[3830] IARU K1LT SO CW HP

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                    IARU HF World Championship

Call: K1LT
Operator(s): K1LT
Station: K1LT

Class: SO CW HP
QTH: Ohio EM89ps
Operating Time (hrs): 16.75

Summary:
 Band  CW Qs  Ph Qs  Zones  HQ Mults
-------------------------------------
  160:    49    0       7        6
   80:    98    0      11       21
   40:   237    0      17       31
   20:   449    0      29       32
   15:   264    0      21       33
   10:    60    0      10        6
-------------------------------------
Total:  1157    0      95      129  Total Score = 868,224

Club: Mad River Radio Club

Comments:

I wanted to enter the 2013 IARU contest as a full time participant,
but I had to miss the first hour or so to drop my daughter at the
rendezvous point for a day-trip.  Also conditions at the start seemed
somewhat poor which contributed to my somewhat indifferent attitude.
Around noon I noticed the cheap, low, fixed beam was not working and I
took about 40 minutes to fix it.

Saturday afternoon saw better rates and I kinda got into the full-bore
spirit and I began to close in on last year's QSO count.  The late
afternoon 20 meter peak was very nice and the first sweep across 40
meters before dusk was also productive.  I was able to maintain
butt-in-chair until about 0600Z an then my dedication wandered off.  I
took the fatal nap, and that was the end of that contest.

High band conditions seemed blah while the low bands were pretty good.
The static seemed more evident on 40 than 80 or 160 but it was pretty
low for summer.  I got to 160 a bit late and only found a couple of
Europeans, although their signals were surprisingly strong.  Around
0300Z the static on 160 rose dramatically in a short time which ended
the fun on that band.

I'm still getting used to the Alpha 8410.  It works well, but it is
very, very loud.  I find myself adjusting my operating patterns to
favor S&P which calls for less transmitting and therefore less
high-speed blower noise.  Since the blower goes to high-speed based on
a temperature difference of only about 5 degrees, I'm thinking that if
I arrange to "feed" cool air to the amplifier's air intake, maybe
the
blower will stay in low-speed mode most of the time.  Of course, the
blower goes to high speed in order to greatly increase the volume of
air to maintain that 5 degree difference, so the slow moving cool air
will have to be quite cold to have the same effect.  Any suggestions?

Equipment: Elecraft K3 & P3, Alpha 8410, Cushcraft X7 at 60 feet,
Cushcraft A3S at 30 feet (fixed), quarter wave ground mounted vertical
on 40, 65 foot tall "tee" on 160 with surrounding cage wires for 80
meters.  Lots of radials, Beverages and phased short verticals.


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