Call: AF7O Country: United States
Mode: SSB Category: SOAB HP, unassisted
Score:
BAND QSO QSO PTS PTS/QSO ZONES COUNTRIES
160 6 10 1.67 3 3
80 33 71 2.15 12 16
40 69 185 2.68 20 34
20 357 1000 2.80 30 89
15 26 55 2.12 9 14
10 zip..............
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Totals 491 1321 2.69 74 156 => 303,830
points
Equipment:
ICOM 775, 30S1, CT, K1EA DVK, HEIL
Antennas:
160 Half Sloper at 35 feet
80 Inverted Vee at 55 feet
40 Force 12 240 at 57 feet
20 Force 12 420 at 69 feet
20-10 Force 12 C3 at 40 feet
Some lessons learned are:
1. Seems like the first three important considerations in contesting
are 1) location, 2) location,
and 3) location. Alan, K6XO, told me before I started building the
station that if I wanted to be
serious the first thing to do is move.
2. Bigger antennas up higher are better than smaller antennas down
lower!
3. Don't matter what antennas you got up, if the band ain't open....
I didn't hear anything (!) on 10,
and I called and called the few stations I heard on 15 with very
few responses.
4.
Comments:
I felt like this was a pretty good first effort. I thought I was being
serious but, I
suppose my 8 hours of off time took me out of that category. Worked
almost entirely S&P.
As crowded as 20 was, I worked virtually everything I heard. Called CQ
some but couldn't
get anything going. It was great fun and I'm hooked. Next step? Bigger
antennas, up higher!
73, Darryl
email -- imagetec@earthlink.net
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