[3830] K5AM VHF SOHP contest results

[Mark, K5AM]

ARRL VHF QSO Party   2001 June 9-11
GRID SQUARE: DM54  
CALL: K5AM    
ARRL SECTION: New Mexico
Single Operator High Power


	VALID	PTS PER	QSO	GRID SQUARE
	QSOs	QSO	POINTS	MULTIPLIERS

50 MHz	511	1	511	183
144 MHz	26	1	26	12
222 MHz	4	2	8	3
432 MHz	6	2	12	3

TOTAL	547		557	201	      

SCORE   111,957


Site: Horse Mountain DX Ranch, DM54wa, 7900 ft. 

Shack: Ford F250 4WD and camper top.

Power: Honda propane generator; no shutting down rig 
and pouring gas every few hours (usually required in 
the middle of a big run) as in previous years. 
No power lines, no noise. 

View: Clear from 270 through North to 120. 
Looks down 1400 ft NE onto the Plains of San Agustin 
and the VLA radio telescope 30 miles away at 6500 ft. 

6M rig: Signal/One CX7 (1969), converted to 6M. 
(No transverter; 50 directly to first IF at 40, then to 9 MHz. 
Fewer conversions result in better dynamic range 
and fewer spurs. First crystal LO = 90 MHz.) 
Heath SB-220 (1970), converted to 6M. 
Two M2 6M7JHV in two rotatable directions, each at 32 ft. 
Effective antenna height NE: 1432 ft?? 
First bounce at 80 miles?? 


Score also posted at:
http://www.tiac.net/users/reilly/junscores.html






73,

Mark, K5AM    

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Horse Mountain DX Ranch, DM54wa
7900 feet; Honda generator power
Shack: Ford F250 and camper.
k5am at zianet.com

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Home: DM62ni 
Mark Mandelkern      
Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA 
k5am at zianet.com

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First callsign: W9ECV, Milwaukee, 1948.

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