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2012 ARRL January VHF Sweepstakes

01/27/2012 | ke4wbo

another january 'test gone by, worked guys off the calls for a few that cared to spin the vfo 

 k0vxm 7 bands and nn4aa 3 bands   ki4fia decided to turn his antenna 160 degrees and work northeast el96  2bands  tried 1296 cw   nill   oh well themz the breaks   a few orlando guys turned this way for a few more mults but not the the rest 

     sunday morning tropo good all the way to 10ghz  el98  orlando ..no ops??   449 for a few hours    cq'd qro  310-360 az for 20mins nada 

Chuck k0vxm el98, Jim NN4aa  worked with 1 watt on 2304 cw   Jim was on SSB  both well over s9    heard Chuck  pretty good on 3456 but incomplete,    glad to give Jim a new grid on 2304  his 3456 had just quit   seems like contests bring out the gremlins in your gear.

-- KE4WBO


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