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2011 ARRL JANUARY VHF SWEEPSTAKES
Revised 2011-04-23

Callsign	Score	ARRL Section	Category	Bands	QSOs	Points	Grids	Rover Grids Activated	PNW Grids Activated	PNW Grids Worked	Operators
K5QE*	184208	STX	Multi-Multi	ABCDEFGH	490	794	232			4	see below
N7EPD	18815	WWA	Single-Op High	ABCDEFGHI	195	355	53		CN87	17	N7EPD
K7CW	9400	WWA	Single-Op High	AB	188	188	50		CN87	24	K7CW
W7CE	6640	WWA	Single-Op High	ABCDE	132	166	40		CN87	17	W7CE
K7HPT/R	6408	WWA	Rover	ABCD	137	178	36	11	11	9	K7HPT
KI7JA	6192	OR	Single-Op High	ABCDF	123	172	36		CN85	15	KI7JA
KD7UO	4681	WWA	Single-Op Low	ABD	129	151	31		CN87	16	KD7UO
K7AWB	2325	EWA	Single-Op High	ABCD	74	93	25		DN17	10	K7AWB
K7ND	2220	WWA	Single-Op High	ABEFGHI	42	148	15		CN87	6	K7ND
K6EL*	1826	SV	Single-Op Low	ABDE	66	83	22			1-CN82	K6EL
N7DB¿	1577	OR	Single-Op High	ABCD	74	83	19		CN85	10	N7DB
N6ZE/R*	1162	SB	Single-Op High	ABCD	63	83	14				N6ZE
N6KW	992	WWA	Single-Op High	ABD	59	62	16		CN87	9	N6KW
K7YDL	936	OR	Single-Op High	ABD	64	72	13		CN85	8	K7YDL
KG7P	780	WWA	Single-Op Low	ABCDEF	48	78	10		CN87	4	KG7P
K7HSJ	416	OR	Single-Op Low	ABCDEF	22	32	13		CN94	5	K7HSJ
K7YO	384	OR	Single-Op Low	ABC	28	32	12		CN85	7	K7YO
N6LB	340	WWA	Single-Op Portable	BD	28	34	10		CN88	7	N6LB
K7MDL	319	WWA	Single-Op Low	AB	29	29	11		CN87	7	K7MDL
VE7DAY	210	BC	Single-Op Low	AB	30	30	7		CO70	5	VE7DAY
VE7JRX	4	BC	Single-Op QRP	B	4	4	1		CN89	1	VE7JRX
KC7I £	5130	OR	Single-Op High	ABCDF	146	171	30		CN84	13	KC7I

* = PNWVHFS Member operating outside the Society region. Not eligible for PNWVHFS Awards.
¿=Not a member of PNWVHFS. Not eligible for PNWVHFS Awards.
£=Log received after deadline. Not eligible for PNWVHFS Awards.

Band Codes: A – 50 MHz, B – 144 MHz, C – 222 MHz, D – 432 MHz, E – 902 MHz, F – 1.2 GHz, G – 2.3 GHz, H – 3.4 GHz, I – 5.7 GHz

PNWVHFS AWARD WINNERS
Certificates will be presented at the PNWVHFS Conference in October.
Rover - NW Division: K7HPT/R
Single-Op High Power: K7AWB - EWA, KI7JA - OR, N7EPD - WWA
Single-Op Low Power: VE7DAY - BC, K7HSJ - OR, KD7UO - WWA
Single-Op Portable - WWA: N6LB
Single-Op QRP - BC: VE7JRX
Single-Op Bands: K7CW - 6M & 2M; N7EPD - 222, 432, 902, 2.3; K7ND - 1.2, 5.7
Single-Op Bands Tied: K7ND & N7EPD - 3.4 GHz

SOAPBOX

K5QE Multi-Multi EM31 Operators: K5QE, K5MQ, K5YG, KN5O, KE5EXX, KE5GAQ

Band conditions were again truly awful. Murphy decided to make his home here this contest. We lost the 432 tower for several hours to a piece of coax burned up by lightning. We lost our switch box to the 2M antennas. Fortunately, 2M EME worked very well.

K7HPT/R Rover Grids Activated: CN76 CN77 CN85 CN86 CN87 CN96 CN97 DN07 DN08 DN17 DN18

KI7JA Single-Op High Power CN85
Conditions were up and down, and I had an S8 noise level to the north on 6M and 2M, so contacts up your direction were challenged. One thing I noticed for this contest was the lack of Canadians. Gabor was not on, VE7IRA was not on, VE7XDT nor any of the others were on, that I noticed anyway. Some reported VA7MM, but I never heard him.

K6EL Single-Op Low Power CM99
Noisy condtions on Saturday and few stations. Sunday was quieter and either a lot more stations or could hear the stations that were under the noise on Saturday. No 6m openings here and in and out 2m prop...mostly out.

N6ZE/R Rover DM03 DM04
Pete, N6ZE, conducted a small Rover operation in grids DM04 & DM03 during the January 2011 ARRL VHF Sweepstakes Contest. X-YL Robin, W7PBJ, did some logging while we drove South to DM03 for her to purchase terracotta flower pots at a nursery in El Segundo, CA and she made sure that we dined at a great
sea food restaurant along the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu! (This was a true cooperative venture!). An FT-100D was utilized for 6 & 2 meters, as well as 70 cm. For 223 MHz FM, a Kenwood TM-331A was used. Antennas were only vertical whips on a pickup truck: ¼ wave on 6m; a ¼ wave / ½ wave for 2m/70cm; & ¾ wave for 223.5 MHz FM. No mountain top stations were noted, many ‘regulars’ seemed to be missing, activity levels were quite low, and propagation was standard or below, gusty Santa Ana winds to 50 mph created high noise levels much of Sunday. I made 2 non- countable Aeronautical Mobile QSOs: 1 on 2m SSB and one on 70cm SSB. Other minor data: 18 single band stations worked; 9 dual band stations worked; 1 three station worked; & 6 four band stations worked. All QSOs were on phone of which approximately 15 were on FM.

VE7DAY Single-Op Low Power CO70
AGAIN NOT MANY OPERATORS AROUND. STILL FUN.