Minnesota QSO Party
Call: VE7NH
Operator(s): VE7NH
Station: VE7NH
Class: Single Op LP
QTH: PENDER ISLAND B.C.
Operating Time (hrs): 4
Summary:
Band CW-RTTY Qs Ph Qs
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160:
80:
40: 26
20: 41
15:
10:
6:
2:
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Total: 67 0 Mults = 41 Total Score = 5,494
Club:
Comments:
HO-HUM...AFTER LAST CONTEST I SAID THINGS WENT FROM BAD TO WORSE...CAN THINGS
GET ANY WORSE...YES, SURE CAN...HEAVY WIND STORM FOR PAST WEEK. BLEW DOWN THE
TEMPORARY 80M LOOP I HAD CHANGED AFTER NAQP CONTEST. OUT IN GALE WIND AND
HEAVY RAIN TO RE-DO IT. MY 100W SOLDERING IRON WENT KAPUT. EVER TRIED
SOLDERING NR14 GAUGE STRANDED WIRE WITH A 35W PENCIL SOLDER IRON, ESPECIALLY
IN A STRONG WIND, AND RAIN, AND NO HELP. IMPOSSIBLE YOU SAY. ALMOST....
WAY I DID IT, (BUT ONLY FOR A TEMP. CONNECTION) WAS TO SEPARATE EACH
INDIVIDUAL
STRAND OF WIRE, APPLY SOLDER TO EACH STRAND, RE-TWIST THEM TOGETHER, AND APPLY
HEAT AGAIN, HOPING TO MAKE A GOOD JOINT. WASN'T TOO EFFECTIVE, BUT I DID
MANAGE TO GET THEM JOINED, MOST LIKELY WITH SOME DRY JOINTS. NO SUCH THING AS
A 100W SOLDER IRON ON THE ISLAND. HAVE TO GO TO VANCOUVER AND TRY THERE....
AFTER THIS HEATH ROBINSON FIX, THE SWR VARIED A LOT WHEN I WAS TRANSMITTING.
BUT I DID MANAGE TO WORK SOME STATIONS. THAT IS UNTIL ANOTHER TREE FELL OVER
THE POWER LINES AND KNOCKED THE POWER OFF FOR ABOUT 10 HOURS. BOY IT IS COLD...
HOPED TO MAKE A GOOD SHOWING ON 14mHZ..HA HA HA. WONDERED WHY SIGNALS
WERE BETTER ON THE "FIXED" 80M LOOP THAN ON THE BEAM, AND ALSO WONDERED WHY
THE SWR ON THE BEAM ALSO KEPT GOING UP AND DOWN...TOOK A LOOK AND....YES !!!!!
WOULD YOU BELIEVE IT....ONE HALF OF THE RADIATOR ELEMENT HAD BROKEN OFF IN
THE HEAVY WIND. NOW HAVE TO GET SOMEBODY UP THERE TO TAKE THAT ELEMENT DOWN
TO GET REPAIRED. AND ON TOP OF ALL THAT, THE STRONG WINDS HAVE DONE SOME
DAMAGE TO THE T2X ROTOR AND THAT WILL HAVE TO COME DOWN FOR REPAIRS. CAN THINGS
GET ANY WORSE...MAYBE...AFTER, ANOTHER FEW HOURS OF POWER OUTAGE DUE TO
TREES OVER THE POWER LINES. BUT ON THE BRIGHT SIDE I DID MANAGE TO WORK A FEW
OF THE /MOBILE STATIONS FOR NEW COUNTIES. CONDX DID NOT SEEM VERY GOOD THIS
WEEKEND. 21/28 WERE DEAD, AND OF COURSE HEARD NOTHING ON 3.5 AND 1.8..
HOPING THESE STRONG WINDS HAVE STOPPED FOR ANOTHER 15 YEARS OR SO.
SO NOW IT IS QRX TILL I CAN GET A CLIMBER TO GO UP THE TOWER. AND ALSO GET A
100W SOLDER IRON TO DO PROPER REPAIRS TO THE 80M LOOP. (BY THE WAY, USING A
PROPANE TORCH TO HEAT THE WIRE TO GET SOLDER TO FLOW WAS NOT EFFECTIVE AT ALL)
73/DOUG
VE7NH
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