2M SPRING SPRINT 2013
N2SLN / 3    FN21go








ANTENNA SYSTEM

    one horizontally polarized Directive Systems Rover Special yagi (6 elements)







RADIO EQUIPMENT

    Icom IC-7000 at 30 watts

    Mirage B5016G amplifier at 150 watts plus receive preamp







DESCRIPTION

The spring 2m sprint was moved one week earlier than the past few years, but in looking over my records, I discovered that in 2002 this event was also held on April 1st. High winds and lake-effect snow were forecast for the area where I had originally planned to go in FN23, so I decided to head for southern latitudes instead. It was a good move, as the wx was tranquil by comparison: Winds were calmer, temperatures higher, and no precipitation (no snow on the ground, either).

The rules and more info were provided here thanks to K9JK. Distance scoring has been used since 2010, so everyone was urged to use their 6-digit grid square to help generate accurate distance calculations.

My operating location was in the Moosic Mountains near Carbondale, PA. I was unable to locate the road that leads to the peak of the desired summit, so I set up 300 feet lower on the south side of the mountain. Signals to the N through NE were affected by the mountain and by QRN from commercial installations a few yards away. There are "tree attenuators" in the other directions, but not too bad in some cases. Most contacts (81 percent) were made with stations in adjacent grids, with distances in the 100-200 km range. But then VA3ELE/R came in from 440 km away (274 miles) from FN03 and provided my best DX for this event as well as outdoing the best DX from last year's event. This will be the last time using this site, as I have a better site in mind for the next N2SLN/3 grid activation.








POINTS SUMMARY



BAND   QSOs   TOTAL      AVG DISTANCE
              DIST (km)  PER QSO (km)
-------------------------------------
144     16     2809.2       175.6



   --- Claimed score = 2,809.2 ---









LOG


MD UTC  CALLSIGN GRID    DIST (km)
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PH 1954 K1TEO    FN31jh  190.8
PH 2011 K3TUF    FN10we  167.1
PH 2013 N3NGE    FN20bd  165.7
PH 2017 KA3HED   FM29co  223.9
PH 2023 N2SPI    FN22cj   92.2
PH 2048 N3RG     FM29ki  251.4
CW 2053 KA2LIM   FN12nf  136.5
PH 2059 W0RSJ    FN20jq  103.9
CW 2102 W2GIO    FN31bn  132.1
PH 2120 K2SMN    FN20oj  145.4
PH 2123 N2CSP    FN20sn  143.0
PH 2125 N2ZBH    FN30au  150.8
PH 2208 W9KXI    FN12ne  134.2
PH 2213 VA3ELE/R FN03as  440.3
CW 2233 NE2U     FN20qg  163.9
CW 2238 W1QK     FN31gk  168.0










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