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[Jon Kovacs]

Not the best contest weekend for k8ly, but heard lots of my friends on the bands.   It still blows me away that everything can work just great until the evening before the contest!!!    My MFJ voice keyer decided to take a crap on me with an intermittent problem, then my CT 9 program hung up, add my top stack rotor decided it wanted to stay locked on the west direction, and to really put a black cloud on the whole weekend  -  enter the GRANDKIDS!!!!!!!!!....   After hearing me yelling in the radio room, they decided to stay away from grandpa.  My wife told me that they said that I must really be mad at my radio as I have been yelling at it all day!!!!!    Only kids would say that..

All in all, It was good time.  Condx sort of sucked on 10 from Howland, Ohio.   I have finally convinced myself that in order to get a good score I have to drop my hunt and pounce and have the dx come to me.   I have done the hunt and pounce strategy for years and it surly hasn't payed off for me at all...   Just once I'd like to kick some butt...



Hope everyone did well

Great score K3LR and the gang..

Jon k8ly



                 ARRL INTERNATIONAL DX CONTEST -- 2005

 

      Call:      K8LY

      Category:  Single Op

      Power:     Low Power 

      Band:      All Band

      Mode:      SSB 

      Section:   OHIO

 

      BAND     QSO    QSO PTS PTS/Q COUNTRIES

 

      160        0        0   0.0        0

       80        0        0   0.0        0

       40       24       72   3.0       19

       20      125      375   3.0       62

       15      157      471   3.0       68

       10        0        0   0.0        0

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     Totals    306      918   3.0      149  =   136,782

 

 All reports sent were 59(9), unless otherwise noted.

 

Equipment Description:    Yaesu FT1000 MP MARK V FIELD,

 

2 - 3 ELEMENT STACKED TRI BANDERS AT 80' AND 50'.

 

 

Club Affiliation: Northcoast contest

 

This is to certify that in this contest I have operated

my transmitter within the limitations of my license and have

observed fully the rules and regulations of the contest.

 

 

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               Jon kovacs  K8LY

               7831 castle rock ne

               warren, OH 44484