[NCC] Fwd: K8AL WWCW Thrashing About

[Nzharps@aol.com]

Here is the K8AL report from WW cw.


In a message dated 11/24/02 9:11:43 PM Pacific Standard Time, k8al@juno.com 
writes:


> BAND   Raw QSOs   Valid QSOs   Points   Countries   Zones
> ___________________________________________________________
> 
>   160CW       21          21         44        17        11
>    80CW       59          59        158        54        19
>    40CW      181         181        510       114        33
>    20CW      255         255        719       112        35
>    15CW      317         317        899       125        33
>    10CW      397         396       1154       109        29
> ___________________________________________________________
> 
> Totals     1230        1229       3484       531       160
> 
>     Final Score = 2,407,444 points.
> 
> Here I am, back from the hill, smelling like a goat - looks like 39 hours
> on the #>&@ radio!
> 
> Arsenal:
> FT-1000 + Narrow 250 Hz + HF-2500 for "run" band, AL-82 for search/pounce
> 160m: 1/4 wave sloper at 75'
> 80m:  1/4 wave sloper at 75'
> 40m:  Force12 Mag140N dipole at 79' (new - like it!)
> 20m: Hy-Gain 204BA at 78'
> 15m: Hy-Gain 155BA at 63'
> 10m: Hy-Gain 105BA at 52'
> 
> Nothing smoked this time!  Lousy rate, though.  Best full-hour was 112,
> below my best of 160+.  Just couldn't sustain it.  Prefer to think it was
> propagation rather than incompetence (fat chance).  Really need to build
> SO2R, just don't want to cope with / pay for that.  Currently use second
> VFO and manual relay-switching to easy-tune AL-82 for search/pounce. 
> Kind of a Field Day operation, actually.
> 



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