Date: Tue Jan 21 10:01:07 EST 2014

2014 January VHF Contest, January 18-20, 2014

Station Info

Call: AA1I/R

Locations:

FN32mc, Granville, MA, Hampden County, WMA Section.

FN42ad, Charlton, MA, Worcester County, WMA Section.

FN41cu, Killingly, CT, Windham County, CT Section.

FN31nx, East Hartland, CT, Hartford County, CT Section.

Hi-res

Notes:

rove: 4 grids, 2 states.
Emergency power - generator
As usual, still setting up Saturday morning, but at least the weather was warm, with a forecast of flurries
Needed tire chains to access the FN32mc site. Took time to put them on, putting me behind schedule.
Flurries turned to snow! Got 6-8 inches, luckily the Boy Scout in me brought cold weather gear (be prepared!). Due to late start, worked into the dark, which meant tear down in the dark & snow with a ladder on uneven terrain. Quite a few scary moments, but made it off the hill safely. Roving in New England in January can be challenging!
Had fun, kept busy. Didn't get to work much search&pounce or work many 6m/2m grids. Just the way I like it!
High SWR on 6m, until I removed the offending coaxial balun - but not until my last grid.
144, 222, 432 worked like a champ with the new amplifiers and 432 LNA (thanks N1DPM, NC1I, and ARR!).
903/1296 worked fine. 903 was perhaps down a bit, need to put the on the transfer relay to bypass the 903 bandfilter one of these days.
2G was deaf, but still made 2 contacts with it!
3G was deaf and mute, need to figure out why.
5G had a half inch of packed snow/ice on the radome for most of the contest. Never got used.
10G: waited until the last day to mount my DSS dish on the H-frame. That's when I realized it wouldn't fit, and scrambled to add an old horn for an antenna (Thanks N1DPM). Never got used.
New strain relief brackets for feedline coax into radio rack
Finally got the straight key and footswitch to work with the Mircowave IF rig - it's great to have a free hand when working the microwave and liason rigs both at the same time!

Equipment:

Band	Rig	Pre/Xverter/Amp	RF Power	Antenna
6m	Yaesu FT-897D	none	100W	Homebrew 3 element @ 22'
2m	Yaesu FT-897D	TE 1402g/N1DPM mods	200W+	DS144-6RS 6 element @ 19'
222	Yaesu FT-897D	DEMI 222-28, N1DPM amp	205W+	DSFO222-10RS 10 element @ 16'
432	Yaesu FT-897D	SP432VDg, TE4450G	125W+	DS 11 element @ 13'
902	Kenwood TR-751A	N1DPM/DEMI	22W	DS 3319LY 19 element looper @ 11'
1296	Kenwood TR-751A	N1DPM/DEMI	22W	DS 2325LY 25 element looper @ 11'
2304	Kenwood TR-751A	N1DPM/DEMI	21W	DS 1352LY 52 element looper @ 9'
3456	Kenwood TR-751A	N1DPM/DEMI	25W	DS 976LY 76 element looper @ 9'
5760	Kenwood TR-751A	N1DPM/DEMI	9W	10" dish @ 10'
10368	Kenwood TR-751A	N1DPM/DEMI	7W	Rectangular Gain Horn @ 10'

Summary

QSO's	Total dx(km)	Best dx (km)
85	9007.80000000001	450.6

Score:

Band	QSO's	Value	Points	Mults
50	14	1	14	4
144	24	1	24	8
222	16	2	32	5
432	17	2	34	4
902	5	4	20	2
1296	7	4	28	2
2304	2	8	16	1
3456	0	8	0	0
5760	0	8	0	0
10368	0	8	0	0
Grids Activated				4

Totals:	85		168	30

Score:			5040

Top 10 DX

call	grid	Band	My Grid	dx (km)
N3YMS	FM29FD	2m	FN42AD	450.6
N3NGE	FN20BD	2m	FN42AD	396.6
N3NGE	FN20BD	70cm	FN42AD	396.6
N3NGE	FN20BD	2m	FN41CU	392.2
N3NGE	FN20BD	1.25m	FN41CU	392.2
N3NGE	FN20BD	70cm	FN41CU	392.2
N3NGE	FN20BD	2m	FN31NX	324.1
N3NGE	FN20BD	1.25m	FN31NX	324.1
N2SLN/R	FN23	2m	FN42AD	292.3
N2SLN/R	FN23	1.25m	FN42AD	292.3

Top DX by band

Band	dx (km)	call	grid	My Grid
6m	150.3	AF1T	FN43CD	FN32MC
6m	139.2	K1TEO	FN31JH	FN42AD
6m	132.5	K1TEO	FN31JH	FN41CU

2m	450.6	N3YMS	FM29FD	FN42AD
2m	396.6	N3NGE	FN20BD	FN42AD
2m	392.2	N3NGE	FN20BD	FN41CU

1.25m	392.2	N3NGE	FN20BD	FN41CU
1.25m	324.1	N3NGE	FN20BD	FN31NX
1.25m	292.3	N2SLN/R	FN23	FN42AD

70cm	396.6	N3NGE	FN20BD	FN42AD
70cm	392.2	N3NGE	FN20BD	FN41CU
70cm	139.2	K1TEO	FN31JH	FN42AD

33cm	72.8	N1DPM	FN32QB	FN41CU
33cm	69.9	K1IIG	FN31NL	FN32MC
33cm	55.8	N1DPM	FN32QB	FN42AD

23cm	139.2	K1TEO	FN31JH	FN42AD
23cm	132.5	K1TEO	FN31JH	FN41CU
23cm	72.8	N1DPM	FN32QB	FN41CU

13cm	27.9	N1DPM	FN32QB	FN32MC
13cm	22.7	N1DPM	FN32QB	FN31NX

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