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[3830] ARRL June VHF K5TR Single Op-Analog HP

To: 3830@contesting.com, geoiii@kkn.net
Subject: [3830] ARRL June VHF K5TR Single Op-Analog HP
From: webform@b4h.net
Reply-to: geoiii@kkn.net
Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2022 12:46:24 +0000
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                    ARRL June VHF Contest - 2022

Call: K5TR
Operator(s): K5TR
Station: K5TR

Class: Single Op-Analog HP
QTH: EM00uf
Operating Time (hrs): 
OpMode: SO2R

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
-------------------
    6: 1133   234
    2:  126    40
  222:   31    14
  432:   57    23
  903:    4     3
  1.2:    5     3
  2.3:           
  3.4:           
  5.7:           
  10G:           
  24G:           
-------------------
Total: 1356   317  Total Score = 463,454

Club: Roadrunners Microwave Group

Comments:

Six meter conditions were pretty good this year.  It has been many
years since we have had good Es in this contest - so it was nice to
get a break this year.  I did not get any 2m Es this year but we did
have some good tropo out to about 600-700 miles and that made it
possible to work some of the small stations on a few bands.  I was
also able to work into MS on 144 FM - and that was fun.

On Sunday I was called by F4ARU on 6m SSB and later while I was on CW
I worked a number of European stations. Most were fairly week.  F4ARU
was nice and loud and MD0CCE was very strong and in fact I was
confused when he came back thinking he was getting covered up by a USA
station - but it was him - with a big signal.

The local rovers:

KA5D/R
W5TN/R
KD5IKG/R

Were out and as always great to work them on many bands.
They seemed to have done well - esp on 6 meters on Sunday
afternoon.  

I had to use the backup, backup 6m amp - the Elecraft KPA-500 that
I use for my remote station setup.  I hope by next time I can have
something closer to 1500 watts going.

I also had issues with the IF / relay setup for my 2304 and 10Ghz
systems.  In the week before the contest I made some changes to the
transverters and amp setup for 902 and 1296.  I got a bigger amp going
on 1296 and a bit better transverter setup going on both of these
bands - so that was cool.  But I seem to have broken 2304/10ghz
transmit.  During the tropo on Sunday morning WB5ZDP in Dallas was on
the pin loud on 10Ghz - but nothing I did seemed to get a transmit
signal going on 10 ghz.  I have plans to get the 10 ghz station
upgraded - it is up on the tower - so I hope to get the work done on
that in the coming months before the 10 ghz contest in August.

As always it was great to work everyone - and hope to see you all on
the bands again next time.

Last year I made to digital contacts in this contest.  I do not enjoy
digital / RTTY contests.  I usually do not do any of these
contests. And for me the fact that the VHF contests have become more
and more digital contests makes me sad. I enjoy digging the weak
signals out of the noise with my ears.  I love hearing distant signals
and decoding them with my ears and brain.  So it was an easy choice
for me this year to enter the analog category.  I would have been all
analog even if there was not a category.




   BAND   Raw QSOs   Valid QSOs   Points   Mults   
 __________________________________________________

    6CW      133         130        130      32 
    6SSB    1042        1003       1003     202 
    2SSB     129         126        126      40 
  222SSB      33          31         62      14 
  432CW        2           2          4       2 
  432SSB      56          55        110      21 
  902SSB       4           4         12       3 
  1GHSSB       5           5         15       3 
 __________________________________________________

 Totals     1404        1356       1462     317 

    Final Score = 463454 points.

The station:
http://www.kkn.net/~k5tr/blanco/k5tr_station.html

50Mhz - Elecraft K3 - Elecraft KPA-500 (500 watts)
        7 element yagi at 75'
        7 element yagi at 30'
        7 element yagi at 25' fixed Northeast
        7 element yagi at 30' fixed Northwest
        
144Mhz - Elecraft K3 - Elecraft XV144 - W6PO 8877 (1000 watts)
         17B2 17 element yagi at 35'
         Hustler G7 at 60' and 80 watts for the FM contacts

222Mhz - Elecraft K3 - Elecraft XV222 - Larcan amp (1000 watts)
         Cushcraft 15 ele yagi at 30'

432Mhz - Elecraft K3 - Elecraft XV432 - W6PQL amp (1000 watts)
         2 high stack M2 432-9WL 28 element yagis at about 40'

902Mhz - Elecraft K3 - DEMI transverter -  50 watt amp
       - 16 element loop yagi at 30'

1296Mhz - Elecraft K3 - DEMI transverter - 150 watt amp
          24 element loop yagi at 30'

 ( 144, 222, 432, 902 and 1296 are all using the same K3)


  HOUR     50     144     222     432     902     1.2   TOTAL   ACCUM
  ----  ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  ------
   18      24      23       7       9       0       0      63      63
   19       2       8       4       8       0       1      23      86
   20       2       1       2       3       1       1      10      96
   21       3       4       0       3       0       1      11     107
   22       3       3       1       1       0       0       8     115
   23       4       2       0       1       1       1       9     124

    0      34       0       0       0       0       0      34     158
    1     104       1       1       0       0       0     106     264
    2      26       4       3       6       0       0      39     303
    3      21       3       2       1       1       0      28     331
    4       3       5       0       1       0       0       9     340
    5       0       2       0       1       0       0       3     343
    6       0       0       0       0       0       0       0     343
    7       0       0       0       0       0       0       0     343
    8       0       0       0       0       0       0       0     343
    9       0       0       0       0       0       0       0     343
   10       0       0       0       0       0       0       0     343
   11       4      12       2       8       0       1      27     370
   12       6      38       1       4       0       0      49     419
   13      26       8       3       1       0       0      38     457
   14      29       2       0       3       0       0      34     491
   15      53       6       4       4       1       0      68     559
   16     108       1       1       1       0       0     111     670
   17     101       0       0       0       0       0     101     771
   18      57       0       0       0       0       0      57     828
   19      16       0       0       0       0       0      16     844
   20      58       0       0       0       0       0      58     902
   21      84       0       0       0       0       0      84     986
   22     103       0       0       0       0       0     103    1089
   23      91       0       0       0       0       0      91    1180

    0      79       0       0       0       0       0      79    1259
    1      46       1       0       1       0       0      48    1307
    2      46       2       0       1       0       0      49    1356

  TOTAL  1133     126      31      57       4       5


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