[NCC] Fwd: PaQP W1NN Single Op CW LP
Hal Offutt
hal at japancorporateresearch.com
Sun Oct 15 22:55:00 EDT 2017
Lots of fun playing vintage radio op this weekend. I looked for K8MR
throughout Saturday afternoon as he drove across PA but only heard him
once and he disappeared before I could zero beat him.
I did work fellow vintage radio op NO3M on three bands. You sounded
great Eric. K8RYU was evidently mobile in PA but I only heard and
worked him in one county.
73, Hal W1NN
Pennsylvania QSO Party
Call: W1NN
Operator(s): W1NN
Station: W1NN
Class: Single Op CW LP
QTH: OH
Operating Time (hrs): 6
Summary:
Band CW Qs Ph Qs RTTY Qs PSK31 Qs
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160: 10
80: 17
40: 76
20:
15:
10:
6:
2:
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Total: 103 0 0 0 Mults = 37 Total Score = 14,022
Club: North Coast Contesters
Comments:
This month marks the 60th anniversary of getting my ticket back in October of
1957. My call then was KN8HVT. To commemorate the occasion, I hauled out my old
Viking Ranger and Hammarlund HQ-110C and fired them up. Amazingly they
still work after years of just sitting there. The RX is the original radio I
purchased in 1958 while still a Novice and has been in its box for most of the
last 50 years. I bought the Ranger about 10 years ago from another ham but it
is identical to the one I bought in kit form right after I upgraded to a
General in 1958. Yesterday was the first time I plugged it in and I am so happy
that it works. Boy, does that radio get warm! It could almost provide enough
heat for the whole second floor of my house.
The PAQP was the perfect event for testing the old radios. It took a little
getting used to hearing both sidebands in the RX - it makes the bands sound
very crowded. It took a little getting used to zero beating each station but
after I figured out the technique, most stations could hear me. I still have
my original Vibroplex bug but I couldn't make the CW sound very good so I sent
everything with a straight key at about 12 wpm.
Low band conditions were very good and the FRC boys really did a great job.
Thanks to everyone for a lot of fun over six decades!
73, Hal W1NN
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