Single operator, unassisted, 1.5 KW:
Band QSO Mults
160 31 27
80 140 54
40 107 47
20 714 78
15 67 33
10 zip nada
Tot 1059 239 Score:759,303
Equipment: FT-1000D, AL-82, SB-220
Antennas: TH-7 at 21 M, 40 M rotatable dipole at 23 M, tower shunt fed
on 80 and 160. Phased RX loops for 80 and 160.
Small city lot.
Comments: No anomalous solar flux this time, and things looked
pretty bleak from the Black Hole until 20 opened up
Sunday. By the end of the contest, things were improving
fast. In any case, conditions were a lot better in WI than
in ND.
New automatic antenna switching system helped alot, though
I'm convinced now that simultaneous receive on second radio
in necessary. Next year.
Running on a very crowded 20M would often have been
impossible
without 250 Hz filters. Spent a productive hour or so right
next to HG1S.
Highlight: Snagging XX9TR in the clear in the final minutes.
Lowlight: Losing a hard-to-defend run frequency when
computer crashed.
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73,
Scott K9MA
sdelling@facstaff.wisc.edu
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