CQ Worldwide DX Contest, SSB
Call: AA4LR
Operator(s): AA4LR
Station: AA4LR
Class: SOAB(A) LP
QTH: GA
Operating Time (hrs): 6
Summary:
Band QSOs Zones Countries
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160: 0 0 0
80: 0 0 0
40: 13 7 9
20: 58 17 38
15: 21 17 33
10: 74 11 17
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Total: 227 52 97 Total Score = 92,380
Club: South East Contest Club
Comments:
Antennas:
Cushcraft A3S/A743 at 15m high (40-10m)
Equipment:
Elecraft K3/100 w/ KAT3 running 100 watts
Comments:
Other weekend obligations kept me mostly away from the radio, but I did manage
to get a couple of hours in at the opening, a little Saturday morning, and then
the last three hours of the contest Sunday.
Bands sounded pretty good. 10m was open at the start and finish, and I assume
in between as well. Very little east-west propagation on 10m at the end, so I
suspect conditions may have worsened over the weekend.
Would have loved to try my had at some DX on 80m, but my 80m antenna was down!
The matching network I use to shunt feed my 15m tall tower is not behaving
properly. I came home from work on Friday and re-wound the 80m coil, but I
found this did not fix the problem. While I never did see the arcing, since it
matches fine at 5 watts, but fails with high SWR with about 20-25 watts, I
suspect the matching capacitor of the L network is arcing. The plates show
signs of corrosion, and that could well be where it starts.
Despite my efforts to fix it, with the shunt feed down, I made do by having
some fun on the other bands and handing out a few contacts.
Operated assisted so I could see spots. 100% S & P operation, I mostly
tuned down the band.
Next up for me is SS Phone. Hopefully, I have the 80m situation sorted by then.
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