06/15/2004 | K0AWU The June contest is always looked forward to with great anticipation. A chance to enjoy the activity and good tropo conditions. Well that is what I dream about during the long cold northern Minnesota winter. Good tropo we didn't have. Great weather then a cold front Saturday night put a damper on any possible tropo.

The poor conditions and very spotty brief Es on 6 meters (65 contacts in 44 grids mostly Saturday) produced a lower score than the last two June contests. One of the highlights was catching Gary W0GHZ on 2m at the same time I was looking at local radar that looked promising for a shot at 10Ghz rainscatter. We were rewarded with an S9 SSB contact over the 155mile
path. Amazing what can be worked via rainscatter with a watt and 18" dish!

I worked one new grid on 1296Mhz (EN25) and a new state and grid on 222Mhz when I worked W2SZ/1 (MA - FN32) via WSJT.

181 Contacts in 96 Grids on 6m, 2m, 222Mhz, 432Mhz, 1296Mhz and 10Ghz. -- K0AWU