[RTTY] KD6NA/1 WPX SOAB LP One radio, not much of an antenna

[Jim Shank]

Well, this was only about my 3rd contest...I'm still amazed that I can 
get any contacts with my simple setup: 100 watts an an almost complete 
G5RV (the last ten feet hang DOWN over a tree branch, because my lot 
isnt big enough). BUT, I certainly felt the limitations of this setup 
this weekend, especially on 15m where I had a very high SWR with all the 
snow and ice on the antenna. Still had lots of fun, 10m was much better 
that I expected. Biggest disappointment: I had 98 DXCC entities going 
into the weekend and came out with only 100. Only 2 new ones (9G and 
YB--thanks)!

--Jim, KD6NA (QTH: nr. Boston, MA)


       Band  Contacts     Mults     Score
       ----  --------     -----     -----
        3.5        36        18      2628
          7       100        48     21024
         14       156        67     23919
         21        92        33      7359
         28       197       110     57970
      Total       581       276    466716

     ** Note that the number of contacts includes dupes **


      Final Score : 466716

              Rig : Kenwood TS-2000, 100 Watts.

         Antennas : G5RV

          Soapbox :

WPX RTTY - 2003-02-08 0000Z to 2003-02-10 0000Z - 581 QSOs
KD6NA/1 - Off Times > 60 Minutes

02/08/03 06:49:00 - 02/08/03 12:21:13     332 mins
02/08/03 14:08:58 - 02/08/03 15:18:47     70 mins
02/08/03 21:09:05 - 02/08/03 22:35:32     86 mins
02/09/03 01:26:26 - 02/09/03 02:43:05     77 mins
02/09/03 03:59:53 - 02/09/03 13:10:50     551 mins
02/09/03 14:07:43 - 02/09/03 15:23:57     76 mins

Total Time Off 19.87 hours
Total Time On 28.13 hours