[NCC] Fwd: IARU K8MR SOABCW QRP

[Jim Stahl]

> Begin forwarded message:
> 
> From: webform at b4h.net
> Subject: IARU K8MR SOABCW QRP
> Date: July 9, 2017 at 8:50:10 AM EDT
> To: 3830 at contesting.com, k8mr at arrl.net
> Reply-To: k8mr at arrl.net
> 
> IARU HF World Championship
> 
> Call: K8MR
> Operator(s): K8MR
> Station: K8MR
> 
> Class: SOABCW QRP
> QTH: SNJ
> Operating Time (hrs): 2
> 
> Summary:
> Band  CW Qs  Ph Qs  Zones  HQ Mults
> -------------------------------------
>  160:                           
>   80:                           
>   40:   28            3        2
>   20:   12            3        6
>   15:                           
>   10:                           
> -------------------------------------
> Total:   40     0      6        8  Total Score = 1,092
> 
> Club: North Coast Contesters
> 
> Comments:
> 
> Another exercise in providing weak signals to test the copying skills of others.
> We're on vacation with our daughter in Long Beach Island, NJ, so I brought along
> the KX3 with dipoles suspended from a 12 foot mast on the small rooftop deck,
> draping the wires over the edge. 
> 
> After arriving in the afternoon, unpacking, and dinner, I got on 20 meters and
> had some reasonable success for a QRP station. However, shortly thereafter my
> son-in-law came wondering why a bunch of circuit breakers had to be reset. Five
> watts on battery power didn't seem to explain things, but after getting back on
> the same thing happened. It turns out that the RF was enough to trip these arc
> fault circuit interrupting breakers. Being after dark and affecting baby
> monitors, I went QRT for the night. I did get back on for the last two hours,
> on 40 meters.
> 
> Good to work lots of friends in the time I was on.
> 
> 73 - Jim  K8MR
> 
> 
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