Georgia QSO Party
Call: KC4HW
Operator(s): KC4HW
Station: KC4HW
Class: Rover Single Op LP
QTH: GA
Operating Time (hrs): 6
Summary:
Band CW-Dig Qs Ph Qs
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160:
80:
40: 15
20: 150
15:
10:
6:
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Total: 165 0 CW-Dig Mults = 30 Ph Mults = 0 Total Score =
9,900
Club: Alabama Contest Group
Comments:
Well quite an interesting day. We (my YL and I) were pretty much on
schedule arriving in Early county around 10:15AM ESDT. Got everything
working and made a few contact and the screen went very dim!!! Tried
everything rebooted several times, but nothing would make it right. Finally
made
the decision to make the trip back home to get another laptop. After it was
off
for a half hour, I tried it again and it came back up just fine. But after a
few
minutes it went dim again. Thought that it might be a fan issue, so put the
car's
AC on and directed it to the area on the laptop where the fan is located. From
then on, there was no problem with the dim screen.
Unfortunately this computer's battery is dead also, so had to keep it
plugged into the 12 volts all the time, some times it would pull out and cause
the computer to power down. Real pain. So if you noticed that I
disappeared abruptly, then this was the reason.
Nevertheless, managed to make it to Early, Seminole, Miller, Baker,
Mitchell, Decatur, Seminole and finished in Early again.
Conditions were not to good. Lots of noise in SW Georgia. Did manage
to work several DX station.
Thanks to everyone for the Qs. Hope to see everyone in a couple of
weeks in the FQP and then the first weekend in June for the Alabama QSO
Party.
Jim/KC4HW
http://www.alabamaqsoparty.org
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