NA QSO SUMMARY SHEET
Contest Dates : 04-Aug-96, 03-Aug-96
Callsign Used : AE0M
Operator : AE0M
Category : Single Operator, Unassisted
Default Exchange : TONY CA
Time : 8:35 hrs
RIG : FT-990 and 486DX2-66 MHz running TRLog v 5.51
Team/Club : Northern California Contest Club
BAND Raw QSOs Valid QSOs Points Mults Antenna
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80CW 3 3 3 1 40m Inv. Vee @ 25'
40CW 176 176 176 43 40m Inv. Vee @ 25'
20CW 148 147 147 45 20m Inv. Vee @ 24'
15CW 16 16 16 12 15/10m trap Vee @26'
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Totals 343 342 342 101
Final Score = 34542 points.
Story (regular readers only): Someone said the day of the contest is not
the time to put up the antennas, but the heavy time demands of work and WRTC
had delayed all antenna construction. So, I spent another pre-contest
morning putting up a fourth invisible antenna made of good old #26 stranded
copperweld. With the traps, this 15-10m vee did not turn out quite so
invisible as the others. I still need one more for 80m.
WRTC seems to have had an effect on YF Celia, N0BBS, who actually sat down
to practice her CW on PED last week. Celia is also arranging for a crane to
come and drop a 20' tall redwood tree over the back garden wall and into a
large hole dug in a strategic spot. She tells me that a well fed and
watered redwood will grow about 5'/yr. until it reaches about 90' tall, and
only then tapers off. She is also running for the Home Owners Association
BoD this fall. Once elected, we will be able to count on at least one
member who agrees that our antennas do not violate the CC&R prohibition of
"receiving antennas visible to public view".
With the climbing and the 2:22 late start I was tired and hurried. My best
10 min. was @ 78/hr. and my best hour was 60. My lack of mastery of TRLog
was apparent. When I called KR0Y, I somehow got it out of the S&P mode and
started a CQ instead of the CFRM message. (Maybe Jeff's new gold medal made
me nervous)?
Celia interupted me twice more with homemade meals, making for another hour
of OFF time. Still, this was a better than expected result, and I had fun.
At least I have NO line noise! See you all in the SprINT next weekend.
AE0M, Tony Becker - becker@shell.portal.com - Silicon Valley, U.S.A.
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