[NCC] PhFray KW8N LP

[Robert Hayes]

Phone Fray - Feb 24

Call: KW8N
Operator(s): KW8N
Station: KW8N

Class: Single Op LP
QTH: OH
Operating Time (hrs): 0.5
Radios: SO2R

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
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  160:       7          7
   80:      17        16
   40:      25        12
   20:           
   15:           
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Total:  49        35    Total Score = 1,715

Club: Mad River Radio Club

Comments:

Nothing on 20 meters but seemed to be folks to work on the other bands.
75M very productive for multipliers.  A little late getting to 160 meters.

Checked out the station about 1/2 hour before contest and discovered 75M loops high SWR (about 6:1)
Did a quick ohmmeter check on the PL-259 at the station end and it was open (coax feeds DE directly).
Went outside and lowered ropes to reach DE feed point and saw (in the dark) that shield of coax cable had 
broken off of the loop.  Didn't have time to make a "real repair" in the dark so used utility knife to strip off 
some insulation from the outside coax and loop wire and then used a small pair of vice grips to "clamp" the 
exposed wire to the exposed shield and then hoisted it back in the air with 10 minutes to spare. 


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