IOTA Contest
Call: N6ERD
Operator(s): N6ERD
Station: N6KI
Class: SO12SSB HP
QTH: San Diego, CA
Operating Time (hrs): 12
Summary:
Band CW Qs CW Mults Ph Qs Ph Mults
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80:
40:
20: 114 28
15: 1 1
10:
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Total: 0 0 115 29 Total Score = 21,141
Club: Southern California Contest Club
Comments:
Didn't really expect to run this one seriously - started late from my QTH and
the 6M vertical. Just under 1 hour in N6KI invited me to run at his QTH, so I
packed up the laptop and headed over. Unfortunately I had nothing prepared so
was hand logging and the packet was unconnected to the radio (no rig control),
and I realize how useful those features are when doing S&P!
Much like the CW guys - I'm not used to running a Mic, though I did remember my
training from the CQP.
I tried a few runs but for whatever reason I didn't get much out of them, at
least with mults. Near the end of the day I pointed at JA and NOTHING, but did
start a small run off of the back of the beam! Perhaps I was unlucky and chose
spots where east coasters were camped (that I couldn't here). The rest of the
time was S&P, and I have to say I'm really not used to having a beam! It's
great when you are pointed where the stations are. I also should have run my
propagation prediction to choose when to change directions.
A number of stations I expected to find I missed - I only barely managed a VK
and ZL, plus my first Tazmania QSO. The stations I expected to find were on, i
just missed them - I was running the packet, but there was so much extra time
involved in having to manually tune places that I missed a lot.
All in all was a good experience, and I have some ideas of what to do next
time.
Dan
N6ERD
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