September VHF QSO Party 1997
The ops of W5TC had a blast running the 1997 September VHF QSO Party from
the top of Sarkey's Energy Center. We were having so much fun, a few
hams we had contacted swung by to see what was going on! We had so many
visitors, we should have had a visitor's log!
W5TC ran as a limited multioperator station, running:
- 6m SSB, FM
- 2m SSB, FM
- 1.25m FM
- 70cm FM
The operators of W5TC were:
- John Patrick, KC5VEI
- James Deaton, KC5PRQ
- Jared Bostic, KB5PSP
- Brian McDonald, KD5BFH
- Jeff Taylor, KD5CFO
- Mark, KD5AMB
- and KC7RUN
The equipment used was:
- 6m: MFJ SSB and an Icom 706 on an MFJ 3-element beam
- 2m SSB: Yaesu All-mode mobile on a 4-element Yagi-Uda
- 2m FM: Several Yaesu HTs
- 1.25m FM: An old 220 FM HT
- 70cm: Several Yaesu HTs with a Mirage D-24 amp into a
6-element Cushcraft beam
The Score
Band |
Grids |
QSOs |
QSO Points |
| 6m |
9 |
16 |
16 |
| 2m |
17 |
58 |
58 |
| 1.25m |
1 |
2 |
4 |
| 70cm |
4 |
23 |
46 |
TOTAL |
31 |
99 |
124 |
Total Points: 3844
Logs are available.