2022 CQ Worldwide VHF Contest

Callsign	Score	Region	Category	Bands	QSOs	Points	Grids	Rover Grids Activated	Grids Activated	PNW Grids Worked
K5QE *	118,556	TX	Multi-Op	AB	454	554	214		EM31	0
W7FI	7,520	WA	SOAB	AB	141	141	47		CN87	17
K7CW	7,250	WA	SOSB	A	145	145	50		CN87	23
AL1VE	7,208	OR	SOSB	A	106	106	68		DN02	20
VE7DAY	3,640	BC	SOAB	AB	90	91	40		CO70	12
N7NW	1,782	WA	SOSB	AB	66	66	27		CN87	12
KX7L	1,536	WA	SOAB	AB	59	64	24		CN87	8
VE7AFZ	1,386	BC	SOAB	AB	56	63	22		CN89	7
N7QOZ	1,024	WA	SOAB	AB	42	64	16		CN87	7
W7TZ	897	OR	SOSB	AB	39	39	23		CN83	9
K7III	779	WA	SOSB	A	41	41	19		CN87	9
K7ND	648	WA	SOSB	B	27	54	12		CN87	11
KC7OOY	496	OR	SOAB	AB	24	31	16		CN82	8
N6ZE/7	256	WA	SOAB	AB	23	32	8		CN88	5
N7DB	162	OR	SOAB	AB	19	27	6		CN85	4
K7ATN	39	OR	HILLTOPPER	AB	7	13	3		CN95	2

* = 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

PNWVHFS Award Winners

Certificates presented at the PNWVHFS Conference, Oct 8, 2022

Hilltopper: K7ATN - OR
Single-Op All Band:  W7FI - WA,  KC0OOY - OR
Single-Op Single Band 50 MHz:  K7CW - WA,  AL1VE - OR, 
Single-Op Single Band 144 MHz:  K7ND - WA

Additional Information

K5QE Multi-Op TX:  Operators K5QE, N5YA, KI5MHB, AF8Z, K5SAB, VE3WY 

KX7L SOAB WA CN87:  Activity seemed a bit lower than usual, but we did have a couple of nice openings, especially late on Saturday night into California. Thanks for the QSO's!

N6ZE SOAB WA: CN87:  Missed most of contest due to 1200 mile road trip on Friday and Saturday, but did manage a few QSO on Saturday night & Sunday morning. Most QSOs on FT8 low power with TV rabbit ears for 6m and KB6KQ Mini Loop for 2m. No E-skip noted. Thanks to "CQ" for sponsoring the Contest.

AL1VE SOSB 50 MHz DN02:  Operated the CQWW VHF contest again from the Alvord Desert Overlook parking area, elevation 9750', on Steen's Mountain. This was my fourth year here. Finally a year without smoke, but boy did the wind blow! Saturday night I had to switch from a 5 element 50 MHz yagi to my small six foot boom 3 element at 15' to keep from bending my mast.

AL1VE High points: This year instead of Japan and the Caribbean I copied and eventually worked a number of Mexican and Central American stations. Worked into southern Alaska and almost Hawaii. KH6HI was seen calling CQ on FT8 for almost 30 minutes, with signals up to +20, but never got a reply from my many replies and I finally worked VE7DAY from here! He was easily the most consistent copied station NW of me which probably had something to do with distance more than conditions. This outing I also copied a bunch of other VE7s and VE6s, but for some reason I couldn't get their attention.

AL1VE Low Points: Except for a couple of days this year, 50 MHz has acted as if someone had stretched a rf absorbing wall north and south along the Mississippi and that's pretty much how six meters played during this contest. Sure miss those double hops to New England and the southeast US that happened in the previous years.

AL1VE Really Low Points: Oh yeah, having COVID symptoms start after my first night on the mountain was a bummer. At first I thought all the mild symptoms were just a reaction to the altitude, but having driven that far I put off my covid testing till Monday. Hey, it's just one more thing I need to plan for when operating portable or roving!p>