The 1st weekend in June is always a quiet radiosport weekend, at least on the Left Coast.
Scanning the WA7BNM contest calendar for "regularly scheduled events" came up with the following:
- [X] - The Tisza CUP
- [X] - The Museum Ship Weekend (MSW)
- [X] - The ARRL Digital Contest
- [X] - The Kentucky QSO Party (KYQP)
with its insufficient 12-hour operating period.
The TISZA CUP GiG is a fun little contest, altho admittedly, it's more interesting for operators
in Europe and the East Coast (which is just a "skip across the pond"). In the end, I could never
make this contest work from the Left coast. Maybe next year will be different.
in Europe and the East Coast (which is just a "skip across the pond"). In the end, I could never
make this contest work from the Left coast. Maybe next year will be different.
Saturday afternoon the Potamic Valley Radio Club (PVRC) ran their own little PVRC QSO Party;
NoT being a PVRC member, my time was mo-betta spent looking for new Kentucky counties.
There seemed to be WAY more MSW stations than KYQP operators.
NoT being a PVRC member, my time was mo-betta spent looking for new Kentucky counties.
There seemed to be WAY more MSW stations than KYQP operators.
For KYQP, this was a last-minute 1st-time QRP run. Typical of most QSO parties, I was quite disappointed by the low turnout of Kentucky stations. While there were internet spots, most
were not hearable on the Left Coast. The problem was NoT that they couldn't hear my QRP
signal, the problem was I could not hear THEM - Period. Ending the QSO party at 01:00z
doesn't give us 80/40/160 access to Kentucky. This event needs AT LEAST another 4-hours.
were not hearable on the Left Coast. The problem was NoT that they couldn't hear my QRP
signal, the problem was I could not hear THEM - Period. Ending the QSO party at 01:00z
doesn't give us 80/40/160 access to Kentucky. This event needs AT LEAST another 4-hours.
Several sweeps through the digital portions of the bands encountered LoTs of FT4/FT8 signals
and even an Olivia area. Unfortunately, no RTTY exchanges were heard the entire time.
Am I MISSING something? Or, was my timing just that horribly AWFul?
It should be noted that virtually every weekend finds POTA (Parks on the Air) stations running from
an amazing variety of portable locations. On 20-meters, POTA stations were surrounded by MSW stations. While I paid no attention to POTA callers, I could not resist the temptation to put a few Museum ships in the general WQ6X log.
an amazing variety of portable locations. On 20-meters, POTA stations were surrounded by MSW stations. While I paid no attention to POTA callers, I could not resist the temptation to put a few Museum ships in the general WQ6X log.
What radiosport events DiD YOU participate in during this off-beat radiosport weekend?
Is WQ6X in YOUR LoG?
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