California QSO Party
Call: W6RBP
Operator(s): NY7N KD6DL
Station: W6RBP
Class: M/SCntyExp HP
QTH: SDIE
Operating Time (hrs): 19.5
Summary:
Band CW Qs Ph Qs
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160: 0 0
80: 0 111
40: 0 176
20: 0 430
15: 0 42
10: 0 0
6: 0 0
2: 0 0
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Total: 0 759 Mults = 55 Total Score = 83,490
Club:
Comments:
KD6DL and I once again ventured out to the Butterfield Ranch Resort in eastern
San Diego county to put on our little county expedition - not because SDIE is
at all rare, but because we enjoy operating portable, and the campground
manager is friendly to us stringing some antennas up in the trees and running
wires into the cabins.
Unlike last year, when we were bit by a couple technical gremlins, everything
worked pretty smoothly after a few audio snags were discovered setting up. One
thing I did notice, as KD6DL brought out his FT-450D this year (as it's easily
packable in a Pelican case compared to his FT-920), is that the FT-450's
filters leave a little to be desired in the occasionally crowded environment on
40m. It also seems to be a bit down on "talk power" compared to the
920, but I did manage to tweak that a bit mid-contest by adjusting the mic EQ.
Tailoring the wav files in Audacity beforehand would also help, but I didn't
think of it in time.
Anyway, for a simple fan dipole at 20ft, we were consistently impressed with
our ability to work into the east coast on 80 and 40. I guess my old SB-201
helps with that, but with the antenna that low, I'm still pretty happy.
Highlights:
- Our one DX QSO, from JI3MJK who called me on 20 on Saturday afternoon.
- Just missing DE for WAS in a weekend. We had 49 worked by Saturday night,
never did find DE. Missed MAR and NT too.
- Having everything set up by 3pm on Friday, so we had enough time to drive
into Julian and enjoy a bit of a happy hour at the Nickel Beer Company.
- Handing out the SDIE mult and having a damn good time.
See y'all next year.
73, Andy NY7N
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