K1TR VHF Contesting - September 2013

Sept 14-15 2013 ARRL VHF QSO Party
2006' Wachusett Mountain, Princeton, MA FN42BL

First time back on Wachusett Mountain since they revamped the summit. To avoid
the new large blockage due East (greater Boston,) associated with the base of
the new fire tower, I elected to set up off the summit on the Southwest edge.
From here my shot to greater Boston would not be blocked but I still had a
blockage to the Northeast and I was in the trees. I underestimated how much
performance I would lose on the higher bands by the foliage. I was unable to
QSO with stations that are normally quite workable, my totals above 432 were
way down. 

For me propagation was about average until the last hour or so, when W4NH
(EM85) and AA4ZZ (EM96) popped up. We worked easily on 2m-432. One of the other
highlights was hearing K8EP (FM09) with good signals all weekend long. 

  Low Power Single Operator Category - Submitted Score: 158k

 

Band	Power (PEP)	Antenna	QSOs/Multiplier (grid squares)
50	200W	4 elements (redesigned Hygain)	177/25
144	200W	12 elements (FO-12)	176/36
222	75W	16 elements (FO-16)	74/29
432	100W	19 elements (RIW)	109/29
903	10W	33 element LY	28/11
1296	10W	45 element LY	28/8
2304	10W	52 element LY	17/6
3456	4W	52 element LY	9/4
5760	2W	2' dish, dualband feed	4/3
10368	1W	2' dish, dualband feed	5/3