[SCCC] Ten Meter COntest

[Timothy Coker]

That is pretty cool Randy, thanks for the write up and the photos. 60 an
hour is a cool pay off for the effort you invested in the antenna.

73,

Tim / N6WIN.

On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 9:05 PM, Randy Johnson <randyj at loan-wolf.com> wrote:

> I have been looking forward to the Ten Meter Contest in order to try out a
> new antenna I have been thinking about for a long while. I live in an
> antenna restricted community and have been using stealth vertical antennas
> that no one can see.
>
> I had hoped to develop a "gain" antenna based upon the Spiderbeam design
> where the reflector and director elements are "V" shaped.   The whole array
> is supposed to act like a 4 element Yagi.
>
> You can see pictures of my antenna at
> http://www.savvyborrower.com/TenMeter.htm
>
> I was unable to spend consistent time and the antenna acted crazy on
> Sunday morning and I had to shut down. It was the time when I should have
> been able to work Europe.  As to results, I was able to get S9 reports from
> the East Coast, something I never have been able to get with verticals.
>  When I tried running, I was able to approach 60 Q's per hour, something I
> never have been able to before.
>
> I was not serious about trying to get a big score, as I could have done by
> running JAs, or W's for that matter.  I just felt like staying on CW and
> seeing how well the antenna would work.  I was able to spend about 8 hours
> here and there.
>
> Contacts: 334
>
> Multipliers: 78
>
> Score: 104,208
>
> Rig: IC-756 PRO II
>
> Amp: Elecraft KPA500
>
>
>
> Randy W6SJ
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