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ARRL VHF Contest Scores - N1API - 01-21-2019 Please post your VHF Contest scores and stories here by replying to this message. If you entered the contest and are registered as a MARC Contester please use Meriden ARC as your club for the log. N1API ARRL VHF Contest Scores - N1API - 01-21-2019 Here are my results from the contest. I got "shutdown' by the ice. More on that at the bottom. START-OF-LOG: 3.0 LOCATION: CT CALLSIGN: N1API CLUB: Meriden ARC CONTEST: ARRL-VHF-JAN CATEGORY-OPERATOR: SINGLE-OP CATEGORY-ASSISTED: ASSISTED CATEGORY-BAND: VHF-3-BAND CATEGORY-MODE: MIXED CATEGORY-POWER: LOW CATEGORY-STATION: FIXED CATEGORY-TRANSMITTER: ONE CLAIMED-SCORE: 600 OPERATORS: N1API NAME: Al Kaiser ADDRESS: 194 Glen Hills Rd. ADDRESS-CITY: Meriden ADDRESS-STATE-PROVINCE: CT ADDRESS-POSTALCODE: 06451-3832 ADDRESS-COUNTRY: UNITED STATES EMAIL: n1api@cox.net CREATED-BY: N1MM Logger+ 1.0.7467.0 QSO: 144 PH 2019-01-19 1916 N1API FN31 W2KV FN20 QSO: 50 PH 2019-01-19 1926 N1API FN31 K1TEO FN31 QSO: 50 PH 2019-01-19 1930 N1API FN31 W1VD FN31 QSO: 50 DG 2019-01-19 1940 N1API FN31 W1ZFG FN31 QSO: 50 DG 2019-01-19 2001 N1API FN31 K3OO FN20 QSO: 50 DG 2019-01-19 2001 N1API FN31 N1IBM FM29 QSO: 50 DG 2019-01-19 2004 N1API FN31 KA1EKR FN42 QSO: 50 DG 2019-01-19 2007 N1API FN31 WA3JZN FN20 QSO: 50 DG 2019-01-19 2009 N1API FN31 N2LD FM29 QSO: 50 DG 2019-01-19 2012 N1API FN31 N2CJ FN30 QSO: 50 DG 2019-01-19 2014 N1API FN31 N1TQ FN42 QSO: 50 DG 2019-01-19 2023 N1API FN31 K1LHO FN31 QSO: 50 DG 2019-01-19 2032 N1API FN31 KG2H FN33 QSO: 50 DG 2019-01-19 2037 N1API FN31 WA1NPZ FN43 QSO: 50 DG 2019-01-19 2041 N1API FN31 KC2SST FN20 QSO: 50 DG 2019-01-19 2058 N1API FN31 K1IIG FN31 QSO: 50 DG 2019-01-19 2101 N1API FN31 KA1JRS FN43 QSO: 50 DG 2019-01-19 2104 N1API FN31 KC1GWX FN42 QSO: 144 DG 2019-01-19 2220 N1API FN31 W1FKF FN43 QSO: 144 DG 2019-01-19 2228 N1API FN31 N8RA FN31 QSO: 144 DG 2019-01-19 2232 N1API FN31 W1XM FN42 QSO: 144 DG 2019-01-19 2234 N1API FN31 KO1I FN44 QSO: 50 DG 2019-01-19 2342 N1API FN31 KC2WUF FN20 QSO: 50 DG 2019-01-19 2344 N1API FN31 K2PAL FN30 QSO: 50 PH 2019-01-20 0013 N1API FN31 N2NT FN31 QSO: 50 DG 2019-01-20 0236 N1API FN31 K3TEF FM19 QSO: 50 DG 2019-01-20 0248 N1API FN31 AK2F FN20 QSO: 50 DG 2019-01-20 0259 N1API FN31 WU1ITU FN31 QSO: 50 DG 2019-01-20 0301 N1API FN31 K2BAR FN20 QSO: 50 DG 2019-01-20 0307 N1API FN31 W1QK FN31 QSO: 144 DG 2019-01-20 0347 N1API FN31 NZ1I FN41 QSO: 144 DG 2019-01-20 0353 N1API FN31 KE1LI FN41 QSO: 50 DG 2019-01-20 0434 N1API FN31 KE1LI FN41 QSO: 50 DG 2019-01-20 1249 N1API FN31 W1UJ FN42 QSO: 50 DG 2019-01-20 1306 N1API FN31 K1JT FN20 QSO: 50 DG 2019-01-20 1311 N1API FN31 N8RA FN31 QSO: 50 DG 2019-01-20 1414 N1API FN31 W1XM FN42 QSO: 50 DG 2019-01-20 1433 N1API FN31 NY2NY FN30 QSO: 50 DG 2019-01-20 1631 N1API FN31 K1TR FN42 QSO: 50 DG 2019-01-20 1634 N1API FN31 W1ECT FN33 END-OF-LOG: Summary: Band Mode QSOs Grd 50 FT8 30 8 50 USB 3 1 144 FT8 6 5 144 USB 1 1 Total Both 40 15 Score: 600 1 Mult = 2.7 Q's Well as I said I got shut down by the storm. First of all there was not a lot on. 6 really did not open. Nothing outside of CT, MA, NH, NY, NJ, and PA. I did see an MD station on 2 meter FT8 but did not work him. Sunday morning the tower was suck west, frozen. Also the SWR on the SteppIR was about 1:3 on 6 meters. When ice gets on the stepper motors and fiber- glass tube it detunes the antenna and the SWR goes up. I was able to compensate early by setting the frequency of the SteppIR to about 50.500 but as the ice built up it started to climb and I decided that I did not want to risk it so I shut-er-down. Last contact was 1634 UTC about 11:34 AM Sunday. When I went out to chip the snow and ice off my car I also tried to chip out the tower. The rotor was iced up as was the thrust bearing the tower sits on and also slip ring was frozen. The slip ring is what supports the tower when it turns. That was most frozen. I tried to turn it and it was still stuck. Later in the day I did get it to turn. So I think that once the sun hits it most of the ice will come off the motors and poles. I did retract the tape just in case a fiberglass broke I would not have copper tapes sitting out there. Not a good contest. Hope you all had better luck. Please send in your scores for the Meriden ARC. -73- |