Callsign Used : WE9V
Station Used : W9JA (ex-KS9K)
Category : S/O 100W
Default Exchange : Chad WI
Hours : 10
Team/Club : SMC #4
BAND Raw QSOs Valid QSOs Points Mults
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160SSB 152 152 152 44 Tilted Vee, 3 Beverages
80SSB 222 222 222 49 Inv-Vee @ 165' (3L Garbage)
40SSB 142 142 142 40 3/3 @ 82/164', 2L CC @105'
20SSB 241 240 240 45 5/5/5
15SSB 140 140 140 26 6/6/5/6
10SSB 14 14 14 6 5/5/5
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Totals 911 910 910 210
Final Score = 191,100 points
Well, if you read the NK7U writeup, you'd have read that the W9JA
M^2 3 element 80M monster is dead. Last weeks heavy snow and wind
pulled the entire antenna off the tower in one piece. The boom to
mast plate (actually a boom to TOWER plate) broke at two of the bolt
locations (to the tower) and the other two bolts holding the large
yagi couldn't do it by themselves. The yagi must have ridden the
guy wire (phillystran) down a ways, as the yagi is about 100' away
from the base of the tower. What a mess. Can't even tell how much
of a mess it is...it's buried under snow and only a few pieces are
visible.
Anyway, we put up an inverted vee at 165' to get back on the band.
Sure isn't the same.
And for those of you who read Chris's comment:
>Interesting to hear nothing but laughter coming from WE9V when I worked
>him on 160. Ask him about it....he said he won't forget me.
The new beverages have great F/B. After a CQ, I hear a VE3 answer. I
didn't get the whole call so I turned to the NE beverage and said,
"Who was the VE3?" A (now) loud answer was, " F U !" All I could do
was laugh and say, "Excuse me?" Of course, that was VE3FU.
And for those of you who read my CW writeup, about me being excited
about operating from my own home for once, there's been a development.
I had explained that I had just bought 100' of Rohn 45 but due to an
agreement with my girlfriend, I cannot put the tower up until we are
engaged. Well, last week I purchased the ring. Picking it up tonite.
Don't exactly know how (I'll pay for it)(just kidding, how to propose)
or when, but it'll be before the weather is warm enough for tower work!
Other statistics:
182 band changes
HOUR 160SSB 80SSB 40SSB 20SSB 15SSB 10SSB TOTAL ACCUM
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18 37 35 9 81 81
19 48 28 2 78 159
20 64 22 86 245
21 46 22 68 313
22 6 13 33 3 55 368
23 0 368
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0 91 4 95 463
1 26 35 28 89 552
2 8 85 9 102 654
3 105 1 106 760
4 32 61 1 94 854
5 7 49 56 910
TOTAL 152 222 142 240 140 14
Times worked:
1. Ca 136
2. Tx 77
3. Il 38
4. Nc 34
5. Ny 33
6. Va 31
7. Wa 31
8. Ma 27
9. Nj 26
10. Pa 24
You know the bands are long when my best hour was on 160(!) and CA was
the most worked!
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Chad Kurszewski, WE9V e-mail: Chad_Kurszewski@csg.mot.com
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