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2024 ARRL September VHF Contest

26 Logs Received

Posted 2024-10-09
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Callsign	Score	Region	Category	Bands	QSOs	Points	Grids	Rover Grids Activated	Grids Activated	PNW Grids Worked
AI7ID *	10,276	ID	UM	ABCD9E	240	376	28		DN12	14
W7GLF	3,836	WWA	SOLP	ABCDE	101	137	28		CN87	10
K7MDL/R	3,751	WWA	R	ABCD9EF	96	121	31	3	see notes below	16
N7QOZ	3,404	WWA	SO-ALG-3B	ABD	130	166	26		CN87	10
WA9BTV	3,042	WWA	SOHP	ABCD9E	84	117	26		CN88	9
KA7RRA/R	2,816	WWA	RL	ABCD	103	128	22	5	see notes below	6
N6ZE	2,716	WWA	SO-ALG-LP	ABCD	88	118	23		CN87	7
N0LL *	2,624	KS	SOLP	ABCD	59	64	41		EM09	0
VA7SC	2,618	BC	SO-ALG-HP	ABCD9EI	80	119	22		CN89	5
N7DB	2,014	OR	SOLP	ABCD	90	107	19		CN85	10
KX7L	1,953	WWA	SOLP	ABCD	82	93	21		CN87	13
K7ND	1,863	WWA	SOHP	ABCD9E	61	81	23		CN87	10
K7YO	1,584	OR	SO-ALG-HP	ABCDE	61	88	18		CN85	6
NJ7A *	1,568	UT	SO-ALG-LP	ABCDEI	43	56	17		DN30	1
KG7PD	1,482	WWA	SOLP	ABCDE	69	78	19		CN87	9
VE7DAY	1,210	BC	SOHP	ABCDE	51	55	22		CO70	12
VE7HR	952	BC	SO-ALG-LP	ABCD9EI	34	56	17		CN89	4
WR7X/R	630	ID	RL	AB	35	35	18	3	see notes below	10
VA7RKM	480	BC	SOHP	ABDE	34	40	12		CN88	5
K7CW	384	WWA	SOHP	A	32	32	12		CN87	12
W7GLF/R	341	WWA	RU	BD9EFI	13	31	11	2	see notes below	3
K7FR	315	WWA	SOLP	AB	35	35	9		CN88	9
AG6QV	305	WWA	SOLP	ABDE	28	34	9		CN87	5
AB9BH	168	WWA	SOLP	AB	24	24	7		CN87	4
WE7X	30	WWA	SO-ALG-3B	AB	10	10	1		CN97	2
N0CYT	10	WWA	SO3B	BD	9	10	1		CN87	1

*  =  PNWVHFS Member operating outside the Society region. Not eligible for PNWVHFS Awards.

** = Log received late, not eligible for PNWVHFS Awards.

Category Codes:
SOLP - Single Operator Low Power,    SOHP - Single Operator High Power,    SO3B - Single Operator 3 Band,    SO‑ALG‑LP - Single Operator Low Power Analog,    SOP‑ALG - Single Operator Portable Analog,    SOP - Single Operator Portable,    R - Rover Classic,    RL - Rover Limited,    RU - Rover Unlimited   

Band Codes:
A - 50 MHz,  B - 144 MHz,  C - 220 MHz,  D - 432 MHz,  9 - 902 MHz,  E - 1.2 GHz,  F - 2.3 GHz,  G - 3.4 GHz,  H - 5.7 GH,  I - 10 GHz,  X - 17 GHz and Above

Operator Codes:
SO‑ALG‑3B = Single Operator, Analog Only, Three‑Band    SO‑ALG‑LP = Single Operator, Analog Only, Power    SOP = Single Operator, Portable    SO‑ALG‑HP = Single Operator, Analog Only, Power    SO3B = Single Operator, Three-Band    SOHP = Single Operator, High Power    SOLP = Single Operator, Low Power    UM = Unlimited Multioperator    R = Classic Rover    RL = Limited Rover    RU = Unlimited Rover

PNWVHFS Award Winners

Rovers

WR7X R
Activated 4 PNW grids: DN04, DN14, DN15
Worked 10 PNW grids: CN73, CN84, CN85, CN87, CN88, CN97, DN12, DN13, DN14, CO70

KA7RRA /R
Activated 5 PNW grids: CN86, CN87, CN88, CN96, CN97
Worked 5 PNW grids: CN87, CN88, CN89, CN96, CN97, CN98

W7GLF /R
Activated 2 PNW grids: CN86, CN96
Worked 3 PNW grids: CN87, CN88, CN97

K7MDL /R
Activated 3 PNW grids: CN87, CN96, CN97
Worked 16 PNW grids: CN73, CN76, CN78, CN85, CN86, CN87, CN88, CN89, CN96, CN97, DN06, DN12, DN14, DN15, DN17, CO70

Soapbox Comments

N6ZE: WWA
Mostly used SSB, some FM and two CW QSO contacts. Best DX CO-90 on 2m & 70cm. All 135cm contacts using Ukranian Transverter and 5 element WA5VJB Cheapie Yagi. Briefly heard CN85 on 2 meters, but no QSOs South of CN86. Enjoyed operating from my deck overlooking the Puget Sound.

KX7L: WWA
No Es, as far a I could tell, but a fun time anyway. Lots of good tropo to the usual suspects: KA6BIM down in CN73, W7MEM out in DN17, and also WR7X in DN04. A few new callsigns, which is always nice too. And I gave my new 432 antenna a workout, with encouraging results. Also the new 222MHz transverter, which scored me a few QSO's despite the low power and fixed antenna. Thanks for all the QSO's!

WA9BTV: WWA
Only worked the contest on Sunday and got a late start but lots of activity for the last day.

AI7ID: ID
KF7XC, KD7DY, AC7GL, and I operated from DN12 south of War Eagle Mountain in the Owyhee's at 7950ft. The last half mile to our operating location involved some road clearing. We chose DN12, a rarer grid, hoping for a 6m opening which did not happen for us. Our location did provide line of sight to most of SW Idaho and we had ideal weather.

The K7SWI club was doing at POTA at Deer Flat NWR and provided nearly all the qso's on 33 and 23cm at a distance of 41 miles.

We had an issue with our 6m Yagi and finally threw up a Moxon 4 hours into the contest. We did manage several MSK qso's Sunday morning.

Of special note, we did work W7FSI on both 2m and 70cm from his lookout location on Pinyon Peak at 9947 ft north of Stanley 140 miles from our location. He was using a 5w HT.

This was our AI7ID Contest Clubs first time operating multi-op portable and we had a great time. Thank you everyone in the NW for the QSO's!

73, Scott W7IMC Nampa ID DN13gl

K7MDL /R
Late start, but made it to Lion Rock around 7 pm. Road from north is in rough shape, with long stretches of loose sharp rock. It took 45 minutes to do the 9 miles from Blewett Pass.

Made some CN98 and west side CN97 on my way to the drier side. Camped overnight on Lion Rock.

• 50 loop 100W
• 144 loop 160W
• 144/432 Elk Ant Dual band LPDA, 50/25W
• 223.5 FM on Elk LPDA 10W
• 1296 dual 3ft loop yagis, 10W
• 2304/5760 Dish, 2W
• 10G 30" dish, 1/2W

Using 6M and 2M loops when traveling, everything requires a long stop and setup.

K7MDL at Lion Rock.

K7MDL looking west from Lion Rock.