[3830] WAE RTTY KE1HA Single Op HP

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                    WAE DX Contest, RTTY

Call: KE1HA
Operator(s): KE1HA
Station: KE1HA

Class: Single Op HP
QTH: Helena, MT
Operating Time (hrs): 34

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Pts  QTCs  Mults
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   80:    7    7     0    16
   40:  207  207     0   111
   20:  349  349   200   110
   15:   57   57     0    32
   10:                      
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Total:  620  620   200   269  Total Score = 220,580

Club: 

Comments:

First WAE Contest, RTTY or otherwise.

I really enjoyed this one. I was not going all out, but did put in a fair
number of hours. Allot of hours, but many breaks and Honey-Do's; "Honey Do
This, Honey Do That", gotta Love XYL's, they just don't understand :-)

I was very impressed with the DX stations operating skills, patients and
overall participation. Tnx for all the contacts.

Conditions here in Montana were pretty good on Friday evening / Saturday
Morning. However, Sunday was nothing to braggy about. I wasn't' paying close
attention to 15M on Saturday (I should Have). Sunday, 20M's was slow going in
the early afternoon, I saw a couple spots on 15M and jumped on the band. I made
57 contacts in 45 minutes or so, but the band went away in that same time frame.
I kept an eye on it, but it didn't seem to recover here for the remainder of the
contest.

QTC's: I hate to love them, but, after figuring out how to SND / RCV properly,
I would have to say they are allot of fun and definately add value to the
contest. I had problems on the first 3 RCV sets, just couldn't' get N1MM to
accept the headers properly. Once that was solved, it was smooth sailing,
Unfortunately, by the time I got the hang of things, I had missed Saturdays
bunker crop of DX stations. JA's were plentiful in the late afternoon on both
days, so I managed to SND / RDV a few there. I left 68% of my QTC's on the
table :-( which would have added another 112K or so. That will not happen in
the next WAE for sure. Start sending when you have the first set !! :-)

I had several equipment issues, mainly my primary amp TX/RX relay was sticking.
N1MM was giving me trouble and I had a low band antenna failure. 
Even though I'm in the HP Class, I spent 80% of the contest at LP levels on
20m/40m bands, kind of a bummer really. I couldn't do much on 80M's as the
balun on my 600ft loop failed Friday night thus the low score (The Balun is now
in the scrap heap, never to return for HP applications). Early Sunday morning I
put a simple match on the antenna, but it was too little too late. The lesson
larned here, HP-RTTY weeds out the weak links in your station setup so, test,
test and test some more weeks before the event. It's the old 5-P's (Prior
Planning Prevents @iss Poor Performance) !!!

In any case, thanks to the sponcers & coordinators of the event, it was allot
of fun. Again, tnx to all the DX stations for their participation. I 
definitely enjoyed this one and will be back for future WAE contests.

Station Summary:
Rig: FT-2000D in FSK
Interface: Navigator, by US Interface
SW: N1MM (Now Using WriteLog)
Ant-1: 20M Half-Square 15ft off the ground
Ant-2: 600ft Loop @ 70ft (Failed balun)

QSL Info: All contacts will be uploaded to eQSL & LoTW. Paper cards via Direct,
no SASE needed.

73's
Greg, KE1HA
Helena, MT


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