ARRL 10-Meter Contest
Call: NA5TR
Operator(s): NA5TR
Station: NA5TR
Class: SO SSB HP
QTH: TX
Operating Time (hrs): 18.1
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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CW:
SSB: 1235 105
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Total: 1235 105 Total Score = 259,350
Club: Central Texas DX and Contest Club
Comments:
Friday night started well, but Murphy came calling: At 0115 UTC my rotator
jammed pointing 330, where it stayed the rest of the contest. Still, when the
band shut down I had 304 Qs in the log.
Saturday I finished assembling my 2nd 10M antenna and installed it at 55 ft
pointing NE. So I now had 2 "fixed" antennas, NE and NW. They played pretty
well, actually. I worked a fair number of of S. Am. off the back of the NW,
and some Oceana off the back of the NE. Don't think I will stay in this
configuration, though, but it was effective when running stations to be able to
change direction by simply switching antennas. I am a believer.
After I get the rotator down, repaired, and up again, improvement plans call
for a fixed antenna at about 40 ft pointing 130.
In this contest, I worked NWT, S. Korea, and China for the first time. Overall
it was fun, but I sure would have liked to have those hours back I spent getting
a 2nd antenna up on Saturday!
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