10/04/2004 | W3SO ARRL September VHF QSO Party

Call: W3SO
Class: Limited Multi-Op HP
QTH: FNOO - WPA

Summary:

Band QSOs Mults

6m: 353 59

2m: 434 73

222MHz: 152 50

432MHz: 200 57

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Total: 1139 239 Total Score = 356,349

Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club

Comments:

Thanks again to the rovers; they keep us going in the slow times. Rovers accounted for 152 QSOs out of our 1139 QSOs or 13%. We logged 19 QSO with K3LFO, 16 QSOs with K8MR, and 14 with KE3HT. The rovers and others were patient and stood by as we worked the queue of passes on 432 MHz as fast as possible.

We had no 6m opening and no 2m opening; but there were "reaches" to the west on 6M and 2M; and enhancements on 222 and 432 to Canada. Our best DX on 6m was
about 970 miles to K0HA and on 2m it was 675 miles to FM04.

The newly installed 6m stack fixed northeast worked well.

We got the CT "last 100 QSOs" meter over 100 several times late Saturday afternoon and again on Saturday night.


Murphy did NOT visit us! Our weather was good all weekend. And this was topped off by AI3M's XYL again preparing excellent meals through out the weekend for us.

See you in the Fall Sprints and the Jan. VHF contest.

Station detaits are at .

For the Wopsononock Mountaintop Operators,
Ed -- K3IXD