2021 ARRL September VHF Contest

Callsign	Score	Region	Category	Bands	QSOs	Points	Grids	Rover Grids Activated	Grids Activated	PNW Grids Worked
K5QE *	129,241	STX	LM	ABCD	419	484	259		EM31	3
KE7SW	11,562	WWA	SOHP	ABCD9EFG	174	246	47		CN87	15
KC7OOY/R *	7,296	OR	RL	ABCD	125	152	48	8	see notes below	6
N7KSI	5,421	WWA	SOHP	ABCDE	102	139	39		CN86	16
N0LL *	4,312	KS	SOLP	ABCD	68	77	56		EM09	2
WA9BTV	3,752	WWA	SOHP	ABCDE	96	134	28		CN88	9
N7QOZ	3,476	WWA	SO3B	ABC	131	167	24		CN87	8
KE7MSU/R	3,381	OR	RL	ABCD	122	147	21	2	see notes below	10
AL1VE/R	2,304	WWA	RL	ABCD	84	90	20	4	see notes below	9
KX7L	2,250	WWA	SOLP	AB	76	76	31		CN87	15
KG7P	2,208	WWA	SOHP	ABCD9E	68	92	24		CN87	8
VE7DAY	2,205	BC	SOLP	ABCDE	59	63	35		CO70	10
K7MDL/R	2,159	WWA	RL	ABD	106	128	13	4	see notes below	5
N6ZE/7	2,033	WWA	SOLP	ABCD9	78	98	17		CN88	7
W7GLF	1,958	WWA	SOLP	ABCD9E	63	94	24		CN87	6
K7MDL	1,836	WWA	SOHP	ABCD9E	72	102	18		CN88	7
W7FI	1,416	WWA	SOSB	A	59	59	24		CN87	10
K7ND	952	WWA	SOHP	ABCD9EFG	30	56	17		CN87	7
AF7GL	924	WWA	SOP	ABD	51	66	14		CN96	9
K7YO	754	OR	SOLP	ABCD	44	59	13		CN85	4
K7CW	720	WWA	SOSB	A	48	48	15		CN87	12
VE7HR	624	BC	SOLP	ABCDE	33	48	13		CN89	4
NJ7A *	608	UT	SOLP	ABCD	29	32	19		DN30	8
N7DB	512	OR	SOFM	ABCD	51	64	8		CN85	4
KB7IOG	455	WWA	SOLP	ABCD9EFG	28	52	7		CN87	1
VA7RKM	420	BC	SOLP	ABDE	24	30	14		CN88	5
VA7OTC	344	BC	SOP	ABCD	32	43	8		CN88	2
KB7ME	288	OR	SOSB	A	18	18	16		CN92	3
W7TZ	70	OR	SOLP	AB	10	10	7		CN83	5
K1JFM/R	42	WWA	RL	B	7	7	4	2	see notes below	4
K7ATN	1	WWA	SOFM	B	1	1	1		CN96	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

Rover:  KE7MSU/R-OR,  AL1VE/R-WA
Single-Op High Power:    KE7SW-WA
Single-Op Low Power:  VE7DAY-BC,  KX7L-WA,  K7YO-OR
Single-Op Three Band:    N7QOZ-WA
Single-Op Single Band  KB7ME-OR,  W7FI-WA
Single-Op FM:  N7DB-OR
Single-Op Portable:  AF7GL-WA   VA7OTC -BC

Additional Information

K5QE Multi-Op TX:  Operators K5QE, N5YA, KI5OKK, N5KDA, KV5W, K2EZ

K1FJM/R Limited Rover WWA:  Activated: CN87 CN88
Worked PNW Grids: CN87, CN96, CN97, CN98
Had to make quick trip to grocery store and the CN87/88 line is half way through the 6 mile drive. I also worked as N6ZE/7 for primary operation for this contest.

K7MDL/R Limited Rover WWA:  Activated CN87, CN88, CN97, CN98
Worked PNW Grids: CN85, CN86, CN87, CN88, CN89, CN96
Editor's note: Mike has also worked from his home in CN88 as SOHP.

KE7MSU/R Limited Rover OR:  Activated CN84, CN85
Worked PNW Grids: CN73, CN74, CN83, CN84, CN85, CN86, CN87, CN88, DN04

KC7OOY/R Limited Rover OR/CA:  Activated: CN80, CN81, CN82, CM99, CM98, CM97, CM89 CM88
Worked PNW Grids: CN73, CN74, CN82, CN84, CN85, CN87
Editor's note: Matt had a fine rover score, but a majority of his contacts occurred outside the PNW defined area.

AF7GL SOP WWA CN96: 
Planned to operate both days, but ended up staying for 5 hours only. Morning was windy but turned out to be very pleasant weather by the start of the contest. Was able to stay in the 10 W limit, although may have missed stations because of this. Especially on 50. Used the IC-705 with 9 el. on 144, 18 el. on 432 and a dipole on 50 MHz. Elevation was just shy of 7000 feet. I regret not to call towards the E and SE although generally no stations in that direction.

Operating portable on Crystal Mountain in CN96

AL1VE/R Limited Rover WWA:  Activated CN78, CN77 CN88, CN87
Worked PNW Grids: CN73, CN84, CN85, CN86, CN87, CN88, CN89, CN95, CO70, DN17
Due to prior family commitments I wasn't sure I would be out roving for the September contest. Friday I cobbled together a new operating position and lithium battery power supply without pre-testing, leaving the antenna mounting and feedline routing for the following morning. That turned out to be a BAD idea, and by early Saturday afternoon, in CN88, I was struggling to get all the bands working. Wondering if I should I head home or push on? I decided "what the heck", and headed off for CN77 and CN78.
I only managed to get 50MHz OTA from either grid, but luckily some local and few sporadic E stations were worked before heading home for the evening. Sunday morning I reworked the antenna system and headed off again for CN88. This time things were working normally. Later that afternoon I returned to CN87 for the remainder of the contest and I think I put more rf energy into the surrounding conifers than I did in anyone's antenna! Maybe when the January contest comes around I'll be better prepared!
I think I need a smaller main rig! Also instead of vertically stacking the 144 and 220 yagis I tried a support system made out of wooden closet poles cross-members. That idea still needs some additional work.

KG7P SOHP WWA CN87: 
Sweet mini-opening on six Sat evening.

K7YO SOLP OR CN85: 
This was a fun contest.

KB7IOG SOLP WWA CN87: 
Another fun time. Ty

W7FI SOSB WA CN87: 
Thanks, got a late start and 6m only with a small beam on a short mast. Should have 6 and 2 meter beams (Innova LFAs) up on the tower by mid-September. All beams got trashed in the January 6 windstorm, which came through here like a freight train.

N7DB SOFM OR CN85: 
September VHF is usually a slow Contest here in the PNW. Thanks to the Rover and SOTA stations who add to this event.

KX7L SOLP WWA CN87: 
Fun to work everyone. We even had a nice little opening to CA and AZ on Saturday evening. High point was working VE7REM/R in CO80 for a new grid.

VA7OTC SOP BC CN88: 
Limited to one day, I went out portable to an in-town, drive up - Mt. Tolmie. First time I had a stack of three antennas on the drive-on mast. Was impressive with three runs of RG-8x and all antennas aligned for once. 222 was still a mag mount and I had to plonk it on the car side to help with horiz. pol for one contact. Good fun. Thanks to the Puget Sound folks for pointing my way and then running the lower bands.