[SCCC] ARRL DX CW 2011

[Timothy Coker]

Good job Bill, I heard you in there several times getting through before me.

How did the stacking play out for you? Were you able to employ them during
your runs, or did you use the seperate antennas for mult chasing and one for
running?

73,

Tim / N6WIN.

On Sun, Feb 20, 2011 at 8:40 PM, Bill Kendrick <kendrick.w at ca.rr.com> wrote:

> Call: N6RV
>
> Operator(s): N6RV
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> Station: N6RV
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>
>
> Class: SOAB LP
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> QTH: LAX
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> Operating Time (hrs): 38
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> Radios: SO2R
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>
>
> Summary:
>
>  Band  QSOs  Mults
>
> -------------------
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>  160:   21    11
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>   80:   68    33
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>   40:  116    44
>
>   20:  325    80
>
>   15:  285    66
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>   10:  112    29
>
> -------------------
>
> Total:  927   263  Total Score = 731,403
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> Club: Southern California Contest Club
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>
>
> Comments:
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>
>
> It was tough staying the chair! It was equally tough trying to stay focused
> with the adrenalin running at full tilt and then exhaustion and anxiety
> sets
> in! It is not nice getting older. It was hard going to sleep for an hour or
> so. Actually it was harder getting up and functioning. All the stations
> with
> the WPX prefixes were struggling with exchanges. I had one and I know how
> confusing they are for the guy in the other end! A short call readable sign
> does wonders! Another problem is the PW7 prefix. How many copied PJ7? That
> is a problem with calls that are unusual and close to familiar ones. How
> about KH0S/KH2? The dits will always get you!
>
>
>
> All the bands were in play however the long haul openings just were not
> there on 20m. Nice to see 10 meters open! What a difference it makes having
> three bands you can run through. There certainly are no slow spots now.
> Actually heard LP on 40 in the morning and 80 opened very nicely at
> sunrise!
> VR2 on 80 at sunrise was loud. Again I missed all of the Middle East and
> Indian Ocean openings if there were any. At least Tunisia was on. I guess
> the Egyptians and the rest of the region were too preoccupied.
>
>
>
> Mostly S&P. I am still amazed how easy it is to work stations using only
> 100
> watts. Then I worked several QRP stations and if the report did not include
> the power I never would have known. One JA station was running on 20 meters
> with only 3 watts. amazing! I did manage a JA run on 10m, 15m, 20m, & 40m,
> particularly interesting at 100 Watts and an 80m loop that is impossible to
> tune on 40m. 160 was fantastic on Friday night! Every time I ran down and
> looked there was someone new! Even a handful of JA stations were loud!
>  Next
> year we should see a lot more on 15 and 10. Exciting times are upon us!
> That
> said not many rare stations came out to play. It was not too difficult
> during the golden years to see a few locals join in the fun. Now it is
> difficult to get even US hams to get involved and the ranks of DX contest
> expeditions are thinning.
>
>
>
> The antennas played very well. They are showing their age. The KT34XA
> actually was used at N6DX's station back in 80s. It was well worn when I
> bought it. The KT36XA is showing some of the typical corrosion issues found
> in the KT34XA nevertheless they both work fine. The 2 element 40 has been
> sorely missed. I should have put it up in the interim instead of putting
> off
> until another antenna was acquired. Six years is too long and at the bottom
> of the sunspot cycle to boot!
>
>
>
> Next year the DB18E and the 4 element SteppIR should be up and ready for
> contest season plus a second rotating mast with a 2 element 5 band quad for
> the off direction. I have plans for a close spaced 4 square on 80. Being
> stuck on a lot it is either an inverted L or shunt fed tower on 160. The
> antenna switches will be routed so I do not have to go to the other
> operating position to change antennas. Also the tuner for 160 hopefully
> will
> be remote at the tower. Manually changing bands is still no problem. All
> the
> automatic stuff is OK I guess just too much hassle when switching between
> stations, a patch panel, the stack match and two six packs does just fine.
>
>
>
> Station:
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>
>
> Flex 5000A 100 watts
>
> KT36XA @80 ft
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> KT34XA @52 ft
>
> 80m Loop @52 ft
>
> Shunt Fed LM470
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