Some thought was given to entering the contest as a rover, but due to the contest being on a weekday, the lack of time forced me into the single operator category. The location was a favorite nearby rover site in my home gridsquare FN22. The antenna was at 1940+ feet above sea level with a downward slope in all directions, plus there was no foliage in the immediate area. The weather was clear with a temperature of 40�F.
At first there was heavy QSB which made some of the fringe signals disappear completely. But I was pleased to hear lots of activity anyway for my first serious attempt at a 222 sprint. I operated 69% of the sprint. Only one of my contacts ended up being the result of my calling "CQ contest". My best DX was K8TQK EM89vw at 458 miles (737 km) which means 222 outperformed 2m in terms of greatest path length this year. Just like the 2m sprint, FN22 was apparently not very active because several stations thanked me for a new grid.
Here is a list of stations I heard but was unable to work: AF1T, K3TUF FN10, W3KWH EN90, VA3DF FN03, N3NGE FN20, K1DS, W2GIO FN31, W2MMD FM29, W1LE FN41, WA8RJF EN91, and K2LNS FN21.
BAND QSOs QSO UNIQUE STATES CANADIAN
PTS. GRIDS PROVINCES
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222 13 13 10 6 1
--- Claimed score = 130 ---
EDT CALLSIGN GRID OTHER ------------------------------------------------------- 1907 KA2LIM FN12 1915 K1WHS FN43 1919 K1TEO FN31 1939 WZ1V FN31 1939 N1FGY FN32 1943 KW1AM FN41 1953 K8TQK EM89 cross mode contact (SSB & CW) 2019 VE3AX FN02 2026 K8ZES FN02 2027 VE3TFU EN92 2033 W3SO FN00 2153 K2AXX FN12 2153 W2EV FN03
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