[Mich VHF UHF Society] contest results

[C. Michael Long]

Similar results here too.  Worked all morning to fix and put up a 13el 2M
yagi (replaced a broken element, thanks AC8AG for the replacement!), called
CQ on it in multiple directions with no returns throughout the day and
evening on Saturday.  Would occasionally faintly here some QSOs on 2m and
at least once or twice some ragchewing but nothing solid enough to try and
make contact.  Some of that may have been due to my terrain and only 20'
off the ground.

Switched over to my G5RV dipole 26' off the ground, tuned up on 6M and made
6 contacts starting in Colorado early in the day, then TX once it opened up
mid afternoon, then the evening opening over to the VT/CT/MA area.  Just
need to get those contacts moved from paper to the computer and then get
them submitted.

Mike
W6RP


On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 6:47 AM, Patrick Thomas <p-thomas at mindspring.com>
wrote:

> >From: Russell Dwarshuis <rjd at merit.edu>
> >
> > 2m QSOs were hard to come by since everyone was whooping it up on 6m
>
> I noticed this phenomenon too... I guess I should be happy since it was
> the best 6m contest I've seen in my 18 months of trying, but it was a bit
> aggravating, as I only had a squalo in the rover for 6m, and even then,
> that ended up developing a matching problem.  Tried calling CQ on a few
> occasions on 2m with a 10el yagi in multiple directions, but not much luck
> so I aborted the rover mission.
>
> On the bright side, even with casual operating at home and tuning my 80m
> dipole (!!) for 6m, I managed to still work the opening to TX and FL, plus
> Maine and some others, including a fellow in TX allegedly using 2 watts on
> JT65.  Which was probably similar to my own EIRP using that antenna. :P
>
> Anyway, although it didn't go as planned, it was still educational and
> fun, and that's the important part, right?
>
>  - Patrick, KB8DGC
>
>
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