ARRL June VHF Contest - 2019
Call: N1PRW
Operator(s): N1PRW
Station: N1PRW
Class: Single Op Port QRP
QTH: EMA
Operating Time (hrs): 6
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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6: 9 2
2:
222:
432:
903:
1.2:
2.3:
3.4:
5.7:
10G:
24G:
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Total: 9 2 Total Score = 18
Club:
Comments:
QRP operation in Andover, Mass at 130' ASL. Weather was sunny and 78F.
Sunday afternoon and evening from home on the FT-817 and 6m dipole on the deck.
Not sure how to do a satisfying hilltop portable station with FT8 on a laptop
for 6-10 hours without bringing a generator with me or 25 lbs of batteries. The
FT-817 uses one 9Ah gel cell every 3.5 hours on FT8.
After a few hours of operating I noticed that I hadn't put the software back
into contest mode after the latest upgrade install, so that was great. I
assembled my contest log manually.
I also had problems getting all five blistering watts into the dipole. I kept
checking the line for problems without finding it. After the contest while
disassembling the antenna I found a fatigued wire lead at the solder joint on
the balun connector, so problem found hours too late.
I made one DX Q to EM, so the band was occasionally decent with enhancements.
Other than that, all within my own grid.
Weak contest, equipment problems, boring mode.
73 Alexander N1PRW
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