CQ Worldwide DX Contest, SSB
Call: AA4LR
Operator(s): AA4LR
Station: AA4LR
Class: SOAB LP
QTH: GA
Operating Time (hrs): 8
Summary:
Band QSOs Zones Countries
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160: 0 0 0
80: 0 0 0
40: 3 2 3
20: 79 18 43
15: 100 22 59
10: 89 20 39
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Total: 271 62 135 Total Score = 146,174
Club: South East Contest Club
Comments:
Equipment:
Elecraft K2/100
Heil BM-10 headset
K1KP-style single-message voice keyer
Antennas:
A3S at 49.5' (20,15,10m)
40m 1/4wave sloper at 40' (40m)
Comments:
First contest to test out my K2/100. I had just built the KPA100 option earlier
in the month. I was astounded at how easily it went together, and it came up
flawlessly. The breaking in was a good idea, however.
Just a few hours here and there. Would have operated quite a bit more Saturday
afternoon, but kept having trouble with the K2/100! It would be working great,
then I'd go to change bands or to change the noise blanker setting, and I would
be greeted with INFO 080. Elecraft owners know that this means that the main
microprocessor can't talk to one of the other microprocessors in the box. (In my
unit, there are six microprocessors!) Stopped operating to tear into the unit
and try to find the problem.
K2 receiver is just great. When you tune away from those big signals, they just
disappear. No sparkle heard on any band.
A week later, I determined that the intermittant INFO 080 problem was due to a
bit of solder flux between two pins connecting to the KAF2 AF Filter / Clock
option board. Even Gary at Elecraft Support was surprised I tracked it down.
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