Here in southcentral Alaska with the highest concentration of hams and likewise VHF+ hams, I estimate a couple dozen stations participated on bands 50-1296 MHz.  Most stations were located in the Anchorage area (BP51 & BP41) with two of us on the Kenai Peninsula (BP40) 70-mi SW of Anchorage.

I set up working from the home station which includes 50, 144, 222, 927.5, and 1296.  I am temporarily without 432 awaiting a new transverter after selling both my FT-847 and FT-817 in 2011.

Two meters is the most popular and most fruitful band for VHF contesting and I made 11 contacts in three grids.  50-MHz SSB was used for 6 more contacts in two grids.  Although I had a new 222 transverter with 125w amplifier nothing was heard either way (so I suspect antenna problems).  Jan 31: 222 antenna was not connected at tower-top relay box.  Connected and worked three staions in Anchorage during Tues net.

Recent wx in Alaska has been very cold (local temps to -22F and not rising above zero for over a week in advance of the contest.  So my plans to install 100w for 900 with new antenna and 50w for 1296 were not done,  Instead I ran with the 900 loop-yagi on a ten-foot pole and the 50w 1296 amplifier in the shack (with only 20w reaching the antenna at 50-feet).  Nothing heard on 927.5 FM and heard KL7XJ one-way on 1296.

No Au or Es were heard on 6m and operation was limited in time there.  Contest activity moved to 146.58 FM simplex about noon and ran all afternoon which is very unusual for the VHF contest up here (most activity is over in the first two hours).  We had three stations roving (two KL7YK and KL3JI on the 2000-foot hillside above Anchorage) and the third KL7BX with KL7BL activated a tiny corner of BP41 which lies in the SW corner of the city giving a nice extra multiplier to many.

my score was 85 with 17 contacts.  I'll add some photos tomorrow.

73, KL7UW, Pres. Alaska VHF-UP Group