[SCCC] ARRL 10 XE2GG SO Mixed LP
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ac.ewing at verizon.net
Fri Dec 16 05:14:55 PST 2011
Thank for the well written report Dave. Including the almost Qs made me feel
like I was there.
73, WA6KEK
Connected by DROID on Verizon Wireless
-----Original message-----
From: David Hodge <davidchodge at hotmail.com>
To: sccc at contesting.com
Sent: Fri, Dec 16, 2011 05:08:00 GMT+00:00
Subject: [SCCC] ARRL 10 XE2GG SO Mixed LP
My excellent adventure.
73, David N6AN
> ARRL 10-Meter Contest
>
> Call: XE2GG
> Operator(s): XE2GG
> Station: XE2GG
>
> Class: SO Mixed LP
> QTH: BAC
> Operating Time (hrs): 11
>
> Summary:
> Band QSOs Mults
> -------------------
> CW: 191 68
> SSB: 100 48
> -------------------
> Total: 291 116 Total Score = 111,824
>
> Club:
>
> Comments:
>
> First of all, apologies to ZX5J and LT1F who kept asking me for my number.
I had
> not turned on the VOX yet so I heard my paddle CW via the keyer sidetone,
but I
> wasn't transmitting. Had I sent the exchange with the N1MM message you'd
have
> heard me. Sorry, Gents.
> I just had to lend a hand in activating a Mexican state, but did not have
the
> free time for a full effort. (As N6AN I only got 45 minutes on the air
Friday
> before the band closed.) After a little research I decided to drive to the
> Hacienda Santa Veronica 24 miles from the border at Tecate. The last 6
mile
> stretch is a dirt road and I was prepared to turn around if I felt my
Toyota
> Camry would not survive the trip. I departed on Saturday morning around
1630Z.
> By the time I arrived and set up my portable antenna and station half the
> contest was gone. My first QSO was at 0010Z with JH3AIU. ZM1A went in the
log
> at 0155Z for the last of the evening.
> It was a cold night. My car thermometer read 23 F. Sunday morning just
before
> sunrise. By the way, the room I rented had no heat except for a small
loaner
> space heater. The cold stored in the massive adobe walls was no match for
that
> poor little glowing electrical element. But my $40 sleeping bag was up to
the
> task and I managed to sleep warm and snug, the top of the bag drawn
tightly
> around my face.
> The band popped open with HD2A in the log at 1438Z. Calling CQ rarely
lasted
> more than 10 or 15 minutes. My longest "run" was 25 Qs between 1912 and
1936Z.
> EA8MT and D4C were the only Africans heard, and worked. JA and UA9 were
the
> only Asians. I heard several states that could not hear me including WA
and SD.
> The lone UT station heard could not pull my state out of the mud so the
QSO went
> unfinished. I only worked 3 Mexican states myself. XE2K was too close in
and
> could not hear me. At 2330Z I shut everything down and packed to go. I
wanted
> to be off the dirt road before dark. I just made it to the main highway as
> darkness fully set in. At 0530Z I pulled into my driveway.
> The antenna was a simple homebrew 1/4 wave vertical. The base was
supported by
> a camera tripod with a plate mounted SO-239 accepting the PL-259 carrying
the
> vertical wire element. A carbon fiber collapsible fishing rod supported
the
> wire and some discarded soda bottles taped to the short radials kept them
> extended. The feedline consisted of three sections of salvaged RG-214
cable
> taken from retired TV microwave relay trucks.
> The station was a K3 with N1MM. I had trouble several times when the
keying
> software froze and would repeat my call until I turned off the power to
the
> radio in desperation. (The K3 transmit button would not respond when I
tried
> pushing it.) And the external keyboard would stop working. Running just
100
> watts I found it hard to suspect RFI since I've never experienced this
problem
> before, but anything is possible.
> It was an enjoyable adventure activating BAC. Thanks for digging me out of
the
> noise.
> 73, David XE2GG/N6AN
>
>
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