WAE DX Contest, RTTY
Call: VE7AX
Operator(s): VE7AX
Station: VE7AX
Class: Single Op HP
QTH: Nanaimo, BC
Operating Time (hrs): 3
Summary:
Band QSOs Pts QTCs Mults
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80: 1 1 4
40: 7 7 18
20: 44 44 10 52
15: 20 20 26
10: 4 4 6
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Total: 76 76 10 106 Total Score = 9,116
Club: Orca DX and Contest Club
Comments:
I was enjoying this contest until about 10:00AM local time (PST) on Saturday
when my Cushcraft R6000 vertical antenna stopped working on 20 meters - it
wouldn't tune at all. After trying everything I could think of - including
shaking it violently at the base to get rid of any moisture which might have
accumulated in the traps - I took it down to the garage and found a great hole
in the top of the 17 meter trap and significant charring. I conclude that
after two years of excellent service from this antenna I have managed to
explode the 17 meter trap with my recently acquired 1kw linear amp - even
though I successfully worked high power in the JARTS RTTY and the CQWW SSB over
the last month. On reading the fine print in the R6000 manual I find that the
antenna is rated at only 500W in continuous operating modes - such as RTTY. Oh
well - live and learn!
Hope to see you next weekend in the ARRL SS SSB if I can get the antenna fixed.
Cheers.
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