MGEF - SEPTEMBER 2001

LOG SUMMARY SHEET - ARRL VHF QSO PARTY - SEPTEMBER 2001
Callsign: W2SZ/1 Location: Mt. Greylock, Adams, Massachussetts, USA Grid: FN32 Category: Unlimited Multioperator
BAND	QSOs	QSO PTS	GRIDS
50	873	873	86
144	953	953	87
222	351	702	66
432	590	1180	74
903	144	432	40
1.2	177	531	44
2.3	127	508	38
3.4	87	348	31
5.7	73	292	26
10G	72	288	14
24G	26	104	8
47G	2	8	1
75G	1	4	1
LHT	2	8	1
TOTALS	3,478	6,231	517
TOTAL SCORE = 3,221,427

After another beautiful weekend on Mount Greylock we have come away with an all time record score! Band conditions were phenomenal during most of the contest with some very long lasting tropo. By the middle of the contest it was becoming very obvious that this was not a "normal" contest... the grids and Q's were piling up rapidly.

After it was all said and done the total score was over 3 million points and there was much celebration going on. What a year, first we see over 2M points in June and then this score beats that one! It was a pair of contests that will not quickly be forgotten!

Because of the amazing conditions during the contest the grid counts for 2m, 220, and 432 were huge this contest. In addition there was a 1050km QSO with W4DEX on 10GHz!

You can take a look at the gridmaps for the 144MHz, 220MHz, 432MHz, and 10GHz bands.

Some pictures

View from the top of the monument	Tower assembly begins
Bare towers waiting for antennas	Sunset atop Mt. Greylock
WA2AAU puts the finishing touches on 2/3/5 main tower	MGEF's captive rovers
Some of the crew enjoy a little down time before the start of the contest	Part of the MGEF crew at the end of the contest One happy bunch after the score was tallied for 3M+ points!