UTARC 1996 Northern Lights Radio Society VHF/UHF All-Band Sprint

W5EHM participated in the Northern Lights Radio Society VHF/UHF All-Band Sprint conducted from 7PM local time to 10PM local time on 2 December 1996. We operated as a single-op station (one operator, Ken Harker KM5FA.) We were active on both six meters (50MHz to 54MHz) and two meters (144MHz to 148MHz).

Activity was low, but this was not entirely unexpected for a Monday night in Texas. The biggest surprise was not hearing any stations to our south or southwest (including the San Antonio area) for the entire duration of the contest. We had several failed attempts to make 6m QSOs, but we did work EM20 on 6m (a new grid square for the club) and we made one QSO using cw. As far as we know, W5EHM was the only station in Texas active in this contest.

6m grids worked during the contest (unofficial)

EM00, EM10, EM20

2m grids worked during the contest (unofficial)

EL29, EM00, EM10, EM11, EM12, EM20