ARRL 160-Meter Contest
Call: N7GP
Operator(s): N5IA
Station: N5IA
Class: Single Op HP
QTH: AZ -- DM52
Operating Time (hrs): 28
Remote Operation
Summary:
Total: QSOs = 1281 Sections = 80 Countries = 9 Total Score = 245,106
Club: Arizona Outlaws Contest Club
Comments:
I am really short on time right now so the usual LONG summary of my
participation in this contest will have to be bypassed. SOOOOOOO....
Here is the short reply.
1. The first night was great fun. Good NA prop but only a couple of signals
from EU. A decent JA run near local sunrise despite the the TX antenna
orientation being at right angles to the NW. Ended the night with only PR, NL,
NT and AK lacking in the Section mult column.
2. The 2nd night was REAL work, and very slow. Worked most everyone the first
night it seemed. Added only 3 overall mults. In the end AK, NL and NT were
never heard at this location.
3. The new TX phased array is not finished and had to be manually jumper
connected into a single direction. I selected 45 degrees and let if fly. It
appears from the results that down the throat the beast is a real flame
thrower. But in the nulls between the forward lobe, the side lobes, and the
rear lobe, there was a lot of areas from which I did not receive the normal
response. So, it is working as designed. RF wise. The relaying and control
have to get finished (hopefully this week).
4. This season I have an additional, local electric power line noise which I
have not yet addressed. My apologies to the many stations whom I could not
pull through. Thanks for responding to my CQs.
5. CU all in the SPDC with direction selection for the TX array.
73 de Milt, N5IA, operator of N7GP
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