Thanks to Dave, K1TTT, for the use of his fine station!

Please use this file I operated as Limited Rover for the Contest and not Unlimited, this submissions
is the correct version for limited rover class
thank you

This is the correct version for limited Rover

Link of You Tube is here
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hntz1gBpQFE&t=754s

This was my first time Roving in the  Limited Rover Class. I was able to complete (4) Grid Squares
all from overlook areas with good elevation
Friday stopped at Camelback to assist the Packrats at the antenna site and set up my Rover and
adjust SWR. I also activated this location as a POTA park
Saturday I completed a dual activation - Parks on the Air for K2AA on HF with 4 bands and started
the VHF contest at High Point Memorial - elevation 1744 ft
Completed a total of (5) Grid Square for the Contest
Sunday I Roved to (4) locations
High Point monument in NJ - elevation 1744 ft
Hightop in St Johns PA - elevation 1643 ft
Hazelton Pa Overlook - elevation 1538 feet
Flagstaff Overlook at Jim Thorpe - 1312 feet elevation
Berlin NJ

Went up to my standard VHF contest location, SOTA peak Loma Alta,
W6/NC-350, in Marin County north of San Francisco. It was foggy and
cool as I hiked up, and the sun came out shortly after the contest
started. Perfect weather.
This was the first time I've done VHF with a 6m opening. I can see why
it is the magic band. If only more people were on SSB and especially
CW I could've gotten a lot more mults. Also people neet to get on the
902MHz band. One QSO per contest is not very many.
Overall, it was a great day playing radio on a summit. Looking forward
to September!

This is the first contest that I have submitted a log for and my first time on 6M. I'm not expecting
to win anything but it was fun and I was surprised at how many states I worked. I'll probably be
spending more time on 6M now.  73 to all...

I operated as AA9JS, not as A9JS as I just realized I typed in the Cabrillo.  Sorry for the mistake.

In our third year of roving for June VHF, my son Max KD9NZB (age 11) and I visited four grid squares
(EN52, 53, 62, 63) on Saturday afternoon and Sunday afternoon.

Saturday featured:

-- Beautiful weather

-- A broken connector on our homebrew Moxon (luckily, I had a soldering iron, solder, and an
inverter -- this is the first time I've ever soldered sitting on the ground in a parking lot)

-- A broken PVC elbow on our homebrew Moxon

-- Lots of unavoidable delays and frustrations.  We planned for this to be a one-day rove, but we
decided to try again on Sunday, and I'm really glad we did.

Sunday featured:

-- Awful weather (rainy, windy, and 50 degrees F)

-- Excellent band conditions on 6 and 2 meters

-- Lots of A1 ops

Max tends to operate digital and I operate phone and CW.  We used our homebrew Moxon on 50 and
Diamond beams on 144 and 432 on a painter's pole.  We use a FT-991 for 50/144/432 all modes and a
variety of HTs for 50/144/222/432 FM.

Final counts:
50: 6 CW, 22 phone, 19 digital
144: 21 phone, 11 digital
222: 16 phone
432: 16 phone, 2 digital

I really need proper antennas.

First VHF contest and made first contacts on 6 meters.
Had a good time just hunting for stations I could hear.

Lots of equipment problems, and missed a lot of analog contacts.  Having the Microwave Bands above
902 MHz more than doubled my score.

A Corrected Cabrillo Log was submitted because the first one showed two 134 GHz 2mm Contacts.  -
Both contacts were on 122 GHz = 2.5mm.

SDR Pluto used for some of the QSOs.

I had a lot of fun on 6 meter phone

Very slow contest from the Lower Left Corner of the Left Coast. Lots of work to be done on the upper
five bands before the September Contest, but a good event that was improved on from last years trial
with a lot of new and repurposed gear. Thanks to all that participated as it was actually pretty
quiet in the surrounding grid squares here in Southern California with the exception of several
rovers

Just sporatic participation this year from me

Portable - Single Op - 10 watts - Analog

Operated only on 6 meters "stay-cation" DXpedition style al fresco
from under the pergola on the home QTH deck using an IC-7300 on CW and
SSB only and a 2 element home-brew "Armstrong" rotated beam on a 30
foot push up mast.  Unfortunately propagation was way off from the
spectacular openings on both days of the contest last year.  However,
there were a few good hours of propagation on Sunday evening which got
me all the way out to Utah,Colorado, Iowa, Florida, Oklahoma,and
Missouri, and most of the midwest and south.

lots going on here this weekend so I was in and out a lot but had a blast with 6m.

heard 3 europeans And worked 2

Comments:     [email]     2023-06-14 20:24:20
My grandiose plans for a big station improvement in time for this contest did not bear much fruit. 
I rearranged my equipment to use three computers and two SO2R setups, but after rerouting all the
cables and interfaces the 50 MHz WSJT-X instance did not decode at all.  The newly installed Yagis
close to the house picked up a horrendous amount of RFI, so I had to use a 6m wire antenna further
away.  The only part that worked as expected was the installation of a triband vertical intended to
net a few FM QSOs.  The K3s with KPA1500 played well on 6 meters, but a directional antenna would
have helped a lot.  I'm working on VUCC for 222 MHz and I did pickup a new grid on that band.  

Contest: ARRLVHFJUN
 Band   Mode  QSOs     Pts  Grd  Pt/Q
    50  CW      17      17   10   1.0
    50  USB     98      98   61   1.0
   144  CW       1       1    1   1.0
   144  FM       3       3    1   1.0
   144  USB      8       8    7   1.0
   222  FM       1       2    1   2.0
   222  FT8      9      18    8   2.0
   222  USB      1       2    1   2.0
   420  FM       3       6    1   2.0
 Total  Both   141     155   91   1.1
Score: 14,105
1 Mult = 1.5 Q's

73, Walt, AJ6T

This Central Plains rove was different from all the rest because of the number of intense
thunderstorms I had to dodge. Saturday night, driving north from OK to KS the lightning of some
storms could be seen 100 miles off. Considering I could only operate safely about 17 hours of my 30
hour rove I hadn't scored this well in 11 years.

Saturday was dominated by "popcorn" propagation. A few stations were worked on SSB ,but most
stations, I could decode, stuck to the digital modes.

After a crazy night of intense lightning, high winds and intense rain Sunday's 50 MHz propagation
started much as the day before, but as the digital signals crept into the "plus zone" a few stations
switched to SSB. Thank goodness some of us remembered how to use a microphone! That afternoon from
far western Kansas the band was open to every section of the US. I hadn't experienced that number of
SSB operators on six meters in a long time!

Six meters was the only band I operated on for this contest, but I can't complain. I haven't had a
raw six figures score since the last sunspot cycle peak!

Our rover mobile managed to avoid arrest, not catch fire and only suffer one flat tire.  So by that
standard, WE WON!  Its sort of like golf, if you can find the ball after you hit it, you are THE
winner! 

We started off on a well intended calm and relaxing road trip that was supposed to be full of
sarcasm, lame jokes and radio nerdery, but turned out to be an adventure that found us surrounded by
cops, fire trucks and ambulances, swallowed by a storm that relieved half of southeast Texas
residents of their precious air conditioning and confirmed that a jack is a critical component to
your travel gear.  Seriously, don't leave your jack at the shack.  Or the jack handle.  Or the
pretzels.

I can tell you this, I saw precisely none of the country side.  My head was buried in that radio
display and laptop screen the entire time, except for the early morning hours when all you lame
operators were napping and not making contact with us, because I was up.  Looking for your signal. 
Only to be left out in the dark and cold, all alone with.....nevermind.  I need counseling.

It was a grind in the truest of senses.  We fought with every antenna element and inch of coax had
for every contact we made.  Some came easy, some not so much.  Some by voice, a few by dits and
dahs, but most by that annoying high pitch screech of ft8.  It really was hard work and we learned a
lot and met a few other weirdos along the way.  So, would I recommend to others to give roving a
try?  Yes.  But only if you're not weak or timid or afraid of hemorrhoids.  This, my friends, is how
strong operators compete.  Good luck.  73. (NV5E)

PS from K0AXX- The experience was as described above. EXACTLY. I, however, did see a bit of the
countryside...when I wasn't hanging my head out of the window watching the massive stack of antennas
trailing my Yukon(pics on request).
My last rove was in 2014 and my antennas exploded at 75 mph. we kept speeds down to a safe 60 this
year. I truly enjoyed the rove. I wish we had contacted more rovers, specifically those in adjacent
grids. We activated EL39,EL29, EM20, EM10, EM11, EM21, EM22, EM32, EM31....with the first 7 on
Sat...during that crazy storm....while holding our heads out windows, watching for flying antennas.
Best contact was all voice contacts(I am partial). 73 de K0AXX

I barely got the rover vehicle ready after damage over the winter. But all the frenzied work was
worth it, I had my best RL score ever by a good margin. The sad trend of few analog signals on 2m &
6m got worse (I can visually monitor the band while making WSJT contacts). Spent most of Sunday
afternoon harvesting mults on 6m FT8 with an opening toward the southwest. With a couple of
exceptions, all my contacts above 2m were skeds...not good IMHO. I **really** miss being able to
make SSB contacts on 6m or 2m, then moving those contacts through all my bands. Activated FM19,
FN10, FM29, FN20, FM18, FM28 in SE PA and NE MD, driving 337 miles and driving or operating for 22
hours. Getting contacts in 5 countries was a new contest experience; they included Trinidad, Cuba,
and Mexico...I don't think I got father than Canada in all my other VHF contests.

Great conditons on 6M

Just a few hours. Couldn't even work my own state on 2m CW.
It's definite: 2m CW is officially dead west of the Colorado.

Dupes included but not counted in score. 2 QSOs manually changed to FM mode in Cabrillo as N3FJP
doesn't seem to deal with that correctly.

Minimal tropo this year.

Operated primarily on 2M FT8 and SSB for this contest. Had a frustrating time on 222 trying to get
non-sched contacts and unfortunately gave up after only four, all locals. Seemed like decent
conditions with contacts from Canada to Virginia on 2 and some sporadic Es from 7pm to 7:30pm on
Sunday. Unfortunately no contacts from Es but did catch a few decodes from Texas. Tuned the HF wire
up on 6 meters and made about 20 contacts on 6m FT8. Hoping to get the 6 meter antenna up for the
next one.

I was out looking for a decent microwave location. Very Tough

Used an indoor fan dipole and 80 watts.

Wow! That was sure FUN! From a little pistol station under severe HOA restrictions this was a GOOD
contest.
Before the contest 6m was moderately open with EN33, EM32, DL06, and EM20 all showing up; I worked
W5THT at 16:00Z before making and eating a mid-day dinner. The opening built to include VE4GV and
VE4VT in fairly rapid order around 22:40Z. Within a half hour, Florida was being worked and it
wasn't just the edges, the internal grids were available and going into the log. By 00:45Z, Cuba was
in the log and I continued to work the heartland. WB8LYJ, for me, a needed FFMA grid, was
collected.
Sunday morning continued the 6m opening to the south, all along the gulf and into Texas and the
lower Mississippi Valley. Suddenly, about 21:00Z, Caribbean stations began appearing. I easily
worked 9Y4D and within 20 minutes Europe showed up for me yielding G7RAU and F2DX worked.
The final highlight for me was closing out with a 6m contact to W7EW (CN84) near Portland, OR at
02:59Z.
Oh, I forgot to highlight a short 2m Es opening to Texas and Arkansas around 23:10Z on Sunday where
I worked K5QE for my final 2m QSO! So, YES, this was a FUN weekend with good propagation the entire
time. There were a couple of anomalies; while I worked K5QE on 2m I couldn't work him on 6m despite
a +25dB signal, I also worked K1TEO on 6m but couldn't connect on 2m even during AM tropo-ducting. I
saw a few more than I managed to work, AZ, CA, UT, and WY are all in my .ALL files but not in my
logs.
I did not reach the scoring goals I had set but that is not a problem for me, I had fun. Running
SO2R finally came together for me as a new experience and actually reduced fatigue once I developed
my strategy and rhythm.

I didn't have any two meter band openings like last year, but fun was still had. Six meters was
great, but almost too good.  My peanut power station and moxon beam had a difficult time breaking
through the packed stations.  I did manage to get a fair number of contacts but had far less grid
squares over last year.  With only a few hours off to eat and sleep, I worked for what I got. 
Station: IC705, 10 element 2 meter yagi, moxon 6 meter beam, mastworks rotatable telescopic mast.

CW VERY ACTIVE. NEARLY HALF MY CONTACTS WERE ON CW!

73

K3HX

Murphy of Murphy's Law spent a large portion of the contest testing my ability to stay calm.

"Put FT8 in a separate category so everyone can have fun and be competitive again".

50 ph 6/10 1924 fm19 fm19

Great signals from OK &TX but little else

Fair band conditions and activity

My computer was used for logging only, not working someone else's computer.

What an incredible contest. My best ever score. The Es on 6 was fantastic, and some Es spilled over
to 2 meters as well. You can read about my exploits at
https://k5nd.net/2023/06/june-2023-vhf-contest-a-non-stop-es-blast/

Conditions and participation were good.  6m was open for most of the contest. Many thanks to the
rovers:  K5ATX/R, W5TN/R, and KA5D/R.
As in previous years, all antennas are in my attic !
K5TRA

40-45 Watts / HF Log Periodic Ant.w/tuner 6M BAND ONLY

Did not hear much activity on SSB.
Bands were so open it was very hard to
make QSOs on FT.

First rover operation, SSB/FM only.  M-squared "Starter
series" 3-el beams on 6m and 2m (models 6m-3SS, 2m-3SS) up 13
ft on TV mast in a flagpole hitch mount, and a Larsen dual-band
vertical on 432.  Radio was an Icom IC-7100, 100W on 6m, 50W on 2m,
35W on 70cm.  Activated 5 grid squares DM54/55/64/65/75.  Operated
approx. 6 hours each day on Sat/Sun 11:30-5:30 Mountain Daylight Time.
No 432 contacts besides other rovers at the DM64/65/74/75 confluence.
Carried a 220 MHz FM rig and Larsen whip, no other stations wanted
to move to the band.  Met WB5CTS/R on the Moriarty Airport road for
an "eyeball QSO". Most activity seems to have moved to digital.
Will need to figure out how to get FT8/FT4 working in the rover.

Great contest  from  EM00

Sure was nice to have 6 meters open this time.  It made for a more enjoyable contest.

K3 50W to Fan Dipole (40-10M) in attic. Just called selectively to get
some new grids. Wish I had put up my yagi.  Heard/called CA but best
DX was NV. Thanks for the Qs.

Had to stay at my home qth this year and did not venture up to Windy Point. 6 meters opened here in
Kingman AZ for the first time for this contest in a long time. The band stayed open Saturday and
Sunday. My best score ever !
Rick K7CNT

No preamps were hurt during the production of this contest!

A big thank you to W7OUU, Jim, for saying just get on the air Saturday and Sunday and make some
contacts, little did we know what an epic weekend it would be. The very best 6 meter conditions I
had ever operated in. Thanks to everyone who answered my CQ's, I was amazed at what 40 watts did on
FT8, an experience I will never forget!

Had no plan but Saturday 6M was open, eventually across the whole US.  There was a a decent rate of
contacts to be made most of the day and evening with the luxury of prioritizing new grids (mults). 
Half my contacts were mults.  Sunday 6M was open across the US also but weaker signals, shorter
periods to regional pockets. This score is 5x my highest home station score for any contest covering
>20 years.
 I mostly operate rover in summer, home station operation is not
usually a high score effort for me but the QSOS kept flowing so I kept at it.  6M setup is 80W into
a rotatable Moxon just 7ft above
ground.  I am on a 430ft high ridge with N to E to SE open view.

Great Contest 6 was phenominal!

Wow, the conditions on 6 meters were fantastic. Ended up working the band almost exclusively!

Had a good time working the contest and sharing info amoung some
friends who also operated the weekend.   Why does this contest
start at 2 PM EST and not at 10 AM.   6M was well open Saturday
Morning and none of those contacts could be in the contest.

There's got to be a better way to get people run the bands on
FT8. Maybe the program writers could implement a QSY button
function or something similar to make asking to run the bands and
qsying to run the bands easier without using the chat pages.


grids. Generally I only make 30 to 50 contacts on 2M. All
contacts made were on FT8. Also had two 2M E-skip qsos!
73 - K8MM

Ottawa County

Temporary 6m beam setup in the backyard and operating from a patio table.  Saturday was good with
decent band conditions.  Sunday for us outside was 52 degrees and very windy and light rain making
it a struggle as we froze.  Worth every second however!

This is my first time in ths contest. I never applied for VUCC award. Now I
can and with a 150 endorsement. TNX everyone!

no room left in the waterfall!

Fun to play radio Sunday after church.

Fun contest but to much ft8 going on on Saturday  for sure. Thanks 73 Matt ka0pqw

Had fun in the contest. Only operated 4 hours on the first day. 50
MHz
100 watts to 6 element yagi. 144 MHz 1500 watts to 16 element yagi.
432 MHz 75 watts to 23 element yagi. Thanks to the ARRL for
sponsoring
this fun event!

Thank you to all who participated! What a nice opening we had on Sunday. Sure wish more operators
would upload to LOTW.

Another great contest! AA4ZZ in Boone, NC always makes this one
fun!

We are Der Funkwagen. KA5D.com

I was a rover of course for this weekends contest my antenna mast busted on me in the middle of the
contest during the 6-meter opening on Saturday night.

I had another mast at home that I was able to set up and used. the contest was a lot of fun despite
some of the problems I was having.  

I also need to take my 857D and have it checked out 
Dave
KA7RR/R

Operated Rover, but only from one Grid.

Locations operated-

Saturday- West Peak, Meriden, CT

Sunday- Beaumont Park, Lebanon, CT

Soap Stone Mountain, Sommers, CT

Fox Hill, Vernon, CT

Thanks for all the contacts and effort by all.
The 2m opening from CN87 to DM24 and DM43, was especially rare fun.
KB7IOG 73'

Good conditions for the contest with Es.

Took my gear with me to the park behind my house (not classified
as portable since I was over 10W). I ran a 706-mkIig on battery
with a Buddipole using the 6m 2-element yagi configration. Casual
operating and had a lot of fun.

Seemed to be fewer stations active.
Always exciting to be on a hilltop
with Thuderstorms moving in !

My best Analog Only 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!

Thanks to all the OPS for the Qs!

Operated from Frank Jackson State Park, Opp, Al - EM61. Actually there are alot
of 6m ops from my home grid (EM71) so I decided to go over to the state park,
where there is only one active op and see if we could co-exist.  Actually I
was close to him, but never heard him. 

Ran with 75 watts and a brand new 4L homebrew constructed antenna, design based on YU7EF.  In fact I
was sitting at my RV camp site picnic table around 8:30PM local using the light from the battery
power drill to prepare the Boom to Mast mount plate.  It actually turned our pretty good.  Put my
own twist on the design using EZNEC with help from KV5W and AC6LA that help me late last year.  Used
available aluminum that I had for years.  All in all, the antenna worked great!  Was easy to put up
and transported in the truck bed with no problem.  

OK, thanks for the QSOs and to all that participated in the success of this
outing.  

Jim/KC4HW
Al/N4IDH

For several years, I have contemplated on building an antenna but never settled on any one type. I
had purchased the book from ARRL, Magic Band Antennas and finally started making the move early last
month. I bought some materials to make the 2 element Moxon. I should've just bought the flat stock
but opted to by the angle and make the cuts myself. That was more labor than I expected. Once I got
the pieces cut to dimensions, I really hadn't settled on how I was going to mount it. I had a
previously damaged Rohn H30 push up mast that the top section was damaged but the middle and bottom
sections were still good. I also had a piece of corrugated angle iron about 5 foot. Airborne height
ended up being about 24 feet. Not a permanent solution but sure served the purpose for the contest.

My first VHF contest and the conditions were INCREDIBLE!  My FT8 waterfall looked MORE like twenty
meters than six!

No coastal tropo propagation conditions observed
likely due to damp unseasonable weather conditions eliminating
typical ducting and RF reflection/refraction over local
terrain and along SoCA coast.   Light misty rain was present in the region.
Exciting Es propagation Saturday afternoon and Sunday
The few stations on the air worked harder to make local QSOs.
Despite the poorer than desired propagation conditions,
being on-the-air with non-FM phone was fun.
6m SSB phone DX QSOs were exciting and required patience with the QSB.
KD6EFQ/R traveled to a few local summit locations within northern parts of DM12lw and DM13ia Solana
Beach.
Vehicle mounted vertical antennas and a portable M2 loop on 50 were used.

All QSOs performed as POTA activations, with backpack-portable gear. Random-wire antenna, ATU-10,
and Xiegu X6100 + Yaesu FT5DR with an Arrow 3-el Yagi.

K3/10 at 5 watts to wires up about 45'. Thanks for the fun!  73, Dan  ke0tt

No Europe, some Caribbean, no SA

Just got my SteppIR fixed and on the air for about 2.5 hrs.  Had
fun with a SOHP-6 for the limited time I could put into this one.
Started with a single CW contact, then spent a bunch of time
tring to configure JTDX before reverting to WSJT-X for the bulk
of the (linited number) of FT8 I worked in the time available.

My plan for June's ARRL VHF contest was ambitious: 10 grids and 700 miles of driving! I started my
rove at Red Wing Park in Virginia Beach, grid square FM26. Next , I drove up the road a few miles to
First Landing State Park (K-1299) in FM16. I made just five contacts before driving across the
Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel to Cape Charles, VA. The majority of Virginia's eastern shore is in
FM27. However, Cape Charles protrudes west just enough to have it lay in FM17, which is my home
grid. I chose to make some QSOs from there just to see if I could reach across the Chesapeake Bay to
contact friends at home and on my local repeater. Reaching 42 miles (67 km) across the water was a
cinch! Next, I drove to Exmore, VA to make some contacts from FM27 and to spend the night.

Chincoteague, also in FM27, was a top destination for me on this rove! I wanted the beach photo and
the chance to shoot a signal over the Atlantic Ocean to work New England. I left Exmore at 5:45am
and took a beach photo around 7am. I decided to do a "quick" POTA activation (K-0561) on HF, adding
the VHF contacts that I had already made, and then left. I tripped over a couple of stations on
144.200 MHz as I was leaving the area. I parked and worked them on 50.135, 144.200, and 432.100 MHz.
The unplanned stop delayed my driving schedule, but the contacts were good points multipliers for
both me and them. I also learned that my 15-element beam antenna requires a bit of fine tuning to
find a distant station.

I left Chincoteague and drove to someplace forgettable to make some contacts from FM28. I shot up to
a rest stop just over the boundary line for FM29 and then returned to FM28 to cross Maryland's Bay
Bridge. I was falling behind schedule, either because of traffic or neglecting to account for other
stops for fuel or food. I opted to cancel my next stop to make-up an hour. I knew that I'd spend
plenty of time driving in FM18 and could make some FT8 contacts while on the move. Then things got
really bad, blowing my "schedule" to pieces!

Highways 50 and 301 were PARKING LOTS between Queenstown and Skidmore, MD. I visited Sandy Point
State Park (K-1595) to work from FM19. I also added some HF contacts to complete a POTA activation
before leaving. The traffic and crowds in that area were more than sufficient for me to exclude it
from future roving plans!


Nearly three hours behind what I now know was too ambitious of a schedule, I was getting tired and
was still three hours from my next planned stop, which was another three hours from home. I decided
to skip grids FM07, FM08, and FM09 and drive home, which was still three hours from my current
location. That decision shaved 175 miles (280 km) from my drive and got me home by 10pm. I didn't
want to forfeit Afton Mountain, but I also didn't want to be on the road until 2am, especially since
I started very early that morning. I'll work those grids into a future plan. I monitored 144.200 and
ran FT8 on 50.313 during my drive home and also made a few voice contacts along the way.


In the end, I made 76 QSOs with stations located in 25 different grid squares and worked from 7 grid
squares. That won't win me any prizes, but I'm in the books, possibly around mid-pack. I need to do
much better before I can feel like an accomplished rover.

One lesson learned is it's clear that I underestimated the time needed to make this work. I was
perpetually falling behind as each day progressed. Next time, I'm going to double my travel time and
on-station operational times to account for traffic, fuel stops, meals, and other factors. That will
reduce the number of grid squares on my itinerary, but it may also put my schedule right where it
needs to be. I'll test another route during the next contest.

See You Then!

Scott

PS: Read my full write-up at https://wp.me/pevkSZ-fo

This was a very fun contest. The propagation was prefect on 6M and 2M  Can't wait for next year.

73 de KF0GVX

What an amazing contest. My only second June VHF contest since becoming a HAM last March(22')..  I
added entered my log as assisted and the only reason I did that was while using FT8 you are able to
see grids that are not worked and I see that as an aid so in my log it is assisted and hope everyone
that ran FT8 does the same..

Operated from FM29jw

CW Contacts: 16
Unique Grids: 8

16 CW QSOs x 8 Unique Grids = 128 CW QSO Points

Thank you for the 2023 ARRL June VHF Contest.

FT-8 100 watts

Best double hop to West Coast in recent memory from N.C.(FM06).

Fun times good 6M action with ups and downs!!

Tough conditions on the summit of Mt Washington

Lots of fun

FM QSOs made using Baofeng UV-5R HT with stock antenna; Digital
QSOs made using Icom IC-746 with stessed moxon 6m antenna and 2m
kit built cubic quad wire antenna.

For the contest I activated SOTA summit KLA/MC-599 Bodenburg Butte.
Nothing heard for the first two hours and then things started picking
up. WX was perfect for most of the day, until the wind started coming
down the Knik river and kicking up too much dust.

Got on to hand out points.  Had to be wheels up 0530 Local Sunday.  

Jeep was messed up.  One good cable so I had to drop the mast and remove/install antennas every time
I switched bands.  Swapped antennas several times to work very slow QSY's (30 min to swap antennas)
appreciate the patience.

Thrilled work W4IY and N2NT on several bands.  A fun day and evening Saturday.  A shame that I had
to turn in early.

73 all,
John 
KM4KMU

GREAT contest, best I've ever had by far.  European opening on 6m, several 2m Es openings occurred
during Sunday afternoon. 6m was very active all day Sat and Sun. How much better will the cycle get
I wonder

First time ever operating on 6m.

Cordial and friendly folks on the air, lots of enthusiasm. Some SOTA
ops also heard in the mix.

First off, 73 for all those who responded and tried to work me as I called.  This was the first June
VHF event I got to work and I enjoyed it.I tried my 2M, 70CM band radios and those were successful, 
I have a 220 MHz (1.26 m band ) radio but I could not returning traffic so that is something I will
have to work on in the comiing months till next VHF contest. Will do this again from home QTH again.
Thanks again all!

Had fun trying to work stations on 3 bands

Fun with 50 watts to 6m KB6KQ loop antenna up 14 feet. 6m Es  to
Mid-west for several hours.Great to hear many rovers and more ops
working  6mSSB and CW.  Not much activity on 2m/222 SSB. Wonderful
to
hear SOTA  ops giving grids.

ARRL June VHF is the best, isn't it?  Es, Meteors, tropo, scatter, and lots and lots of activity! 
From a little guy perspective (no tower, small roof mounted antennas), this is it, our Superbowl.

6m:  Enhancement of various flavors was present virtually the entire contest.  No big DX openings
this year, but the band was good to the SE through NW for much of the weekend.  Morning meteors were
outstanding.  Substantial 2xEs were present to the west on Sunday in addition to extremely short hop
when 2m opened.

2m:  Tropo was ordinary to suppressed with the weather overhead and no significant
front-side/back-side enhancement observed.  Morning meteors were outstanding.  Most 2m attempts
finished quickly with 6m like speed.  Es to FL, TX, and CO on Sunday was amazing and will make this
one memorable for a very long time.

70cm:  Spent as little time as possible here, just working passed QSOs from 6 or 2 and monitoring
the digi watering hole when idle trying to snag those I heard CQing.

Mode breakdown (w/dupes):
FT8 - 422
SSB - 209
CW -   27
FT4 -  22
MSK -  22
FM -    3

Rates - Best hour here was 50 (40 on 6, 10 on 2) during hour 1.  Given the prop, it was
disappointing to not be able to get a significant sustained SSB run going.  The best I could muster
was some short 4-5 minute long QSO bursts then minutes of nothing.  Bouncing between the various
mode options was the only way for me to keep things going, but it was slow & steady the entire way. 
I probably should have spent more time on FT4.

Strategy:  I tried to focus 95% on 6m, hitting SO2V as hard as possible(one vfo always on digi, the
other always analog) while managing rig #2 on 2m/70cm, primarily digi.  From my QTH, I feel like
using SSB for rate and digi as a "mult machine" in a 50/50 split is optimal, so I probably spent too
much time chasing digi QSOs.

Thanks everyone for the QSOs & fun!

73

Jim KO9A

6:  5el @ 30'
2:  5el @ 25'
70cm 8el @ 25'

It was totally amazing that the best
opening of the season on 6 mtrs
occurred during the contest. Stations
were worked coast to coast on FT8 but
not so on CW or SSB. Only to 5,6,7,0s hr

Casual operating just for fun.

6 was open at the starting bell, and as far as I could tell
stayed open until the contest ended.  I was up until 11 pm on
Saturday night and the E-skip was still coming in.  Got up Sunday
and went into the shack and they were still coming in.  An
especially nice end to the contest with multi-hop to the east
coast.  Wow.  As Wally Shawn would say: "Inconceivable!"
Surpassed my previous best score from 2012 (11 years ago, imagine
that!) by quite a margin.  All the propagation led to more mode
diversity: although most of my QSO's were on FT8, I also made
quite a few on CW, SSB and even FT4.  Unfortunately activity on
2m suffered...  Thanks for all the Q's and new grids!

Had a good time over the couple hours I was able to play. Unfortunately, it looked like everybody
gave up at midnight UTC, despite there being 3 more hours left.

BTW, what a pain in the ass to figure out what I had to do to get the log accepted. I had to change
FT to DG for the mode, then had to figure out that instead of an exact frequency, I needed 50 only.
All this for what's basically a check log.

YL and Rookie (licensed April 2021)

The 2 meter opening from Colorado into Ohio was fantastic!

Seemed to be fewer stations active.
Always exciting to be on a hilltop
with Thuderstorms moving in !

Great sporadic-E propagation both days. Worked Japan with 10 W and 3
el yagi.

I used my portable setup for the contest at the home QTH.  32-foot fiberglass mast. 3-radial
ground-plane antenna with un-un at the feed-point, hoisted up to the full mast height.  50-feet of
RG-8x coax.  IC-703 plus radio at 10 watts, with a 40 Ah battery.  I operated about 9 hours.  Some
of the time at the beginning of the contest, and some near the end of the contest.  Conditions are
nearly always noisy here at home; generally S-4 to S-8 noise level.  The adage, if I could hear
them, I could work them, applied this weekend.  E-skip was a wonderful equalizer at my QRP power
level and simple antenna.  Thanks everyone for the contacts and QSO's.

6m was consistently open the entire contest!

Our 6 m expedition to Fred Fish leaderboard needed grids DN92, DN93, EN02, and EN03 provided
memorable experiences for us and rare grids to others. The sky rained on us from contest start until
the first evening. Our operating location turned into a mud slurry.

Our second and third locations were on paved parking areas near a cemetery and weigh station. We
ended in a field entrance that had dried out since all of the rain.

Apologies to all who tried and could not complete with us. The sporadic propagation gave us single
calls from many stations. We often missed rogers or roger 73s.

Thank you to K0DAS and all of you for making this a fun expedition for us. 

73s from N0LNO/R
Ops: N0LNO and K0DAS

fun contest running analog only

IC7300 + G5RV JR running 20-100w Digital & Phone

I had intended on doing an all out Rover operation, but life got in the way. Saturday I had limited
time due to an engagement that evening, so I planned on operating 6M from the home QTH on Saturday
as SOLP, and then going to as N1SFE/R on Sunday with 6,2,222, and 432. I had even scouted out Rover
locations during the 6M sprints. However due to a household plumbing problem and other household
stuff, I wasn't able to get away, so I stayed on 6M from home. Mostly FT8, but I DID check analog
from time to time, particularly on the top and bottom of the hours. I only worked 3 stations on SSB,
the rest on FT*- but that was OK because I'm chasing states and grids on 6- and this really helped
my VUCC counts on 6.

I typically don't enjoy contesting on the computer, but I made quite a few contacts, and was able to
test out the 3 EL 6M beam I bought quite a while ago from KE1LI. It seemed to work rather well from
my rather low elevation QTH.

Thanks to everyone for the QSOs.

73, N1SFE

Excellent time spent on the VHF and above bands. Thanks to the rovers and all the area fix stations.
Looking forward to September's contest.

I had a decent amount of fun, but less sleep than I'm used to these
days, doing the contest.  Went out as Rover Limited as usual.  This
was the first time in the fiat 500 - I may have been the smallest rover
out there.  Managed to get the full antenna tree that I normally go with
onto the fiat at the last minute but rotating was a pain cause I had to
get out of the car.  Probably the first priority improvement will be
some sort of custom rotator.  The last 2 vehicles I roved in were both
jettas with a sunroof so there was no need - just reach up and rotate.
I haven't contested much in the last few years but I'm not a fan of the
recent majority shift to digital.  This is the first time I've
incorporated digital and, sadly, most of my qsos were gotten there.  I
normally just do phone and I prefer it for a number of reasons but what
are you gonna do?  Did 9 grids this time around - 4 on sat and 5 on sun:

fm18xx
fm28ax
fm29aa
fm19xa

fn21uf
fn20vx
fn30aw
fn31ab
fn22wb

band  qsos mults
50    83   22
144   58   19
222   11   3
432   10   4
total 162  48 = 10431

I'm glad there were guys on CW and SSB and not only FT8.

6 meters was very cooperative most of Saturday and Sunday. I
found both FT8 and phone to be very active both days!   I was
disappointed only by a lack of 2 meter phone work.

Great six meter opening! I was able to work four new FFMA grids. Thanks all.

6M contacts were made with a mag mount vertical on the firepit/bbq grill at 1 ft. ASL.

Most fun I had with my clothes on. The Six Meter band was hot!

Icom 7300@100W into 40/20/10/6 OCFD@23ft

Love to hear a wide open 6M and een some 2M DX

Wow, what a contest!  Started out kind of slow, with a few Murphy situations thrown in.  Just before
contest had to replace my 6 Meter. M2 antenna as the matching section had gotten water in its balun.
 Lucky that I had a spare 6 Mtr. DS50-5. A good friend came over and climbed my 40 foot tower and
replaced the bad antenna.  The spare antenna had sat in its box in the garage for about 20 years.

Started the contest on 6 METERS SSB using my Icom 718 as the driver at 9 watts, to an array of
Ukrainian Transverters for 6 through 432.  The band on 6 was so good that I wore out my voice on
phone and had to switch to Dig on 6.  Which saved me as also my logging software gave me a problem
when I couldn't log more than nine contacts, but a quick solution was found by getting on-line with
N3FJP,s web site. Problem fixed.  It was then off to the races with the many contacts I made in my
twelve hours of operating. The 100 watt brick on 6 meters sure got a workout. Picked up some
stragglers on 2 Meters, but overall my time was spent on the wide open field of the magic band.
Maybe next contest I'll get to work 222 and 432.  Just maybe, you can never tell going in as to what
will happen during a contest.  73, from Joe  N5QYC

What was old is new again.  Thank you ARRL for the "analog" sub mode.  It was great fun. 

Because FT8 had become the dominate mode in the VHF contests, I had lost interest.  The Analog sub
mode has breathed new life into VHF.

Many cw runs on 6m. It was like operating a cwt on 20m. I was only able to operate for about 4
hours, but had a great time.  Will be a regular again as long as there is an analog sub mode.

This was great!!!

This was my first time on the 6-meter band.  Contest was worked mobile with
a Hustler MO-3 antenna (really just a mast section), Icom AH-730 tuner, an
d an Icom IC-7300.  All contacts from POTA K-3013.

Not a bad result for only my 2nd time rovering by myself.  I still have a lot to learn and room for
improvement but I had some fun hunting QSO's and 6m opening made it busy and very rewarding.  I will
post some photos on n5zy.org  Thank you to everyone at the ARRL that manages this contest and thank
you to everyone who worked me.  Only operated on 6M, 2M and 70cm.  6 was a lot of fun.  I was
capable of 23 cm but nobody I spoke to could operate other bands or certainly didn't have 23cm.

Portable ifrom Flint Peak on Saturday and the Tree People
facility above Studio City on Sunday, both in DM04. KX3 @ 5 watts
to a 17 meter doublet made of CAT5E single twisted pair. Baofeng
UV5R HT for 2 meters. Managed to work EM00 and EL09 grids as well
as several closer in.

Antenna was an HF tribander

Best 6m condix in my 12 year VHF contest career

Very busy weekend, but I jumped in a bit.
Tnx for your patience and the QSOs.
Go Arizona Outlaws! -73- John N6HI

For the 2023 June VHF contest, N6MI and K6VCR went portable as "N6MI" from the Mojave Desert (near
Fort Irwin, California) to hand out a few rare DM15 contacts. We operated from a converted news van
(n6mi.com). We ran 500 watts (or less) on six meters to a five element yagi at 60 feet. We ran 100
watts on two meters for a handful of contacts. Before log checking, we worked 11 CW, 49 USB, and 156
FT8 contacts on six meters -- 123 grids with contacts in the continental United States, Hawaii,
Mexico, Canada, Ireland, Switzerland, and France. Six meters was booming on Sunday morning, but we
packed up after the weather turned to hail and thunderstorms. Thanks for the contacts.

I operated from CN87tw, at the South end of Whidbey Island, WA: all
QSOs were made from my outdoor deck at 510 ft above the Puget Sound
which overlooks from Mt. Baker to Mt. Rainier. Rain at the beginning
of the contest quickly ended and made for great weather. I decided to
'do business' the old way with my yellow pad of paper for logging
and did not bother with
Ft-8 data modes.
Interestingly, my 6 meter QSO count as compared with K7MDL, located in
the Northern end of the county, was similar, BUT netted me far fewer
Grids than he obtained with FT-8! Data from other bands was quite
similar though.
From Saturday evening onward, 1 hop 6 meter Es was noted much of the
time, and near the end of the contest, I managed a few double hop Es
QSOs. Best DX was EL87.
I never worked any stations in the Portland, OR area, but did work
many Rovers (& SOTA) in Western Washington and British Columbia.
6m: all 129 QSO 43 Grids on SSB with FT991 & 3 element
"Hilltopper"
2m: all 55 QSO & 5 Grids on SSB (70%) or FM with FT991 & 5/8 whip or
7 element yagi
135cm: all 12 QSO & 4 Grids on SSB, except for 1 CW QSO with ALINCO
handheld w/whip or "VJB Cheapie Yagi"
70cm: all 29 QSO in 5 Grids on SSB (70%) or FM with FT991 & 9 element
M-2 yagi
33cm & 23cm: the sole FM QSOs were made with ALINCO handhelds with
"VJB Cheapie Yagis"
I had a great time in this event and was able to work my PNW friends
on all bands, as well as working my long time SoCal friends on 6 meter
Es also.

Wow!  It seemed 6 meters was open to somewhere the whole contest!
222 and 432 MHz QSO totals suffered from that.

Portable near Davis Peak in SW Washington at 3k elevation.  In the
clouds most of the time.  Cold and windy.  3 hrs of operation.

A HUGE THANKS TO ALL THE ROVERS.

I wasn't planning on participating in this contest, but
happened to come across it.  I decided it would be an
excellent opportunity to look at propagation on the
6-meter band.  I was surprised at how quickly signals
can come and go.  Ended up having a great time and
really enjoyed making contacts.

K3S at 77 watts into a 13 ft 9 inch vertical whip

Severe S9+10dB noise on 6m.  No fun.

No rotor, and wrong polarity on 2 but had a ball

Conditions turned out great for most of the weekend. Lots of Es in
all directions to enjoy. NOW... my real soap box. IMHO, the current
category changes instituted recently, have missed the mark to icentivize
most digi ops to move off of digi to play in the CW and SSB modes. In
reality, all that has been accompished is "Tribalism", digi versus analog.
There needs to be a point structure that entices/incetivizes ops to move
to other modes for additional points. Maybe allowing stations to work each
for points both digi and analog. Analog point contact for just one of either
CW/SSB, not both, plus a point for digi. Any true contester wanting to maximaize
points/score would I think, venture to other modes for more points. I am not
suggesting making any mode more points than another, just an incentive to move off
digi to take advantage analog as well. We are wasting a large swath of 6m band space
by lumping a vast majority of operation in 9Khz (FT*/MSK144) of bandwidth while
almost 2Mhz is mostly silent. Please consider a more incetivized scoring plan,
that entices ops to move around the band, rather than stoking the flames of
tribalism, analog vs digi. 73 Gene N9TF Clarksville TN. EM66IJ

Just played for three hours on 6m SSB and CW.

NJ to Texas 2 Meter Sporadic E over FT8.... WOW!!

Best QRB is 3921km for VE7XF at CN79

Rover mobile operation on the way back home from a Jeep Jamboree in Oregon,
including 3 POTA parks. 6 meters was hopping!
Please note, I X-QSOd one contact below because I forgot to set my callsign
to /R in wsjt-x. I repeated the contact with the correct callsign, so the
2nd one is valid, but I wanted to leave both in to make sure the other entry

First attempt at a VHF/UHF contest.

good fun - good mix of cw/ssb and data

Got on just to give out a few points

Wow! Three grids operated from and a 6 m opening on Saturday! A new radio so
more spkrs to discern source, another incorrect mic to
pick up. Closed backcountry gates (fire risk), so playing with
OSMAND+ to find new locations on the fly. All in all a fine
wknd. Now pretty happy with 'puter logging. Helps a lot. 
Tnx to all the cntcts!

Saturday was wet so decided to only work the contest on the very dry Sunday @ 3500ft ASL at a local
ski hill.

I operated from top of "Mount Radar" at 695 meters (2280 feet) of elevation, in FN46KI, with this
equipment:

50  MHz: 100 watts, 2-element homemade HB9CV horizontal antenna
144 MHz: 50 watts,  5 element horizontal yagi antenna
432 MHz: 40 watts,  7 element horizontal yagi antenna

It was my first experience from this site, and I really enjoyed!  
I am planning to participate to future VHF contests from this site, with a better setup. Watch for
FN46KI during next VHF-UHF contests !
Daniel VE2BAP

BAND           QSOs              MULTS

50             117               53
144            86                30
222            35                13
432            32                13
902            25                10
1.2G           25                10
2.3G           19                8
3.4G           7                 5
5.7G           11                8
10G            13                8
24G            6                 6
123G           6                 6
LIGHT          6                 6

A low key effort for only a few hours.  I didn't get any 2 metre
contacts.

My transmitted mode is shown for cross-mode contacts
Equipment -
50 MHz FTDX10, 60W, Dipole in attic
144 MHz K2 + DEMI xvtr + amp 100 W, 5 el. For FM FT-290R 20 W, indoor GP
222 MHz K2 + XV222 20W, 7el. indoors
432 MHz K2 + MM xvtr 10W, 10 el. indoors.  For FM FT-818 6 W, indoor GP
903 MHz K2 + rx conv., homebrew tx, 5W, 7 el. indoors
1296 MHz FT-290R + xvtr + amp 6 W, 10 el. indoors
2304 MHz FT-290R + xvtr 1 W, 9el. Indoors
10 GHz K2 + DB6NT xvtr/amp 2 W, 2 ft. dish indoors
Log contains 2 duplicate QSOs not counted in claimed score

first time as Rover. Last minute decision and limited operating time. Was missing 6m & 222 antennas
so missed out on a lot of contacts. This was a good test to show what needs to be done for a real
effort.

BAND           QSOs              MULTS

50             44                26
144            11                8
222            8                 8
432            8                 8
902            8                 8
1.2G           8                 8
2.3G           8                 8
3.4G           5                 5
5.7G           8                 8
10G            8                 8
24G            6                 6
123G           6                 6
LIGHT          6                 6
134               113

I had a lot of fun operating the vhf contest this year. I got the
few 222 contacts with my vintage IC-3PAT handie I recently
obtained

Busiest contest in many years,hectic at times but I really enjoyed it.

Best stateside conditions since 1957.

Very good 6m conditions in this one!  Seemed like slow starts both days with things improving in the
afternoon and evenings both Sat and Sun.
Openings were varied with east and west coasts, southern US, central states, and western Canada VE5,
6, and 7 having their moments.  Best DX for
me was when Mike VE9AA in New Brunswick called in for a QSO point on SSB!  I think the last time we
had such good widespread 6m activity was
the last Solar Cycle peak.  Rig in test was IC756pro3 and THP 550 for 450w to 7 el M2.

Rotor froze up with beam west 4 hrs into test.
Odd E season. Few New England or Fla stations

All QRP (<5W) with HOA compliant antenna in the attic.

This was my 3rd VHF contest. Equipment used: Yaesu FT891 at 100W on 6m, ICOM IC-705 for 2m with 100W
Mirage amp, and barefoot 10W on 70cm.  Antennas used: 6m horizontal loop at 14 feet, homebrew
2m/70cm yagi at 17 feet.  Home built mast holder with tilt over in receiver hitch.  I enjoyed the
great 6m conditions.  Severe weather in the late afternoons forced me to shut down with 6m still
running well.  I'm looking forward to the next one.

One of my favorite contests.  In fact my very first contest was the
June 1965 VHF QSO Party from my childhood home in Stratford, CT,
using my HB 2E26 AM transmitter/SX-140 receiver and my HB 5el yagi,
under my original call K1VFX.  I made 13 Qs -- I still have the log book.

This is my 26th entry over the past 27 years, and the third best.  Last
year I participated as a 3-band analog only entry, and was
disappointed at the few stations available.   I decided to go to the 
DARK SIDE...  I ran FTx only (actually, FT8 -- I heard no FT4 stations.)

My STRETCH GOAL was HI & AK on 6 to complete WAS; of course the
propagation didn't stretch that far so I'm still stuck with 48 states on 6.
Adding some grids was great too.    There were a lot of hams not using
the NA VHF protocol; it will be interesting to see how many NILs I have.

I think next year I will go back to all three modes.
---------------------------------------------------------
Equipment:
      6m:   TS590SG @80w to a 7 el HB at 30 ft
      2m:   TS2000 (now 22 years old) @80w
                    to a 12 el K1FO (K1WHS) at 36 ft
    70cm:   TS2000  @ 40w to a M^2 440-18 at 33 ft
Software: N3FJP VHF Log v 6.6.4

73 -- Larry -- W1DYJ

Thanks for the contacts. 73 - Dan-W1QK, Roger-NG1R, Peter-KA1SYG.

Fun contest albeit we only really operated on the second day of
it. This was our first time back on the air since before the
pandemic and only the 6m antenna was ready for it, though we
managed a couple contacs off a discone we had on 70cm as well.

This was a fun and learning event.  Six meter operation was using the IC746pro, and sometimes the
IC705.  2 meter phone and CW operation was using the IC746pro, and 2 meter FT8 operation was using
the IC705 at 10 watts.  The antennas were a temporary 6 meter Delta Loop and a 2 meter 13 element
Yagi.  Thanks once again for those who worked to pull my signal out of the noise.  Very good to hear
the activity on the bands.

FinallY!  Some propagation for the contest!
WOW! Some 2M Es, too.

Best QRB is 2051km for K0KON at EL29

My first time participating in a contest for over 20 years.  Only on 2 meters, not multiband.  SSB,
FM only.  Not as active as in the past.  I guess ft8 is the thing these days.  Enjoyed the activity
nevertheless.

Worked stations from start to finish, best contest in years, I just
wished i could have worked all i did hear! Thank the ops for using
the
analog modes! Short Skip Long skip mostly all inside the 48 states
but
it was nice. West coast from morning to late at night.

Had a boatload of fun!
Tried phone on several occasions but had 0 contacts on that mode...
all the activity, from my perspective, was on FT8.

I'm starting to wonder what that thing on the end of the short coiled
cable is for...

Woodbridge Wireless celebrated our 35th anniversary on Flagpole Knob, VA. (FM08). We had 12
operators and ran two stations. Propagation on 6M was fantastic and we were rewarded with a FT8 QSO
into Japan. The SSB and CW 6M sub-bands came alive once in a while and it was like the 'good old
days'. At one point, I actually had to switch to ESM on N1MM and run CW like an HF contest. On 2M,
we caught the sporatic E opening and worked into TX and LA on FT8! 

Thanks for all the QSO's!

Had a blast testing experiment amplifier equipment for 144mhz and 432mhz. Kinda cool having
converted these old 1971 ITT Mackay amps for ham use. Run at 1/4 power and worked well.

This was a lot of fun even though I couldn't spend full time at it and
I was using an HT inside the house with a whip on top appropriate to
the band I was using.

It give great pleasure toreactivate Shep's (sk) call for a great contest weekend

Good conditions here.  Wish more folks would use SSB or CW when the band is hot...sooo much faster. 
At least some were using FT4 instead of FT8 - a little faster.  73, Dave

Best June EVER

UNBELIEVABLE WEEKEND. OFTEN, MORE DECODES PER CYCLE OF FT8 THAN TOTAL
CONTACTS PER CONTEST IN THE LAST 10 YEARS.

The weather was too nice and the outdoor projects needed attention
so I didn't have much time to participate this year. 6m was in
great shape both days. Thanks for the QSOs and 73! -Ron (W8RU).

nice oopening to florida

SDR Pluto used for some of the QSOs.

Loved Eskip & a bit of F2 on 6 as well!  :)

Although my antennas were in the "Stealth" Mode it just proves once again that height is might on
these frequencies. My UHF Yagi was mounted indoors up against the northeast window but contacts were
still possible, even with the low power from my FT-818ND.

Wish there was more activity on 432! I would have had a few more points had I not decided to take a
dinner break 15 minutes before the brief Es opening to the Gulf coast Sunday evening that everyone
told me about the next morning!

This will probably be the highest scores ever submitted as 6 was open pretty much 24 hr / day here
for the past 4 days. I heard one op last night who claimed to have worked 170+ digital and 700+
analog stations!

Down to one working VHF radio, so 6 meters only this time around. Started out dead dead dead. Found
an additional 5' section of mast in the garage and with the next door neighbor's help I got it
inserted and the whole apparatus stuck back up on the rotor. It's amazing what a difference 5' of
height made. Contacts started flowing thick and fast. Pretty happy with this outing, but I
definitely have some radio repairs to attend to before September!

The log entry system is broken.
The callsign on my license does not have /R - the robot
should not object to that.
A rover is no longer required to operate from more than one grid.

If six meter propagation could be like that all the time.

Got 5 new grids over the weekend including one in Canada. Highest score by far on a VHF contest!

Had a great time with 72'EFRW ant on 6meters. Only wish contest would provide for QRP power category
instead of having to be lumped in with 200 watt stations.

I operated as QRP portable - human category.  There was moderate
Sporadic-E activity here in FN30 on both days, but not like last year.
CW was challenging but fun.  Weather was great and I had fun.

6m Really opened up here in SFL both evenings. I worked 2 new countries.

looking for "analog only"

With the six meter opening on Sunday, this was definitely my best scoring VHF Contest yet.  We are
always looking for that great 6ix meter band opening, and this year we were not disappointed.
Already looking forward to next year!

Not quite so successful this summer. I was not able to get any
contacts on the 432 MHz band. I did not hear from Jim up north, and
I do not seem to hear from W3SO any more. But I still had fun with the
adequate 6 meter opening to the South.

Love this contest, only bummer, I was forced to lower antenna and unplug AC much of the contest due
to lightning storms training over my QTH. Hope others didn't have similar issues.

Highest score I have ever gotten in 52 years competing in this contest. Dispute being off the air
due to thunder storms half the day on Saturday . Even worked two stations in Japan.

This was a very good contest for us.  For the first time we added a real 10ghz station to our
equitment list.  On 10Ghz we were able to make 12 contacts with 11 grids. Our best 10ghz and a real
surprise and pleasure for us was  working W5VH/R in EM35 311 miles on CW!!!  2 meter E-skip gave us
Florida and Idaho.  One decode on 6m FT8 from Rowanda South Africa!  Super exciting band conditions,
great friends, great weather, and great band conditions, what else could a guy want for a great
weekend Thanks to all that contacted us. C U again soon!

Propagation was good. OK, maybe even Great! I even got a couple 2 meter contacts:one into Alabama
and one into Texas.

Fun contest, great weather, decent band conditions, first time I got FL on 6 meter USB mobile from
CT. First time operating as a rover from 4 grid squares. Thanks to Ron N1LSJ for his Armstrong
rotator efforts!

Wow!  Only worked 6m DG and the band was open almost continually for
the entire contest.

POOR CONDITIONS ON MY END

Analog-only

Great time with my friends!