UTARC 1996 Western States Weak Signal Society VHF Sprint

W5EHM participated in the Western States Weak Signal Society VHF Sprint conducted from 0000UTC 22 August 1996 to 0400UTC 22 August 1996. We operated as a single-op station (one operator, Ken Harker N1PVB.) We were active on both six meters (50MHz to 54MHz) and two meters (144MHz to 148MHz).

6m didn't open up from our QTH in EM10 until approximately 0300UTC, and then was open to California and Arizona only until 0315UTC. 2m never opened up to outside of Texas. Activity was generally low, given that this was the first time this contest has ever been done, and Wednesday nights are generally low activity on the VHF bands in central Texas anyway.

We had 16 QSOs during the contest, fairly evenly distributed between 6m and 2m. We worked two new grids in southern California, and worked EL19 on 2m, which at the time, we had yet to confirm with a QSL card.

The score below is official, and was the highest score submitted in the contest from the South Texas (STX) ARRL Section!

6m grids worked during the contest (unofficial)

DM04, DM14, DM43, EL29, EM00, EM10

2m grids worked during the contest (unofficial)

EL19, EL29, EM00, EM10