[3830] NCCC Sprint N9NB LP

[webform at b4h.net]

                    NCCC Sprint - Aug 24

Call: N9NB
Operator(s): N9NB
Station: N9NB

Class: Single Op LP
QTH: ky
Operating Time (hrs): 0.5

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
-------------------
  160:           
   80:           
   40:   1      1
   20:  23      9
   15:           
   10:           
-------------------
Total:  24     10  Total Score = 240

Club: Central Texas DX and Contest Club

Comments:

Found a local hilltop in Western KY, and thought it would be fun to do mobile
operation -- the QTH was FB, right at the base of a large cell tower, 300 ft
above surroundings. 

I hauled the laptop,keyer, rig, etc. along from Virginia while the XYL was at
the horse show in Louisville.  Got to the site during daylight, found a perfect
operating location, and thought everything was fine, until the contest started!
In my first QSO with N9RV, RF in the car immediately froze up the keyer!  After
2 hours of testing, it baffles me that Murphy waits until the moment of the
contest to raise his ugly head. My first 5 qsos were made by unfreezing the
locked key-down xmtr by powering it up and down and going manual! I had to
revert to complete manual keyer operation, and just used the laptop as a logger
(disconnected the keying circuit to the PC.) Sorry to those who wondered what
was going on when I went key-down -- it was RF induced. 

Condx were good before the contest, as I worked K7SS with 1 watt (super low
power setting) while doing software testing.

I was very weak on 40m, and given the RF problems, I folded with 15 minutes
left to go. It could have been a blast had everything worked well. It was fun
to see how condx were different. I heard no east coasters on 20m, which is
different from VA where I always work a few. W6 and W7 were very loud in
kentucky, much louder than in VA. Surprised I didnt hear any buddies from
CTDXCC in Texas.


Posted using 3830 Score Submittal Forms at: http://www.hornucopia.com/3830score/