[3830] N0AH IARU SO phone only

[Dinsterdog at aol.com]

N0AH
Single Op phone mode
Exchange 59-07
State of Wyoming

1999 IARU HF Score
365 QSO's  63 Zones  38 HQ's for 116,857

Equipment:
Antennas: 6 Ele Tennadyne Log Periodic; Butternut HF2V; 160 Inv L
RIG - IC756
Ameritron Amp
CT9 logging software
Operated 9.6 hours

SOAP BOX

After spending days preparing for CQWWVHF bust- so it was nice to have a 
"just in case" scenerio-.  It was my first IARU contest- and it was really 
fun- 

As ussual, had a possessed MFJ Keyer- just when you think you see it all, the 
darn thing locks up my rig's vox when it operated off of a separate 12 V 
power supply vs. the one for the rig-  when I hooked it up to the rig's power 
supply, it worked like a champ!  Sounds like an EZ fix but it took an hour to 
figure this one out-  will be an interesting contribution to my "1,000,001" 
Things That WILL Go Wrong book-

CT9 was SNAFU'd too- - book states that I can operate mixed mode, it even 
shows the screen for it- but my screen only showed options for ssb or 
cw......so I went ssb -

Also, being somewhat in shock over VHF forecasts- I forgot my zone for the 
first few QSO's.......sorry to the first victims of my screwup- and thx to 
the ops who helped me- I now know forever and ever that I am in Zone 7, not 
8, 6, 32  etc......it cost me a few QSO's- but better to find out early 
rather than late-- 

I was somewhat "not into it" after all this fun but when I got my ARRL SS 
certificates in the mail around noon- it motivated me to get serious about 
this one dispite blank stare into space over VHF conditions- 

I spent a lot of time putting up that 6 meter dipole at 12 feet- maybe next 
year........  



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