RANV EXPEDITIONARY FORCE
TO MT. EQUINOX

SEPTEMBER 2006 VHF QSO PARTY

WB1GQR

Location: Mt. Equinox, Manchester, VT
Grid Square: FN33 kd
Elevation: 3835 feet AMSL
Category: Single Op, Low Power
Operator: W1SJ

Previous Results

June 2006
June 2005	September 2005
June 2004	September 2004
June 2003	September 2003
June 2002	September 2002
June 2001	September 2001
June 2000	September 2000
June 1999	September 1999

RESULTS

BAND	QSOs	POINTS	MULTS
50 MHZ	210	210	26
144 MHZ	248	248	30
222 MHZ	78	156	24
432 MHZ	107	214	23
2304 MHZ	10	40	7
TOTAL	653	868	110

FINAL SCORE = 95,480

Operating Highlights(mostly lowlights!!)

Conditions sucked with a capital "S"!
No 6 meter openings, very flat 144, 222, 432 conditions
222 MHz seemed to be very deaf. Everyone complained about it!
The little 1 watt tweaker on 2304 did quite well
First contest QSO's using WSJT and meteor scatter!

WX a lot better this time than the washout in June

STATION DESCRIPTION

Band	Rig	Antenna
50 MHz	DX-70T + 120w Amp	Cushcraft A50-5 (5 El, 12' boom)
144 MHz	FT-726 + 150w Amp	Cushcraft 3219 (17 El, 22' boom)
222 MHz	Transverter + 80w Amp	Cushcraft 225WB (13 El, 10' boom)
432 MHz	IC-402 + 80w Amp	Cushcraft 424B (22 El, 18' boom)
2304 MHz	Transverter 1W	Loop Yagi (30 El, 4' boom)
146 MHz FM	IC-27A + 80w Amp	Cushcraft A144-11 (11 El, 12' boom)
222 MHz FM	IC-37A	Homebrew Quagi (8 El, 9' boom)
440 MHz FM	IC-47A	Homebrew Quagi 8 El, 4.5' boom)

Computer: 486 Clone.

Station housed in the back of a minivan (32 square feet).

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