IOTA Contest
Call: N4YDU
Operator(s): W4KAZ N4YDU
Station: W4O
Class: Multi-Op LP
QTH: Ocracoke Isl. NA67
Operating Time (hrs): 17
Summary:
Band CW Qs CW Mults Ph Qs Ph Mults
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80: 16 5
40: 182 32 24 10
20: 243 34 215 33
15: 25 11 5 3
10: 2 2 1 1
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Total: 468 84 245 47 Total Score = 715,915
Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club
Comments:
The weather started out rainy as we arrived on Ocracoke Island, NC on Thursday
afternoon. We waited for three hours until we began setting up at the NPS
campground. As it turned out, the WX was FB with cool temps and a nice breeze
through our departure on Sunday morning.
The campground does not have electricity, so we were 100 percent battery power.
Kaz did an excellent job of setting up the solar panels and batteries. We were
thankful to get an additional solar panel from good friend WB8YJF who was also
on the island to participate in the contest.
In addition to the electrical setup, Kaz did a fantastic job with antenna
supports. We used various fishing poles and military mast sections to erect a
dual band 40/20 inverted vee (about 30 feet in the air) along with an inverted
L for 80M. We also set up a 2 element tribander at 18 feet on a separate mast.
The antennas worked FB but propagation was sluggish for the most part. We did
get a really good opening to Europe on 20M for about two hours. Nice to work
VY2TT on 10 meters.
The Elecraft K2 worked well - it was perfect for this application.
Thanks for the QSOs!
73, Nate/N4YDU
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