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Call: K8AZ
Operator(s): K8MR
Station: K8AZ
Class: Single Op HP
QTH: Ohio
Operating Time (hrs): 6:15
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band QSOs
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160:
80:
40: 266
20: 145
15: 2
10:
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Total: 413 Sections = 77 Total Score = 63,602
Club: Mad River Radio Club
Comments:
Missed: NL, AK, PAC.
Usually I end my SS weekend at K8AZ's superstation, but this year Tom was
heading out to a 4 pm Browns game, so I made K8AZ my Sunday morning stop. We
had a bad start, as we in real time discovered issues with the newly installed
WinTest. We couldn't figure out how to make it send serial numbers. Although
WinTest is sort of like CT, a # character was not how it is done. When we
finally did find the answer ("$SERIAL") it still would not send a number. I
think it turned out to be a result of the same stupid way CT handles numbers -
if there is nothing in the callsign field, it sends the previous qso's number.
Since we were testing it with no previous qso, it would not send a number. I
finally made a few qsos sending the call and number by hand, and the rest
starting with "B" with the computer. After a dozen or so qsos I for some reason
tried the S&P exchange, which sent a number! So I reprogrammed the main exchange
and was off to the races. But we had only six qsos in the first 17 minutes.
Once in the groove things went well. But the excellent hardware at AZ was a bit
of a waste for midday SS conditions, when a 50 foot high dipole can do just
about all you need to do. Nevertheless, a good six hours of fresh meat
operation.
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