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2026 ARRL January VHF Contest

24 Logs Received

Updated 2026-03-03
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Callsign	Score	Region	Category	Bands	Total QSOs	QSO Points	Grids Worked	Rover Grids Activated	Station Grid	PNW Grids Worked
AB9BH	48	WWA	SOLP	A	12	12	4	.	CN87	4
AI7ID	12095	ID	UM	ABCD	214	295	33	.	DN13	7
AL1VE/R	3774	OR	RL	ABD	80	102	12	9	see below	10
K7CW	4028	WWA	SOHP	A	106	106	38	.	CN87	20
K7MDL	3550	WWA	SOHP	ABCD9E	97	140	8	.	CN87	8
K7SYS	85	ID	SOLP	AB	17	17	4	.	DN18	3
K7YO	1425	OR	SOHP	ABCD	64	130	6	.	CN85	6
KA7RRA/R	2057	WWA	R	ABCD	94	121	4	4	see below	4
KB7IOG	224	WWA	SOHP-ALG	ABCDE	21	32	3	.	CN87	3
KB7QAG	3	WWA	SOLP-ALG	B	3	3	1	.	CN87	1
KG7P	1035	WWA	SOHP	ABCDE	54	69	6	.	CN87	6
KG7PD	715	WWA	SOLP	ABCDE	48	55	6	.	CN87	6
KI7YFP	430	WWA	SOLP	ABCD	36	43	4	.	CN87	4
KL7P/R	3876	OR	RL	ABD	80	102	12	7	see below	12
KX7L	708	WWA	SO3B	ABD	54	59	7	.	CN87	7
N0LL *	2745	KS	SOLP	ABCD	59	61	40	.	EM09	1
N7DB	234	OR	SOLP	ABCD	21	26	5	.	CN85	5
N7QOZ	2860	WWA	SO3B-ALG	ABD	111	143	8	.	CN87	8
VA7RKM	1036	BC	SOLP	ABDE	50	74	7	.	CN88	7
VE7DAY	168	BC	SOHP	A	21	21	8	.	CO70	5
W7FI	1365	WWA	SOHP	ABD	61	64	15	.	CN87	8
W7KRS	200	WWA	SO3B	ABD	23	25	4	.	CN97	4
WA9BTV	3150	WWA	SOHP	ABCDE	101	164	7	.	CN88	7
WE7X	27	WWA	SOP	A	9	9	3	.	CN97	3

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* = 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, 9 - 902 MHz, E - 1.2 GHz, F - 2.3 GHz, G - 3.4 GHz, H - 5.7 GHz, I - 10 GHz, J - 24 GHz, K - 300+ GHz

Award Winners
2026 ARRL January VHF Contest

Click a callsign for the printable certificate. Winners are announced at the PNWVHFS Conference, Oct 2026

Additional Information

Dave KA7RAA/R Rover Limited WWA
Activated 4 Rover grids: CN87, CN88, CN97, CN98

AI7ID Multi-Op Unlimited
All-Idaho Contest Club, Nampa, ID
Operators: W7IMC, W7OSG, WC7M, N7ENS, NV6B, KJ7BJS, K7SMA, AC7GL

Jim K7YO, Single-Op All-Mode High-Power
K7YO operating from fixed CN85.

Rod WE7X Single Operator Portable WWA
I operated 'very basic' portable, having gone a few blocks away to the tennis courts by our clubhouse. I was pretty surprised to contact VA7OTC/R in CN88, with my 10 watts and the omni-directional KB6KQ loop. If I submitted a picture of the home shack, it would explain why I had to escape the room!
Rod WE7X /P

Charlie KX7L Single-Op
I had been involved in the World Wide Award activity on HF, and almost forgot about the VHF contest, so got a bit of a late start. Funny how quiet things got when the Seahawks game started. No openings of note (that I heard anyway), but still lots of fun, good to hear some new calls, and the SOTA activity was a nice plus. Thanks for the QSOs!
Charles Panek KX7L

Garrett KB7IOG Single-Op High Power
Great Fun, Thanks everone!

Ken KL7P/R Rover Limited
Activated 7 Rover grids: CN74, CN75, CN76, CN84, CN86, CN87, CN95
I clocked about 700 miles on my rental, my brother Tim AL1VE must have driven 800. I saw the weekend forecast for the PNW, and made a last minute decision to get out of the Fairbanks cold and come down for the contest. Heavy weekend traffic, but wow, the wx was really nice! Tim is already talking about next January......we'll see.
73, Ken KL7P

Ken KL7P in CN75 at Road's End State Park in Lincoln City, OR

Ken KL7P in CN85 at Mt Hood Lodge, OR

Tim AL1VE/R Rover Limited OR
Activated 9 (!) Rover grids: CN74, CN75, CN76, CN84, CN85, CN86, CN87, CN94, CN95
A few days before the contest I received a call from my brother Ken KL7P wanting to escape the cold, snow, and darkness of Fairbanks and do a rove in the PNW. The forecasted weather aligned perfectly for his request and we decided to do a rove in Oregon.

Our planned "dual rove" was to start at the Timberline Lodge on Mt. Hood. From there we would drive over to Lincoln City and then turn northward along the coast. It was mostly a new roving area for both of us and we weren't sure what to expect activity-wise.

While the weather cooperated, the hordes of sunseekers flooding highway 101, fairly bad propagation conditions, and the contest period occurring during a major football weekend that included the Seahawks made it a rove to forget.

My brother Ken and I did the grid circling thing in Lincoln City and found a couple of spots in places that didn't have crowds. Luckily Ken arrived early to Roads End State Park in CN75 and set up for about an hour. He tried MS with Paul K7CW and I think they finally worked on regular FT8. I set up on hill up by the trailhead that goes up into the park. (There's no neighborhood watch problems there). It was early and there were only 2 other cars there. When I left about 30 minutes later there were about 8. I was only able to work WZ8T and another station in CN74. I never copied Paul and Ken's QSO although I could easily work Ken on SSB.

Overall too little transmitter power from eiter of us to attract much antention, but I was surprised I didn't hear anyone in the Seattle area. Same thing happened in Fort Stevens down on Jetty Road. Ken could work into Seattle, I could only work the same two stations I did in CN75.

Down in CN94 I found a small pulloff looking with a flat 360 view and no power lines on Simnasho Road 44.971878 -121.461554. It is on the Warm Springs reservation and at least two tribal members stopped and asked what I was doing. Talked to each one for over 15 minutes explaining everything. They thanked me for answering their questions and no one hassled me over the two hours I was there. My FT8 decodes showed I heard several Seattle stations but only worked two of them. Again, I think an issue of their power and my ability to hear anyone, but not running enough power to overcome their QRN homesites.

BTW, Ken didn't drive down. He rented a SUV at SeaTac and brought most of his own equipment in a carry-on. Thursday we spent making moble antennas for 50, 144 and 432. I did lend him a 100-Ah lipo so he didn't have to run off the vehicle battery. Friday I put my rover together and Saturday morning drove down to CN94 to start the contest. I think we drove about 500+ miles over the weekend.
Tim AL1VE

Jeff KB7QAG
Three years ago, I had an Icom IC-706mk2g operating FM mode on field day running 45 watts. Today, it stopped working, so I took it apart. The board was fried. I've had it since 2003. Now I have a Kenwood 2-meter all-mode radio that puts out 45 watt. So I bought a used Mirage 2-meter amp that puts out 80 watts. I got it from PMT radio club of Tacoma. So I did made contacts after all in the Jan VHF 2026. I checked band condition and the 2 meter band turned out to be dead. I did manage to make 3 contacts using my dual-band vertical in the attic 13 feet up.
Jeff Smythe KB7QAG