MGEF - AUGUST 2002

LOG SUMMARY SHEET - ARRL UHF QSO PARTY - AUGUST 2002
Callsign: W2SZ/1 Location: Mt. Greylock, Adams, Massachussetts, USA Grid: FN32 Category: Unlimited Multioperator
BAND	QSOs	QSO PTS	GRIDS
222	106	318	35
432	151	453	39
903	72	432	32
1296	77	462	32
2304	58	696	29
3456	48	576	25
5760	39	468	21
10G	35	420	11
24G	11	132	5
TOTALS	597	3,957	229
TOTAL SCORE = 906,153

What was expected to be an uneventful (operating wise) weekend turned into a real head-turner when the bands opened up to the west at between about 0215 and 1430 UTC. Some notable contacts were as follows:

KE3HT/R in FN01 through 5GHz
N2LBT/R in FN04 through 5GHz
K9VHF in EN53 on 220 and 432MHz
KB8U in EN71 through 2.3GHz
WW8M in EN72 through 1.2GHz
VE3SMA in EN93 through 3.4GHz
K9VHF in EN53 on 220 and 432MHz
W2FU in FN13 through 10GHz
AA2UK in FM29 through 10GHz (no 5GHz)

Of interest is that the 220 and 432 stations were each running a single SSB yagi and a single FM yagi. This was done because of the very ugly WX conditions that we experienced during setup on Friday. The lightning and heavy rains caused us to not be able to get the towers fully pushed up until late in the evening. This led to the decision to scale back the installations on the lower bands to the bare minimum.

The only other issue for the weekend was the loss of the 903/1296 rotor. At about the time that the opening showed up the rotor decided that it no longer wanted to turn the antenna. It would appear that the drive ring was stripped on it after many years of service with the group. For a short while, in order to be able to work a few new grids, the dish was rotated via a KB1DDS "arm-strong" rotational device. Shortly thereafter we pulled the rotor and put the spare into operation and the station was back up and running.

All in all it was a very relaxed and entertaining contest.