1998 NCJ North American QSO Party
NAME: Scott Babb
DATES: 15Aug98-16Aug98
CALLSIGN: KE1KD
MODE: Phone
CATEGORY: Single Operator All Band
REPORT GIVEN: Scott NH
Valid QSOs multipliers
160 2 2
80 43 21
40 38 20
20 115 36
15 58 20
10
TOTAL 256 99
256 QSOs x 99 Multipliers = 25344 Claimed Score
Station:
Icom 751A Transceiver
Dentron MT-3000 Tuner
Timewave DSP-599zx
Carolina Windom 160 Special
Cushcraft R5 vertical
WriteLog v9.07 (now upgraded to v9.10d)
Comments:
My first NAQP. Great contest! The 10/12 format let me spend a
little time with my family and kept me from burning out. I ran
into several callsigns I recognized from when my daughters
operated Kids Day.
I traded in my call of 21 years (WA1VHT) for a better contest
call. The luck of the draw got me KE1KD a couple of weeks ago.
I like it. It did, however, take me awhile to get used to
using the new call.
I need a quieter PC monitor (10 meters was all monitor noise to
me, and 15 was nasty in several places) and antennas that have a
SWR less than 4:1 on 160 and 80 meters. I suspect that ground
radials and a way to get the Carolina Windom at least above the
roof of my house would help ;-)
I should have tried moving multipliers to other bands. I didn't
even think of it. This is really only my third contest (2 IARUs
anda little fooling around in WPX), so I guess that's the big thing
I learned on this one. That and the need for some resonant antennas
around here and maybe a little wiring to connect up the sound-card
voice keyer in WriteLog.
73 de KE1KD,
Scott Babb
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