA9BTV	2,520	WWA	SOLP	ABCDF	71	111	20	0	CN88	6
NC7S	2,508	WWA	SOLP	ABCDEF	93	114	22	0	CN88	8
K7YO	2,400	OR	SOLP	ABCDF	85	120	20	0	CN85	8
N7MWV	2,132	WWA	SOLP	ABCDF	63	82	26	0	CN86	14
KX7L	1,974	WWA	SOLP	AB	94	94	21	0	CN87	15
K7ATN	1,540	OR	SOLP	ABCDF	96	140	11	0	CN85	4
AL1VE	1,440	OR	SO3B	ABD	59	59	24	0	DN04	18
VE7AFZ/R	1,292	BC	RU	ABCDE	64	68	19	3	see details below	7
KT7E	1,224	OR	SOLP	ABCDF	61	74	17	0	CN85	10
VE7DAY	1,159	BC	SOHP	ABCDF	57	61	19	0	CO70	12
K7CW	1,026	WWA	SOHP	A	55	55	19	0	CN87	16
K7SMA	749	ID	SOLP	ABCD	84	107	7	0	DN13	4
K6UM	630	OR	SOHP	A	45	45	14	0	CN85	13
KB7IOG	522	WWA	SOLP	ABCDF	37	58	9	0	CN87	3
WV7S	495	WWA	SOLP	A	46	46	11	0	CN87	11
KE7MSU	484	OR	SOLP	ABF	42	44	11	0	CN85	8
VA7RKM	310	BC	SOLP	ABD	26	31	10	0	CN88	5
KM7O	301	WWA	SOLP	AB	43	43	7	0	CN87	5
NJ7A	299	UT	SOLP	ABCDF	13	23	13	0	DN30	0
AG6AG *	276	SB	SOLP	ABCD	32	46	6	0	DM04	0
WA7BRL	246	WWA	SOLP	A	41	41	6	0	CN87	6
N7DB	208	OR	SOLP	ABCD	18	26	8	0	CN85	3
K7JSG	135	WWA	SO3B	ABD	26	27	5	0	CN87	2
W7TZ	126	OR	SOLP	A	14	14	9	0	CN83	8
W6ABM	104	OR	SOLP	A	26	26	4	0	CN85	4
K7IMA	64	OR	SOFM	ABCD	11	16	4	0	CN85	1
WE7X	6	WWA	SOLP	A	6	6	1	0	CN97	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

PNWVHFS Award Winners

Certificates at the next PNWVHFS Conference TBD

Unlimited Rover:   VE7AFZ/R-BC
Limited Rover:   KA7RRA/R-WWA
Single-Op High Power:   KE7SW-WWA,  K6NGN-OR,  VE7DAY-BC
Single-Op High Power 50 MHz:   K7CW-WWA,  K6UM-OR
Single-Op Low Power:   K7ND-WWA,  AF7MD-OR,  VE7FYC-BC,  K7SMA-ID
Single-Op Low Power 50 MHz:   WV7S-WWA,  W7TZ-OR
Single-Op 3-Band:  K7YDL-OR,  N7QOZ-WWA
Single-Op FM:   K7IMA-OR

Additional Information

K7TEMPLATE/R Class Section: Activated 3 Rover grids: CN84 CN85 CN86;  Worked 5 PNW grids: CN84 CN85 CN86 CN94 CN95
Soapbox.

KA7RRA/R Limited Rover WWA: Activated 6 rover grids: CN86, CN87, CN88, CN96, CN97, CN98:  Worked 8 PNW grids: CN86 CN87 CN88 CN89 CN88 CN96 CN97 DN04

VE7AFZ/R Unlimited Rover BC: Activated 3 rover grids: CN89, CN99,CO80  Worked 7 PNW grids: CN86 CN87 CN88 CN89 CN92 DN14 CO70

N6ZE/R Rover SB: Activated 2 ROVER GRIDS: DM03 DM04
Only activated two grids due to smoke. Quite a bit of local activity in Ventura Co. (DM04) area. Interesting Tropo Ducting, Holes and Enhancement from Malibu to San Diego. FT8 not utilized. All QSO were SSB or FM. Worked WA6EJO on 6 bands. FT857 Kenwood FM rigs used along with mag mount whips for 6m - 70cm; ALINCO handhelds with rubber duckie or 10 element yagi used for 33cm, 23cm Nice to have activity from CM94 and DM02.

K5QE Limited Multi-Operator STX-EM31: Operators: K5QE, N5YA, N1XS, N5KDA, W5KDA, N5NU, AF8Z.

K7YO SOLP OR-CN85: This was a fun contest.

WE7X SOLP WWA-CN97: I only had a few minutes to operate.

KB7IOG SOLP WWA-CN87: I always enjoy working everyone. Thank you for the contacts.

KX7L SOLP WWA-CN87: With all the smoke in the air throughout the Northwest, I wasn't sure quite what to expect from this contest. Would we see signals greatly attenuated? Certainly there seemed to be fewer Rovers than usual, that's understandable. But if anything, I think conditions were much better than usual, even if there was very little E's. Stations I usually struggle to work (like VE7DAY), were worked on first call. I was able to easily complete a QSO with KA6BIM down in CN73, who I've never quite managed to complete with in the past. Likewise I worked AL1VE in DN04 for a new grid, and heard K6NGN several times way down in CN92, a grid I've never heard before on 6. I'd be interested in hearing if others experienced the same thing. Thanks for all the Q'S!

AL1VE SO3B OR-DN04: My original contest plan was to start roving northward from Snow Mtn in DN03, to Spanish Peak in DN04cj and finish at the DN05/CN95 grid corner near Fossil, OR. On my way south Friday, I stopped to check out Spanish Peak. At 6400' and an unobstructed 360 summit I had high hopes for this site. While inspecting the summit the partially smoky skies soon became enveloped in hazardous smoke conditions. With most of Oregon and Washington experiencing similar I decided to give up on the rove plans and spent the next three days sitting parked on Spanish Peak with my mask on. For some strange reason the summit was also home to LOTS of yellowjackets. While the smoke didn't appear to affect their activity, they were also strangely curious. During the daylight hours, whenever I stepped outside my vehicle, they flew around or would land on me. Although I never got stung, it made setting up, take-down and nature-calls quite interesting!

Like others stations in the PNW I never had any sporadic E conditions, but 50 MHz conditions out to 300 miles seemed better than past September contests. Maybe it was the Spanish Peak site? I thought it was the best site I've worked from in DN04. I could receive FT8 stations, throughout the contest period, westward from San Francisco to Seattle and across the north over to southern Idaho. Road access was fairly easy, but portions were a bit bumpy and I certainly wouldn't advise trying the last five miles in wet conditions.

Although there were campers and hunters everywhere in the national forest, I had the summit all to myself. Maybe the smoke and yellowjackets had something to do with that?