[3830] RAC Winter VE3RCN SO Mixed LP

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                    RAC Winter Contest

Call: VE3RCN
Operator(s): VE3RCN
Station: VE3RCN

Class: SO Mixed LP
QTH: Welland On
Operating Time (hrs): 9

Summary:
 Band  CW Qs  Ph Qs  CW Mults  Ph Mults
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  160:                   1         1
   80:                   4         3
   40:                   3         7
   20:                   5        11
   15:                   3         1
   10:                   1         1
    6:                   1         1
    2:                   1         1
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Total:   0      0       19        26  Total Score = 66,870

Club: Contest Club Ontario

Comments:

Rushed home from work. Put the 80m (N/S)dipole back up to the great height of 10
feet because it fell down. Very quiet the first evening. Went to bed. Installed
the DRU3 into the new TS2000. Tried it out throughout the test. Seems to work
well. Lots of time off throughout the test for kids to the mall, cooking, etc.
The RAC tests are always laid back and nice to participate in. I heard the
Yukon working 20m near the end of the test. He was S&Ping. I jumped up 5 kc
from where he was (assuming most tune up the band) and by the time I had
finished tuning, he was calling CQ, and I worked him. (Could of used this in
the SS). I think I can work VE3EJ and VA3DX on every freq (except 15m) on
ground wave. I am thankfull we do have the seperation due to interference.
Moving from FN14 (Kingston On) I was confused by the repeater for VOIP or
Echolink that happens on 146.550 in the Niagara Penninsula. (We used 146.550 in
Kingston area for FM contest contacts). I thought there would be a lot more
activity on VHF down here. Lessons learned are that the TS2000 takes a lot of
time to master. 2m vertical omni antenna must be higher than 20 feet. 160, 80,
40 antennas must also be higher than 20 feet! 6m ae must go from 25 to 35 feet.
Triband 10/15/20 must go from 40 to 50 feet to clear the trees. Oh well...just
goes to show what a city lot can do. I think this will be a good time to invest
in an omin-directional 10-80m vertical.


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