[3830] ARRL 160 K7NV M/S HP

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                    ARRL 160-Meter Contest

Call: K7NV
Operator(s): K7NV
Station: K7NV

Class: M/S HP
QTH: NV
Operating Time (hrs): A Few

Summary:
Total:  QSOs = 111  Sections = 50  Countries = 1  Total Score = 11,781

Club: Northern California Contest Club

Comments:

Trying to get into the 21st Century here....
Spent all day Friday & Sat trying to get modern logging software loaded &
running on my new (really just a new old XP thingie) computer system. 
Many thanks & profound Kudos to N6TV, K0RF & K6NA for spending hours on the
phone trying to help me get up and logging modernly!!!!!!!!
Finally figured it out Sat night, with N1MM......and got on and made a few
Q's.

Of course, if there wasn't already enough drama getting on the air in the
firsst place with the computer/software.....I started operating with the 1000MP
I acquired from N6RO and thought there had been some kind of major solar event,
because the band sounded totally dead, and I could only hear a few guys in the
local area.....
Then Dave, K6LL sent me an e-mail, which I saw on my laptop (off to the side)
telling me I was totally deaf & lots of guys were calling me that I couldn't
hear, including him......hmmmmm....
Changed over to Dad's old 1000MP MKV, and guess what? I could hear a normal
sounding band with lots of signals to work ;-)

Guess that 1000MP is dead on 160M. It sounds down a little (about 10db)on the
other bands, so maybe some fixing is needed... DARN!

So, it turned out being a great weekend.....I got a new computer system up &
running with N1MM (which I think I'm going to like when properly educated) &
actually made some Q's.....

Now, I've spent a couple more days figuring out what the heck to try with N1MM,
and actually think I'm all setup for SO2V for the ARRL 10M contest.

We'll go give that contest a try, cw only, and see what adventures
materialize!

None of this would be any fun at all if it wasn't always a mind boggling
challenge....;-)

Let's hope some contest like Q's are on the horizon....Hope to be and see you
there...;-)

73, Kurt


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