This was my first VHF contest that I have worked from our new house in EN25. Overall
things worked pretty well. The band conditions were pretty brutal which is typical
of Jan in Minnesota.

This contest had a lot of firsts for me:

1296 transverter (from W0AMT's stash of gear.)

Elecraft 222 transverter replaced
my old Microwave Modules until

Kenwood TR751 as the IF rig for the microwave bands

RF relay between the 144/432 line from the Icom 706MKIIG and the amplifiers

Band pass filters for 50 & 144MHz

PTT/Keyline distribution system

All the antennas are new... this is the first contest for the VHF tower

Serious station integration

Some things that I would like to add, change, improve for the next VHF contest:

Add a switch box to
be able to use one microphone with all of the radios

My ability to decode CW by ear

Add a 902 antenna and transverter to the station

Use my Elecraft K2 (still
unbuilt in the original kit box) as my IF for 222
transverter (eventually for 144, 222, and 432)

Thanks to KC0IYT/R and W9FZ/R for the bands and grids... it would have been a much
slower contest without you.