2022 ARRL June VHF Contest

Callsign	Score	Region	Category	Bands	QSOs	Points	Grids	Rover Grids Activated	Grids Activated	PNW Grids Worked
K5QE *	518,336	STX	LM	ABDF	1427	1456	355	0	EM31	2
N0LL *	101,800	KS	SOLP	ABCD	502	507	200	0	EM09	13
K7CW	52,173	WWA	SOHP	A	334	334	152	0	CN87	21
W7FI	34,417	WWA	SOHP	ABD	263	271	127	0	CN87	20
W7MEM	25,312	ID	SOHP	ABD	222	225	112	0	DN17	24
N7PHY	18,117	WWA	SOHP	A	183	183	99	0	CN98	19
K7YDL	16,296	OR	SOHP	ABDF	178	193	83	0	CN81	13
K0JJ	12,792	OR	SOHP	AB	156	156	82	0	CN85	13
K7YO	9,308	OR	SOLP-Analog	ABCDF	144	179	52	0	CN85	6
VE7DAY	9,150	BC	SOHP	ABCDF	118	122	75	0	CO70	14
W7TZ	8,662	OR	SOHP	AB	122	122	71	0	CN83	12
N7NW	7,810	WWA	SOHP	A	110	110	71	0	CN87	12
K7ND	7,560	WWA	SOHP	ABCDEF	114	168	45	0	CN87	14
N7QOZ	7,476	WWA	SO3B-Analog	ABD	141	178	42	0	CN87	9
W7OTL	7,155	OR	SO3B	ABD	124	135	53	0	CN85	11
KX7L	4,704	WWA	SOLP	AB	98	98	48	0	CN87	11
W7GLF	4,554	WWA	SOHP	ABCDEF	103	138	33	0	CN87	8
N7DB	4,370	OR	SOLP-Analog	ABCD	101	115	38	0	CN85	5
K7SYS	4,212	ID	SOSB-LP	A	81	81	52	0	DN18	5
N7KSI	4,176	WWA	SOHP	ABCD	88	116	36	0	CN86	9
N6ZE/7	4,075	WWA	SO3B-Analog	ABD	127	163	25	0	CN88	8
VA7SC	2,550	BC	SOLP-Analog	ABCDEF	70	102	25	0	CN89	7
KA7RRA/R	2,470	WWA	LR	ABCD	103	130	19	4	see notes below	5
VE7HR	2,088	BC	SOLP-Analog	ABCDEF	63	87	24	0	CN89	4
KE7MSU	1,584	OR	SO3B	A	66	66	24	1	CN85	4
KG7PD	1,428	WWA	SO3B	ABD	61	68	21	0	CN87	8
KI7QQC	1,377	WWA	SO3B	AB	63	63	27	0	CN87	11
K7ALO	1,029	WWA	SOLP	ABCD	46	49	21	0	CN85	8
W7ONY	1,020	OR	SOLP	AB	60	60	17	0	CN85	4
VE7AFZ/R	645	BC	UR	ABCDE	34	43	15	2	see notes below	7
KB7IOG	594	WWA	SOHP	ABCDEF	35	66	9	0	CN87	2
VE7JH	154	BC	SOP-Analog	BD	19	22	6	0	CN88	3
AG7QH	128	OR	SOLP-Analog	A	16	16	8	0	CN84	2
K7BWH	126	WWA	SOLP	A	18	18	7	0	CN87	5
W7WKR	121	WWA	SOLP	A	11	11	11	0	CN98	2
WA7BRL	65	WWA	SOSB-LP	A	13	13	5	0	CN87	4
VX7VIE	60	WWA	SOP	A	10	10	6	0	CN89	3
KL7UW/R *	24	AK	SOHP	ABCDEF	3	24	1	1	BP51	0
K7AWB	20	ID	SOHP	ABC	5	5	4	0	DN17	2
K7ATN	5	OR	SOFM	B	5	5	1	0	CN85	1
AF7GL	2	WWA	SOP-Analog	D	1	2	1	0	CN96	1

* = PNWVHFS Member operating outside the Society region. Not eligible for PNWVHFS Awards.
** = Log received late, 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 presented at the PNWVHFS Conference, Oct 8, 2022

Single-Op High Power:   K7CW - WWA,   W7MEM - ID,   N7PHY - EWA,   K7YDL - OR,  VE7DAY - BC
Single-Op Low Power :  KX7L-WWA,   W7ONY - OR
Single-Op Low Power - Analog Only:   K7YO - OR,  VA7SC - BC
Single-Op 3-Band:   W7OTL - OR,   KG7PD - WWA,
Single-Op 3-Band - Analog Only:  N7QOZ - WWA
Single-Op FM:  K7ATN - OR
QRP Portable:   VX7VIE - BC,  AF7GL - WWA
QRP Portable - Analog Only:   VE7JH - BC
Unlimited Rover :   VE7AFZ/R - BC
Limited Rover :   KA7RRA/R -WWA

Soapbox and Additional Information

VE7AFZ/R Unlimited Rover BC:  Activated 2 ROVER GRIDS:  CN89 CN99
Worked PNW 7 GRIDS:  CN79 CN85 CN86 CN87 CN88 CN89 CN95 CN97
Operators: VE7FYC and VE7AFZ

KA7RRA/R Rover-Limited WWA: Activated 5 ROVER GRIDS:  CN87 CN88 CN97 CN98
Worked 4 PNW GRIDS:  CN86 CN87 CN89 CN97 DN06

K5QE Limited Multi-Operator STX EM31: Operators: K5QE, K5MQ, KI5MHB, KV5W, N5YA, WB2FKO, KA6U

KX7L SOLP OR-CN85: Once in a while, the stars line up and we get a good opening during a contest here in the PNW. We had a good long opening down to AZ on Sat, then during the last few hours of the contest it was just non-stop multi-hop! I even managed a few CW QSOs on 6 My best score in the June contest since 2016. Thanks for all the QSOs.

N6ZE/7 SO3B WWA-CN88: N6ZE/7 operated outdoors for the entire contest in the great PNW from his deck overlooking the Puget Sound and the Cascade Mountains. There were no rain showers until the last hour of the contest. There was a good bit of VE7 activity from CN88 and CN89, but did not even hear Portland, OR (CN85) until the last 15 minutes of the event.It was nice to work W7MEM (DN17) located on the East side of the Cascades.

N6ZE elected to be a Low Power Analogue Entry, which turned out to be quite favorable. There was an extremely high noise level part of the time, but managed a double-hop E-skip QSO with N4SVC (EM80) in Florida.

Rig: FT-991, 3-element 6-meter "Hilltopper Yagi", 7-element Cushcraft 2 meter yagi, and an 11-element M² 70-cm yagi.

Getting to operate from the home PNWVHFS territory was great.

KL7UW/R Rover BP51: Operated from hilltop 400-foot ASL that is a commercial comm site.

Three antennas mounted in bed of my pickup: 7-elem 144, 13-elem 432, and 25-elem 1296. Ran all with my IC-9700 on FM. BP40HR to KL7H is a 75-mile path, so was happy to make it on 1294.50 FM with 8w and 25-elem loop-yagi. KL7H also used IC-9700 with a 45-elem loop-yagi.

AF7GL - WWAUnfortunately I messed up this contest. I had plans but had to change them due to the weather and my physical condition.

I ended up driving up to Cleman Mountain on Sunday and only managed to make one QSO on 432. I started on 1296 with no luck. Then tried 432 because these antennas were the easiest to assemble. Weather was okay (overcast) on arrival, but soon started to be chilly. Then rain started and I had no will to set up other bands in the rain, like 144, where probably I would have had more luck and then could have asked stations over to more bands.

Cleman Mountain [CN96nt] is east of Nile next to road WA-410. It has a radio site on top. Upper section is a bit rough to drive up, summit is open. I had no RF interference or noise on 432 on my IC-705.