2024 CQ Worldwide VHF Contest

Callsign	Score	Region	Category	Bands	QSOs	Points	Grids	Rover Grids Activated	Grids Activated	PNW Grids Worked
AL1VE	2,470	OR	SOSB	A	65	65	38		DN02	17
WA9BTV	1,394	WA	SOAB	AB	59	82	17		CN88	9
N7QOZ	1,078	WA	SOAB	AB	45	77	14		CN87	9
W7IMC	990	ID	QRP	AB	59	99	10		DN13	5
VE7DAY	666	BC	SOAB	AB	36	37	18		CO70	10
K7CW	630	WA	SOSB	A	45	45	14		CN87	10
K7MDL	620	WA	SOAB	AB	44	62	10		CN87	6
KG7P	576	WA	SOAB	AB	23	32	18		CN87	5
KE7MSU/R	555	OR	R	AB	30	37	15	2	see notes below	4
KX7L	530	WA	SOAB	AB	44	53	10		CN87	7
KA7RRA/R	779	WA	R	AB	25	37	12	4	see notes below	3
N7DB	396	OR	SOAB	AB	27	26	11		CN85	7
K7ND	330	WA	SOAB	AB	24	33	10		CN87	5
KJ7BJS	260	ID	HILLTOPPER	AB	31	52	5		DN13	3
VE7VIE	9	BC	SOSB	A	3	3	3		CN89	2
K7SYS	2	ID	SOSB	B	1	2	1		DN18	1

*  =  PNWVHFS Member operating outside the Society region. Not eligible for PNWVHFS Awards.
(Note: CQ defines a club area as club members residing within a 250-mile radius circle from the center of club area.)

Category Code:  SO - Single Operator,  M - Multi-Operator,  AB - All Bands,  SB - Single Band,  R - Rover
Band Codes:  A - 50 MHz, B - 144 MHz

PNWVHFS Award Winners

Certificates presented at the PNWVHFS Conference, Oct 2024

	Washington	Oregon	Idaho	BC
Rover	KA7RRA/R	KE7MSU/R
Hilltopper			KJ7BJS
Single-Op All Band	WA9BTV	N7DB		VE7DAY
Single-Op QRP			W7IMC
Single-Op Single Band 50 MHz	K7CW	AL1VE		VE7VIE
Single-Op Single Band 144 MHz			K7SYS

Rovers

KA7RRA/R:
Activated 4 PNW grids:  CN86, CN87, CN88, CN98
Worked 3 PNW grids:  CN87, CN88, CN97

KE7MSU/R:
Activated 2 PNW grids:  CN84, CN85
Worked 4 PNW grids:  CN76, CN84, CN85, CN87

Soapbox Comments

KX7L SOAB WA CN87:
Could be my imagination, but activity seemed down from usual levels. I wonder if some folks *assume* that with the demise of CQ Magazine, that their namesake contests are gone too? Anyway not much Es to hear, but for a few 30 second openings to here and there, not long enough for a QSO. The highlight for me was working AL1VE down in DN02. A new grid for me and probably one of my longest tropo contacts.

W7IMC SO QRP ID DN13:
Single op QRP. Only 2 Q's on FT8 outside of Idaho. 2/3rds of the Q's were 2m FM and a few 2m SSB. Did work Tim AL1VE in DN02 and Gary W7FSI in DN24 on Pinyon Peak Lookout at 9700ft north of Stanley.

VE7DAY SOAB BC CO70:
Another very slow contest but I enjoyed it.

AL1VE SOSB 50 MHz DN02:
One more time from the Steens Mountain Alvord Desert Overlook parking area. This was my fourth year here.

The highlights: Working stations in Que, Cuba, and on San Clemente Island
The lowpoints: Saturday on the radio contacts were few and far between. Outside and inside the truck smoke was blowing in from a wildfire just north of Burns. Saturday night the wind really picked up with gusts up to 45 mph. I took down my 5-element yagi and the following morning replaced it with a more manageable 3-elt yagi.

Sunday morning as the winds continued to blow I tried 50 MHz MS, but I couldn't copy many stations because of the constant s9++ signals from two other 50 MHz stations in close proximity to me. The afternoon lagged and although there were plenty of stations copied on FT8 all were gone within one or two transmissions. Tried FT4 and SSB, but heard no one using those faster modes.

Easily my worst ever CQ Worldwide VHF contest. - Tim AL1VE