Stew Perry Topband Challenge
Call: TF3KX
Operator(s): TF3KX
Station: TF3KX
Class: Single Op HP
QTH: HP94ab, nr Reykjavik
Operating Time (hrs): 10
Summary:
Total: QSOs = 180 Total Score = 1,211
Club:
Comments:
Rig: IC 746
Amp: Acom 1000, running 900W output
Ant: Inv-V (9m tall, 31m horizontal/sloping down)
Log: N1MM Logger
Condx seemed OK, but I did not find any rare or new DX this time. All QSOs
were with Europe, into Russia and N-America. Other TF ops heard and worked
were TF3CW, TF3DX (QRP) and TF4M. Longest distance QSO was with N4IS in
Florida (5900km, 3700mi).
I managed to put up a temporary inv-V, in between the winter storms that have
been frequent here this season. This replaced my top-loaded vertical which
blew down a month ago. The received noise was unusually strong and tiring in
this contest. Lots of station responded to my call, which I could barely copy.
After fixing a more permanent TX antenna I need to come up with a more quiet RX
antenna.
Took a nap by 04z, to wake up at 06z and finish the remaining four hours until
daylight with the opening to North America. Woke up at 14z - well past noon!
Guess the antenna work the nights before had taken its toll.
This was a fun event, as always, and I hope there have been several contenders
for the Aurora Borealis Award, which I sponsored now, for the first time (see
the extravagant Stew Perry TBDC Award Program).
73 de TF3KX http://radio.tf3kx.googlepages.com
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