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Subject: [SECC] CQ WW RTTY AA4LR SOAB HP
From: aa4lr at arrl.net (Bill Coleman)
Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2005 07:47:29 -0400
                     CQ Worldwide DX Contest, RTTY

Call: AA4LR
Operator(s): AA4LR
Station: AA4LR

Class: SOAB HP
QTH: GA
Operating Time (hrs): 8

Summary:
  Band  QSOs  Pts  State/Prov  DX   Zones
-----------------------------------------
    80:    0    0                0     0
    40:   45   82               31     8
    20:   76  163               43    16
    15:   34   73               24    14
    10:    6   16                5     5
-----------------------------------------
Total:  161  334       0      103    43  Total Score = 48,764

Club: South East Contest Club

Comments:

Note that N1MM doesn't separate States and Provinces from DX countries.

Antennas:
1/4 wave 40m sloper @ 12m (40, 20, 15, 10m)
Cushcraft A3S w/ A743 @ 13m (40,20, 15m) fixed north - see comments

Equipment:
Elecraft K2/100 running 20-35 watts
Ameritron AL-80A running 300-600 watts - see comments
CocoaModem v1.15, on 12" AL PowerBook 1 GHz
N1MM logging software

Comments:

This contest didn't quite go the way I planned. Last week, I had  
taken down the A3S driven element to add the A743 40m kit. Climbed up  
the tower late Friday, just before the contest started, but I ran out  
of hands trying to clamp the DE
back on. Too sore to climb Saturday.

So, I started the contest by fooling around on 40m, using the sloper.  
On 40m, I could run the amp. On 20 through 10m, had to fall back to  
about 20-35 watts through the tuner. I did manage to get the amp  
working on 15m to punch through the pileup to PZ5RA.

Only got to work an hour here an there. Finally made the climb Sunday  
afternoon and got the A3S w/ A743 DE back on. The catenary rope needs  
to be adjusted, because the DE is a little droopy, but it worked well  
enough to finish out the last two hours of the contest. And, I could  
run the amp.

Working most of the contest with just the sloper was an exercise in  
frustration. CocoaModem is really amazing software, it was astounding  
how well I could copy some of the weak signals. I soon figured out,  
though, that many of those guys could not copy me.

CocoaModem doesn't support CQWW, so I used N1MM to log the contacts.  
This made for some interesting interplay between the two computers.

One frustration with CocoaModem is that it responds to the Esc key  
very oddly. Sometimes I'd hit the wrong button and reflexively press  
Esc. (The proper keystroke is Command-X) This causes the main window  
to close, and there's no way to re-open it without closing the  
application. Caused some confusion once or twice.

Chen did give me the sources, so I can't complain. I ought to just go  
fix it....


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George William Coleman              mail:  aa4lr at arrl.net
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Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL        Mail: aa4lr at arrl.net
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