09/18/2008 | KE4WBO AFTER THE AUGUST UHF CONTEST, RELOCATED ALL MY ANTENNAS OVER TO THE TOWER ON THE HILL BEHIND MY HOUSE WHEN TOWER FULLY CRANKED UP TOP ANTENNAS AROUND 90' ABOVE SEA LEVEL, WHILE I HAD THE TOWER TIPPED OVER, INSTALLED 7/8 HELIAX FOR THE 432 1296 BANDS AND LEFT LMR600 FOR 6M 2M & 222 IN PLACE. I ALSO PUT UP SOME FM VERTICALS 2M,222 WHICH PAYED OFF SATURDAY EVENING DURING THE CONTEST AS I FOUND SOME FOLKS ON SIMPLEX. NOT MUCH SPORADIC E UNTILL THE END OF THE CONTEST WORKING N4WY FM05 PART ES/MS , K1WHS FN43 6M ES /MS, I WORKED MARSHALL K5QE EM31 EARLIER ON SCATTER USING FSK441.. I PRETTY MUCH HEARD K5QE MOST OF THE DAY WHILE HE WAS ON 6M FSK441 AND K9NS, CALLED K9NS FOR ABOUT HALF AN HOUR GUESS CONDX HIS WAY NOT GOOD ,FSK441 AN AMAZING MODE AND PART OF THE VHF TOOLBOX AS IS CW.

2M HAD LOTS OF STATEWIDE ACTIVITY OUT TO 280 MILES AND DIDN'T GET TO LOG EVERYONE I HEARD ALL THE WAY INTO THE PANHANDLE AND JACKSONVILLE AREA WORKING SOME BY RANDOM CQ CW AND SOME BY HUNT AND POUNCE.
NIL FROM EL95 MIAMI OR EL94 FLORIDA KEYS.
I HEARD W4KVW EM80,KE4YYD EL79, AC4TO EM70 BREIFLY BUT NOT LOGGED,HOPEFULLY BY 2009 I'LL HAVE 1KW 2M AMP BUILT BY THEN SO THE DX CAN HEAR ME BETTER.
222 432 1296 QSO'S WERE DOWN SOME , MOST AMAZING SIGNALS BOTH WAYS WORKING N4TUT EL98 APOPKA NEAR 200 MILES AWAY ON 432/1296 I'D SAY THE COAX CHANGE AND TOWER HEIGHT MADE A DIFFERENCE.
FUN RUN WITH ALL THE 2M ACTIVITY SATURDAY NIGHT
ENDED UP WITH 38Q'S 21 GRIDS TOTAL 73 KE4WBO -- KE4WBO