NCJ NORTH AMERICAN CW SPRINT 05-Sep-99
Call used: AE5E
Operator : N8SM
Location: TX
Category : HIGH POWER
Default Exchange : # ED TX
band QSOs points mults DX time antenna
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80 49 49 1 0 0315Z-0359Z HF2V
40 82 82 7 0 0210Z-0314Z HF2V
20 115 115 39 1 0000Z-0150Z 1/4 vert
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TOTAL 246 246 47 3:39
Final Score = 11,562 points.
Comments:
It almost felt like Field Day. I arrived home late from a
trip (2140Z), started taking the station out of summer
storage and began setting up. A major rat's nest of radial
wires (thanks to the dog) took nearly 2 hours to sort out
and deploy. The rig & amp were placed atop the washer and
dryer at 2358Z. Instead of trying to set up a computer, I
decided to use a paddle with the rig's keyer and log the
old fashioned way into a small notebook.
Things went fairly well although my wimpy antennas got beat
out too often. I took 20 minutes off to eat and replace the
20m vertical with the HF2V. 40m was tough, 80 was tougher
and noisy - verticals are lousy for domestic 'tests. Can't
wait to get the tower up....
Heard but not worked: VE9, VE6
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