My Western Washington Section rove, was primarily on Whidbey Island (CN87/88) and secondarily from CN97 near North Bend, WA. I noted substantial activity from the Seattle, WA area during the entire contest.  I operated for just under 1 hour from CN97 late on Sunday afternoon and made 26QSOs. I operated from several locations on Whidbey Island separated by a maximum of 9.6 mi/15.49 km. (I currently do not have the ability to set up a permanent  station on Whidbey Island so I make the best of what the Rover category permits!) On 2 meters, I worked all grids from CN84 > CN89 and CN97 > CN99.

The only large contest station noted was VA7ISL mountaintopping in CN88 on Vancouver Island, BC, Canada.

This was the first time I utilized 223.5MHz FM during an ARRL SS or VHF QSO Party from WWA: 17QSO in 4 grids resulted. Next time, I hope to have 135cm SSB/CW available.

On late Sunday afternoon and early evening, many contest participants were still on the air. For comparison, during the 2008 Sept. ARRL VHF QSO Party, I heard/worked nil after 5 PM.

Scoring:    QSOs: ~160; 24 Grids worked + 3 grids activated); score approximately 3900.

Equipment:  FT857D and utilized a combo of ¼ wave whip on 6m; a ¼ wave whip, KQ Mini-Loop,  7 el Cushcraft  yagi on 2m ; Kenwood TM231 +  ½ wave vertical & 6 el ‘VJB yagi on 223.5 MHz FM;  FT857D + 3/8 wave whip & 11 element M>2 yagi for 70cm.

Bt73Pete, N6ZE/R