My location was a long-time favorite rover site in my home gridsquare of FN22. The antenna was at 1950 feet above sea level (about 300 feet higher than the highest village in my county) with a downward slope in all directions, plus there was no foliage in the immediate area. The wx was 41 degrees, wind gusts to 25 mph, and rain. There was no receiver desensitivity from commercial radio installations this time, despite struggling with it in the past from this same location. It appears that switching from the 706mk2g to the IC-7000 has made that problem go away.
There was no band enhancement of any kind here. On a couple contacts, the QSB sounded more like a 6m slow fade. I collected 31 QSOs and 15 grids. These are both up from 2007 (had coax problem in 2008). The activity level was higher than expected for the spring version of the 2m sprint.
Here is a list of stations I heard but was unable to work: N8RA FN31lu, W1QK FN31, WA3NUF, N3ALN, N2SPI, and WA8TJL EN91el. I didn't hear anything out of FN02, FN11, FN13, FN24, FN30, FN41, FN42, FN43, or FN44. Results are here.
BAND QSOs QSO UNIQUE STATES CANADIAN
PTS. GRIDS PROVINCES
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144 31 31 15 8 2
--- Claimed score = 465 ---
UTC CALLSIGN GRID OTHER -------------------------------------------------------- 2321 W2RJO FN23lg 2326 W3PN FN00sg 2327 KE2DN FN12xd 2328 N2DCH FN22 2337 KA2LIM FN12mg 2341 W9KXI FN12ne 2341 N2LID FN12md 2344 KB2YCC FN12nf CW 2346 W8ZN FM19bb 2348 VA3ST FN03ha 0000 KA1ZE/3 FN01xt 0003 K3TUF FN10we 0007 VE2ZAZ FN25 CW 0011 WA2FGK FN21bf 0014 N3NGE FN20bd 0015 K1RZ FM19jh 0020 W2KV FN20ok CW 0022 K1TEO FN31jh 0034 NN3Q FN10wh CW 0042 W3ZZ FM19jd 0048 N3NKC FN10xx 0054 KB2RAW FN22 0056 K3ISH FN21fo 0103 N2RXK FN22gp FM simplex 0134 K3ZO FM18mt 0140 W3TWX FN33ur CW 0148 WB2SIH FN31dd CW 0152 K1DS FN20ie 0206 N2NFS FN22ac FM simplex 0209 KA2WPD FN12xa FM simplex 0228 N1DPM FN32qb
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