I chose two locations close to each other to reduce off-air time since the contest is only 4 hours long. The sites I used were two of my favorite rover sites, each used many times before, and this exact duo was used in the 2008 version of this event. Skies were clear, and with the full moon only 3 days away, there was plenty of moonlight to illuminate the area. Temperature was 47 degrees F with a north wind mixing the moisture layers, preventing any ducts from setting up.
In keeping with the "no tropo" theme that seems to persist in 2010, this was the first 2m fall sprint in the last 6 years that did not produce some sort of propagation enhancement. Here's a map showing conditions at 8:00 PM Eastern time during the sprint. This was also my lowest QSO count since 2005. But one highlight was working VE3CRU/R for new grid FN04 when I was in FN12, a goal I had set before the start. One notable station I heard while in FN12 was K8RYU EM99 which would have been a 359-mile path to the southwest. But my best actual DX toward the southwest was K8MR EN91 for a distance of 303 miles from FN22. AF1T, who was located on the island of Martha's Vinyard (FN41), was my longest distance reached to the east at 265 miles (from FN22). I did not work K4QI FM06 this year, but did manage to work into FM17 with KO4YC for my best DX to the south (335 miles) which appears to be my best DX for this contest. I did not hear any activity from FN00, 01, FN11, FN23, 24, FN30, 31, 32, 33. Missed WB2SIH, WA2SQQ FN20, KB1GMX FN42, N1JFU, WZ1V, and W2KV. Ended up with 2nd place.
FN12:
BAND QSOs QSO UNIQUE
PTS. GRIDS
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144 17 17 11
17 x 11 = 187
FN22:
BAND QSOs QSO UNIQUE
PTS. GRIDS
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144 19 19 13
19 x 13 = 247
Claimed score: 187 + 247 = 434
from FN12xp: QSO: 144 PH 2010-09-20 2302 N2SLN/R FN12 KA2LIM FN12 QSO: 144 PH 2010-09-20 2304 N2SLN/R FN12 KE2DN FN12 QSO: 144 PH 2010-09-20 2311 N2SLN/R FN12 WA2FGK FN21 QSO: 144 PH 2010-09-20 2315 N2SLN/R FN12 K1TEO FN31 QSO: 144 PH 2010-09-20 2318 N2SLN/R FN12 W2TDZ FM29 QSO: 144 PH 2010-09-20 2320 N2SLN/R FN12 K1KG FN42 QSO: 144 PH 2010-09-20 2322 N2SLN/R FN12 N2DCH FN22 QSO: 144 PH 2010-09-20 2327 N2SLN/R FN12 W8ZN FM19 QSO: 144 PH 2010-09-20 2331 N2SLN/R FN12 K1RZ FM19 QSO: 144 PH 2010-09-20 2329 N2SLN/R FN12 N3XUD/R FN10 QSO: 144 PH 2010-09-20 2330 N2SLN/R FN12 KB3STA/R FN10 QSO: 144 PH 2010-09-20 2347 N2SLN/R FN12 W9KXI FN12 QSO: 144 PH 2010-09-20 2335 N2SLN/R FN12 KB3WL FN02 QSO: 144 PH 2010-09-20 2337 N2SLN/R FN12 W2UAD FN13 QSO: 144 PH 2010-09-20 2358 N2SLN/R FN12 K3ARN FM19 QSO: 144 PH 2010-09-21 0021 N2SLN/R FN12 N3RG FM29 QSO: 144 PH 2010-09-21 0039 N2SLN/R FN12 VE3CRU/R FN04 from FN22dn: QSO: 144 PH 2010-09-21 0143 N2SLN/R FN22 KA2LIM FN12 QSO: 144 PH 2010-09-21 0144 N2SLN/R FN22 KE2DN FN12 QSO: 144 PH 2010-09-21 0149 N2SLN/R FN22 K1TEO FN31 QSO: 144 PH 2010-09-21 0151 N2SLN/R FN22 W2TDZ FM29 QSO: 144 PH 2010-09-21 0156 N2SLN/R FN22 N2DCH FN22 QSO: 144 PH 2010-09-21 0158 N2SLN/R FN22 K1WHS FN43 QSO: 144 PH 2010-09-21 0202 N2SLN/R FN22 KW1AM FN41 QSO: 144 PH 2010-09-21 0204 N2SLN/R FN22 W1AIM FN41 QSO: 144 PH 2010-09-21 0209 N2SLN/R FN22 K3TRM FM18 QSO: 144 PH 2010-09-21 0214 N2SLN/R FN22 K3MD FN10 QSO: 144 PH 2010-09-21 0218 N2SLN/R FN22 W9KXI FN12 QSO: 144 PH 2010-09-21 0227 N2SLN/R FN22 VA3ST FN03 QSO: 144 PH 2010-09-21 0227 N2SLN/R FN22 VE3ZV EN92 QSO: 144 PH 2010-09-21 0228 N2SLN/R FN22 K2QO FN03 QSO: 144 PH 2010-09-21 0229 N2SLN/R FN22 WE2Y FN02 QSO: 144 PH 2010-09-21 0246 N2SLN/R FN22 K8MR EN91 QSO: 144 PH 2010-09-21 0247 N2SLN/R FN22 KO4YC FM17 QSO: 144 PH 2010-09-21 0254 N2SLN/R FN22 AF1T FN41 QSO: 144 PH 2010-09-21 0255 N2SLN/R FN22 W1MKY FN41
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