ARRL 160-Meter Contest
Call: K8ND
Operator(s):
Station: K8ND
Class: SO High Power
Operating Time (hrs): 21:57
Section: OH
Totals:
1037 QSOs x ( 75 Sections + 14 Countries) = 190,282
Comments:
FT-1000MP
Alpha 91b
Tx Antenna: Inv-L (45' vertical, 85' horizontal)
~120 radials on ground.
Rx Antennas: 300' NE/SW Beverage
400' E/W Beverage
330' NW/SE Beverage
No prep time in the past few weeks left me finishing installation
of a Beverage for East-West at an hour before the contest
instead of napping like I should have. Installed the NW-SE
Beverage during the day Saturday in place of sleep.
Two QSOs into the contest I was surprised by my computer locking
down the keyer input. I 'upgraded' to Windows 98 several months
ago, and it doesn't play as nice with NA as W95 did for me.
I was then further surprised to find that my computer would no
longer boot up properly, leaving me with the Blue Screen of Death.
I spent 15 minutes and determined a way to get into DOS and
run NA, although without the keyer functions.
So I did a "nostalgia contest", working all but 5 or six QSOs
with a paddle and the keyer in the FT1000MP.
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