ARRL DX Contest, SSB
Call: K3WJV
Operator(s): K3WJV
Station: K3WJV
Class: SO Unlimited HP
QTH: PA
Operating Time (hrs): 34
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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160: 22 17
80: 118 55
40: 136 63
20: 360 85
15: 77 41
10: 15 14
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Total: 728 275 Total Score = 598,950
Club: Frankford Radio Club
Comments:
Time to think about stn improvements and boy do I have ideas on that, hi. Since
I couldn't use the ft1K on phone (no mic) I setup n1mm for so1v and used my stn
#1. I have problems with running on phone in major dx contests as there is no
such thing as a "good" freq to me and no such thing as a
"good" phone filter. Even though I have narrower filters for ssb (I
tried) I just have difficulty with getting rid of what I don't want to hear.
But I do have fun in phone contests. I didn't have an actual goal and always
have a 1 meg minimum but I knew deep down that was going to be hard to achieve.
Last yr I did 1.1 meg but 15 was more like 15 instead of being too much like 10
the way it is now (esp Sunday). So I played it by ear and used live scoring to
pick a goal as things progressed. And when things really sucked, live scoring
and our club chat kept things lively when faced with the drudgery of operating
a major dx contest at this time of the solar schedule.
I setup some K3 CAT cmds to embed in n1mm but now I know I need more work with
that. Thank the ham gods for dvk. I talk loud anyway and with headphones on I
put too much effort in talking on the radio. Sunday it was like driving with a
low tire at @ 75 mph on the highway. I bought a footswitch last month and still
prefer vox but as things progress I need a quick way to kill vox to kill
whatever gathers in my throat in a voice contest.
My hexbeam at 24ft makes 10 & 15 that much harder at this time of the
cycle. Being loud is more important for receiving right now. We have a few more
members in our club chat who stay connected all weekend and I hope we are making
contesting life easier but I already know its a lot more fun using chat and live
scoring to keep you stuck in the shack chair playing radio. I think our scores
improved because of it.
stn 1 FT1000MP & Alpha 89
40mtr inv v 40mtr sloper @55ft
Palstar HF-AUTO to add 15&20
stn 2 K3/P3 & Acom 2000A
2el K4KIO Hexbeam-6 bands @24ft Green Heron controller with G-450A rotor
3 band two legged fan inv vee broadside N/S @ 55ft 40-80-trapped 160
Rx ant - pair of 200ft NE/SW kd9sv rbogs with DXE ncc-2
SO2R >> TopTen Dx Doubler Band Aides A/B relays
N1MM+ contest logger & DxLab master logger
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