2007 ARRL June VHF Contest
07/06/2007 |
WA7JTM
Operated as WA7JTM from DM53, 9333 ft ASL, in the White Mountains of Eastern Arizona. Contest operators were Pete (WA7JTM), Tom (N7AMA), and Morgan (WW7B).
Supposed they held a VHF contest and no ES showed up.
The June Contest this year was really, really, really, sloooooow. We only had a few small openings on 6m. Couldn't even make 100 Q's on six. Two and 432 conditions seemed improved over last year, most likely due to a new location in DM53. Every station we ran with we worked on 432, a big improvement over last year.
If it werent for the fishing we did before the contest this outing would have been a bust. We had 100 MPH winds before the contest that even made fishing impossible. Did I mention the falling trees all around our camp? Nothing like hearing a tree crashing down around your tent at 3 AM!
The good news is that we set a new VHF contest record! The bad news is that it was for a record "low" score.
Oh well, I guarantee that next years contest will be better as we can only go up from here. -- WA7JTM
Supposed they held a VHF contest and no ES showed up.
The June Contest this year was really, really, really, sloooooow. We only had a few small openings on 6m. Couldn't even make 100 Q's on six. Two and 432 conditions seemed improved over last year, most likely due to a new location in DM53. Every station we ran with we worked on 432, a big improvement over last year.
If it werent for the fishing we did before the contest this outing would have been a bust. We had 100 MPH winds before the contest that even made fishing impossible. Did I mention the falling trees all around our camp? Nothing like hearing a tree crashing down around your tent at 3 AM!
The good news is that we set a new VHF contest record! The bad news is that it was for a record "low" score.
Oh well, I guarantee that next years contest will be better as we can only go up from here. -- WA7JTM
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