CQ Worldwide VHF Contest
Call: N1PRW
Operator(s): N1PRW
Station: N1PRW
Class: SOAB QRP
QTH: EMA
Operating Time (hrs): 3
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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6: 11 5
2: 1 1
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Total: 12 6 Total Score = 57
Club:
Comments:
Portable QRP operation from Andover, Mass. Weather was muggy and 88F.
Station Equipment:
- Yaesu FT-817ND
- Cushcraft A148-3S Yagi
- 1/2 wavelength 6m dipole, homemade
Nightmare contest. Saturday afternoon I packed up my station, hiked up the
local hilltop, and set up my radio and antennas. This is when I noticed that
I'd left my battery cable at home.
It would have taken too long to break down, hike out, and come back with the
cable, so I decided instead to operate at 1/2 power (2.5W) on the FT-817ND
internal battery. I had two fully-charged NiMH packs worth a couple of hours of
operating.
As my second pack was weakening a 6m enhancement opened up wide with paths from
here down to everywhere from the Carolinas to Arkansas. I made a 900 mi Q with
Georgia using 2.5 watts before the internal battery went flat.
By the time I got home at dark the enhancement was fading away.
73, Alexander N1PRW
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