WOW ! 786 on 20 meters.. You sure you didn't have the antenna switch on your
4/4/4/4 on 20 ??
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Condon [mailto:mcondon@attglobal.net]
> Sent: Monday, November 18, 2002 9:41 AM
> To: SECC
> Subject: [SECC] SS Phone de NE4S
>
>
> First Sweep!
>
> Started out on low power, using the telnet connection with
> WriteLog to jump
> multipliers.
> The only antenna still is the trusty G5RV up in the oaks,
> hiding like a
> fugitive.
> The spots made quick work of finding the "new ones".
> Last section was WTX, worked Sunday morning at 9 AM local time.
> RI and ND were holdouts too.
>
> Sunday morning the AL-572 linear was added to run about 500W.
>
> To my amazement, I was able to run and hold on 14153 for 4 hours
> continuously with a good rate.
> The best hourly rate was 103, at 9-10 AM, the other hours
> were all 80 or 90
> too.
> The long exchanges seem to limit the max rate somewhat in
> this contest.
> A move to the general part of 20M produced the same results,
> a good run.
>
> I got QRM from carriers and strings of "dits" from time to time.
> There was even a slow scan dumped in once well off the SSTV freq.
>
> Sleep and family time limited total time to 18 hours.
>
> Results:
>
> Single OP, Unlimited, High Power, 18 Hours operating time:
>
> 40M 213 Qs, 25 Sections
> 20M 786 Qs, 32 Sections
> 15M 2 Qs, 2 Sections
> 10M 27 Qs, 21 Sections
>
> 1028 Qs, 80 Sections
> Total score: 164,480
>
>
> Last station worked was K9AY, from the frozen north of WI.
> Several SECCers were logged too.
>
> My Karma is now used up here at home, and has gone into
> negative accounting.
> I must see many "chic flicks" to make amends.
> Perhaps even reading that book about "Mars and Venus" is needed.
> (Actually, Joan/K9EGA is cool with it all.)
>
> 73,
> Mike, NE4S
>
>
>
>
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