IOTA Contest
Call: KU8E
Operator(s): KU8E
Station: KU8E/NA58
Class: SO12CW LP
QTH: NA-58
Operating Time (hrs): 7:47
Summary:
Band CW Qs CW Mults Ph Qs Ph Mults
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80:
40: 173 29
20: 119 14
15: 22 6
10:
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Total: 314 49 0 0 Total Score = 108,290
Club: Georgia Contest Group
Comments:
IC756PRO2, Hustler mobile whips - 40, 20, 15 meters
Our family was on vacation on Jekyll Island, GA - so brought the mobile setup
along on the trip to put in some time in the IOTA contest and hand out NA-58.
As many already mentioned conditions were pretty bad during the day. Although
it picked up Saturday evening on 40 meters. I limited my operating to Saturday
morning, late afternoon and a last stint during the evening until midnight. The
air conditioning went out in our minivan on Thursday and it was way too hot to
operate during the day in the 95 degree heat. It was even tough in the
morning/evening too but oriented the minivan with the windows open so I would
get some ocean breeze to cool down. I found a nice spot in my last stint on 40
meters right by the Atlantic Ocean. Stations in EU were booming in. I'm sure
the saltwater enhancement was helping but it's still amazing I could run EU
with a simple mobile antenna.
I wish I had thought about bringing some wire and coax and a power supply to
setup a station inside our condo. There was a nice courtyard outside our
balconies with some trees that I probably could have gotten away with putting
up a stealth antenna like K4BAI and I did about 8 years ago when we operated
IOTA at the same location. I was talking to one of the managers telling them
about the contest and they didn't have a problem with me putting up a simple
antenna for next year's IOTA contest.
The contest was fun the time I was on but I wish RSGB would do something to
encourage activity in this contest outside of EU. Doesn't seem to be much
interest in North America.
Jeff KU8E
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