[SCCC] WQ6X WPX SSB MS AB HP ( at W6HCD )

[Dick Stepanian]

Hey Dennis,
     Dick, W6TK, here.  Don't believe we have met personally...but always
see your scores in SCCC Reflector...thanks for being there and very
engaged!  I am about ready to put up a 4 ele SteppIR....upgrading from my 3
ele HyGain Explorer 14 which has been up for yrs.  The Explorer 14 works
well...but time to upgrade, plus I got a great deal from a local who wants
to go back to monobanders.   Wonder, how you feel about using the SteppIR in
contesting...especially when changing bands...did you have to wait very long
for antenna to retune, etc?  Also - when moving up and down the band does it
keep retuning - and do you have to wait for antenna to stop tuning before
you transmit.  Bottom line...does the "retuning" time seem to make much
difference in your contesting practices?   Just curious about your
thoughts/comments.   Thanks

Dick



On Mon, Mar 29, 2010 at 1:32 AM, Dennis Vernacchia <n6ki73 at gmail.com> wrote:

> CQWW WPX Contest, SSB
>
> Call: WQ6X
> Operator(s): WQ6X, N6KI
> Station: WQ6X
>
> Class: M/S HP
> QTH: CA
> Operating Time (hrs): 31.6
>
> Summary:
>  Band  QSOs
> ------------
>  160:    0
>  80:  157
>  40:  325
>  20:  595
>  15:  372
>  10:   73
> ------------
> Total: 1522  Prefixes = 616  Total Score = 1,862,784
>
> Club: San Diego Contest Club
>
> Comments: This year John K6AM used NX6T San Diego Contest Club call
> and since Ron WQ6X volunteered to come down to W6HCD Fallbrook site, we
> decided to use his
> great Prefix. Newly installed 3 El SteppIR yagi which replaced aging and
> sometimes troublesome Cushcraft A4
> and it performed very well.  Ron got to operate 75% of the 31 hours as I
> had
> some family matters to tend to.
>
> K3, AL-80A ( 600W ), 3 El SteppIR Yagi @ 40 ft , Cushcraft 40-2CD 2 El 40
> Mtr Yagi at 46 ft, 80 mtr coaxial stub Dipole.
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