And with all those big antennas, do you really NEED 1200 Watts?
John GW4SKA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Hachadorian" <k6ll@arrl.net>
To: "RTTY reflector" <rtty@contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 2:39 PM
Subject: Re: [RTTY] SO2R Problem
>I didn't see any mention of bandpass filters. A set of them are
> must-have items for so2r on a city lot, even at low power. They
> are not cheap, but it's just part of the buy-in for so2r. I
> recommend a pair of Dunestar 600's.
>
> Dave Hachadorian, K6LL
> Yuma, AZ
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tom Martin
> Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 7:30 AM
> To: rtty@contesting.com
> Subject: [RTTY] SO2R Problem
>
> CQWPXRTTY Score Summary Sheet
>
> Start Date : 2012-02-02
>
> CallSign Used : W8JWN
> Operator(s) : W8JWN
>
> Operator Category : SINGLE-OP
> Band : ALL
> Power : HIGH
> Mode : RTTY
> Default Exchange : 001
> Gridsquare : EN55
>
> Name : Tom Martin
> Address : 812 West B St
> City/State/Zip : Iron Mountain MI 49801
> Country : USA
>
> ARRL Section : MI
> Club/Team : None
> Software : N1MM Logger V12.1.2
>
> Band QSOs Pts WPX
> 3.5 123 296 33
> 7 414 1076 175
> 14 428 832 212
> 21 171 340 73
> 28 1 3 1
> Total 1137 2547 494
>
>
> Score : 1,258,218
>
> Rig : FT-1000MP; Icom Pro II, SB-220, Alpha 8410
>
> Antennas : SteppIR 4 element, Mosley CL-33, HF6V, 40 Vee
> at 60' and 40 rotatable dipole at 80',
> 80 sloper at 65', and Crazy J 80 meter
> antenna at 48'.
>
> Soapbox : First time achieving a million points but it
> was costly. Excessive RF took out the front end of the FT-1000MP
> after 2 hours.
> Lost 10 meters on the PRO II on Sunday.
> As of Monday morning, no receive or transmit with the PRO II on
> any band.
> I have an Icom 706 until the big rigs
> get repaired or replaced.
>
>
>
> I should have realized that something was wrong, when the
> wattmeter on the MP/220 combination showed a huge backward
> deflection, when I keyed the Pro II/8410 at 1200 watts. The 80
> meter Crazy J was too close to the 40 Vee and vice versa. I put
> up the new 80 meter antenna to see if it was better than the
> Butternut. I had no RF issues in the ARRL RU without the new
> antenna. It's tough on a small city lot to get any separation.
>
> This was probably my last SO2R effort.
>
> Dupes were the least of my problems!!!
>
> 73,
>
> Tom W8JWN
>
>
>
>
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>
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