[CQ-Contest] Shack power wiring

[00tlzivney at bsuvc.bsu.edu]

I am now getting ready to put some 220v in the shack - the shack is
about 125 feet from the main breaker box.  I have 400amp service with
a number of extra knockouts in the subpanel attached to the main box
that I could put more circuits on.  The question is:

Should I run two 220v, 20amp circuits and two 120v, 20 amp circuits,
each 125 feet long, from the main subpanel OR have a separate subpanel
put in in the shack (probably a 60 amp) and run short runs to the rig?
I assume I could more easily run the four 10 gauge romex from the main 
subpanel than install the big stuff for the 60amp subpanel.  Also, I
may want to get a pro in; if so, any idea which SHOULD be cheaper so
I can bargain intelligently?   Which should be better electrically?

Terry Zivney, N4TZ/9
00tlzivney at bsuvc.bsu.edu


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>From Ron Wetjen <wd4ahz at arrl.net>  Sat Mar 13 20:16:18 1999
From: Ron Wetjen <wd4ahz at arrl.net> (Ron Wetjen)
Date: Sat, 13 Mar 1999 20:16:18 +0000
Subject: [CQ-Contest] Hear and be heard
References: <003001be6d84$021cb8e0$1181b4ce at kg5u.hal-pc.org>
Message-ID: <36EAC792.3D5019CA at gte.net>


> If you absolutely can't get anyone out of the pile, it's better to 
> wait and call QRZ again than to pick up someone who "tailends" the 
> pileup.
> 
> At XA5T, I picked a few off that way by just waiting out the
> pileup when I couldn't get a call or at least three or four of
> the prefix/suffix characters 

Here is one time I've found a long callsign to be helpful!  Everyone
calls at once, and then when the sudden burst of calls stop, my "AHZ" is
still being sent (No, I don't send my last 3 letters ... I send my full
call EVERY time, but my prefix gets lost in the initial roar!)  Many
times I've busted through, with the other station saying "AHZ?", and we
make the Q!

Also, wonder how many times my call showed up as "busted" in the SS
reports, despite possibly sending it 3 times - CQing, during the
exchange, and at the end of the QSO ... even more often if I KNOW it's
busted!

73, Ron  WD4AHZ


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