[3830] K5IID/QRP 97 CQWWSSB

[Tom Horton]

    K5IID          SINGLE OPERATOR/ALL BANDS  QRP...5 WATTS     20 HOURS 


     BAND         QSOs      POINTS        ZONES         COUNTRIES
------------------------------------------------------------------------
     160             2           0            2               1
      80            10          16            2               2
      40             1           2            1               1
      20            66         169           12              41 
      15           107         279           17              53
      10            89         225           12              33     
------------------------------------------------------------------------
     TOTAL         275         691           46             131


 TOM HORTON K5IID  ZONE 5 ...WEST VIRGINIA 

 Well, the bands are coming back , but they aren't quite there yet.

 10 meters was a plesant surprise, with loads of South Americans and 
 quite a few Africans but the few Europeans that I heard just could not
 hear me. 
 
 Murphy camped out here this weekend....was looking forwad to the first 
 real effort with the new 1000MP and the rebuilt Quad. However, the rig 
 acted up and the 15 meter Quad had absolutely no gain or front to back.
 Had to put a fan on the rig to keep it working and am rebuilding the quad
 now for this next weekend. 

 I've got to find a better place for antennas...

 My lot here in town is 50 feet wide and about 60 feet deep. Makes the low 
 bands tough! There are so many wires running around out back, a bird would 
 not dare to try to fly through.

 Won't be here for phone ss or cqwwcw...will be back overseas at work.....
 But I get back 40 minutes before the 10 meter contest starts...

 Had fun, have had more fun, and hopefully will have more fun again.  

 73, Tom  








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