[3830] KA9FOX NAQP CW Single Op

Sun, 10 Jan 1999 01:09:41 -0600

Score first, then soapbox and station description:

  160CW       34    16         
   80CW      122    37         
   40CW      193    48  (2 dx)
   20CW      188    47       
   15CW       74    33  (2 dx)    
   10CW       29    10  (2 dx)     

 Totals      640 x 191 = 126,080 points

TEAM:  SOCIETY OF MIDWEST CONTESTERS TEAM #1

First serious effort from my home station.  Wow, what an awakening that
was!  I felt pretty loud at times, but the limitations of my station were
frustrating as well.  Some things that I need to do:

1) Finish putting up the 160m antenna!  Started putting up an Inverted L
but didn't finish before winter hit. So, no 160 antenna for the contest.
And when 80m and 160m were the only places to be at night, I had to pick
one -- couldn't troll the other one with the second radio since I only had
one 80/160m antenna.

2) Need secondary 10m-20m antenna for second radio. Thinking of either a
very small tribander half-way down the tower or maybe just a R-7000.
Something! Was very frustrating to be running on 20 meters and be trolling
10 meters with the 40 meter antenna! :-(

3) Need bandpass filters!  Was very tough sometimes to use the second radio
due to the close proximity of the antennas.

Station:

Icom IC-765
Kenwood TS-930

72 foot self-supporting tower
Force 12 C4XL (7 ele tribander + 2 ele 40 on same boom, 2 feedlines)
75m Inverted Vee (used on 80m + 160m with tuner)

Logging: Pentium 133 and TR-Log

Inside shack:  http://www.qth.com/ka9fox/shack
Tower & Antennas: http://www.qth.com/ka9fox/tower

73 - Scott KA9FOX
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