K1TR VHF Contesting - September 2014

Sept 13-14 2014 ARRL VHF QSO Party
2006' Wachusett Mountain, Princeton, MA FN42BL

Set up due West of the new large lookout tower that the State erected a couple of years ago.
 My concern was that with its 12 foot high stone base, it would  present a significant blockage looking East, toward greater Boston.
As the contest progressed, it became clear that it would not have a huge impact on the many stations
in that direction. It didn't hurt that for the most part, the Atlantic ocean begins about 45 miles to the East.

Aside from a handful of E-skip contacts into South FL on Saturday, no noticeable
enhancement on the bands this time out. This was a simple case of hanging in
there and pounding it out. 
Most memorable QSOs were with VA3ZV in EN82 (2m and 432), a distance of 521 miles
with both ends running low power. 

  Low Power Single Operator Category - Submitted Score: 166k

 

Band	Power (PEP)	Antenna	QSOs/Multiplier (grid squares)
50	200W	4 elements (redesigned Hygain)	205/33
144	200W	12 elements (FO-12)	178/36
222	75W	16 elements (FO-16)	73/26
432	100W	19 elements (RIW)	98/29
903	10W	33 element LY	24/11
1296	10W	45 element LY	27/10
2304	10W	52 element LY	13/8
3456	4W	52 element LY	9/5
5760	2W	2' dish, dualband feed	5/4
10368	1W	2' dish, dualband feed	6/4