[bars] Notes from ARRL VHF contest

[Nori Kajita]

Tim,

Thank you for your report and summary. I enjoyed it as well. I planned to make a home drew antenna for 6M. But unfortunately, Glassfiber fishing rod I planned to use as pole did not come on time, so I just use paracord and speaker wire and make kind of 1 λ loop antenna. I attach a photo of antenna how I set up. I set up this antenna on my deck which is only 9 feet from ground. It's very simple but the antenna works just fine and able to QSO to one of west coast station with FT8. I never work other than FT8 yet on 6M, so I will try other mode as well on September!

73,
Nori - AA1NK
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From: bars <bars-bounces at w1hh.org> on behalf of Tim KC1RET <kc1ret.radio at gmail.com>
Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2023 12:16
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Subject: [bars] Notes from ARRL VHF contest

My station is solidly in the 'little pistol' category. I have a 4el 6M + 11el 2M + rotor mounted on top of a 10 foot pole mast on my deck. I manage about 100W on 6M and only 50 on 2. It was also my first attempt at SO2R and it was a bit bumpy. I did find it valuable to monitor two bands at the same time, but my software setup (N1MM + JTAlert) isn't 100% yet.
I was only able to operate on Sunday for about 12hrs so my score is quite modest. I heard very little in the way of SSB here - I only managed a handful of phone contacts. FT8 was the most productive for me, by far. I managed ~90 Qs in over 30 grids. My highlight QSO was W1FET/MM in FL66.
Lessons for next time:
- Sort out the software! I duped several stations because N1MM wasn't getting the call from WSJT-X. It did log it fine, just didn't populate the active call window and therefore didn't show dupes correctly.
- Remember to check the FM segments
- Pay more attention to the spots.
- Finish the build of 2 & 6M LNAs.
- Add 432 (222?) to the mix.
I did enjoy it very much -- I look forward to improving for September!
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