[SCCC] KI6VC NAQP RTTY

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NAQP RTTY
 
Call        KI6VC
Station   KI6VC
OP          Me
Exch       Vic CA
Class     SOLP
Op Time 8.75 Hrs
Club        SCCC Team 1
Security   CaveDogs Inc


            QSO     Sec     NA
80         28          7         0
40       103        35        0
20        250       47        2
15         21         13       0
10            0           0       0
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            402         102     2
Claimed Score = 41,808

Station:  756 ProIII,  4 Ele SteppIR @ 55 Ft,  80/160 Sloper 


Random Thoughts

Band conditions were...ech ahhh kind of OK.  20 was good and since little was happening on 10/15 it was alot of pushing&shoving.
I checked 10 and heard nada...did I miss anything??  Checked 15 at the start and found next to nada so worked 20 for 2 hours and went
back.  It was slow and weak.  Made the jump to 40 a tad early hoping for those close in mults but didn't work out to well.  40 was great
once the sunset hit the eastcoast.  80 would have been better IF I had tuned the sloper...did it for 160 but since the rig would "tune it" let it
slide...big mistake.  All that SWR has to go somewhere!! and I had trouble working most stations. That will be fixed for the CW/SSB events.
Had one REALLY BIG scare.  After the second one hour break,  worked 2 Qs to see I had only 10 watts out!!!  Turned out the rig/PS were
over heated and that cost me time letting it cool down.  Thankful I don't have to replace a PA section. I'll have the backup out of the RV
and ready if there is a repeat.  All together, I'm please with the effort.  I only missed two states SD and HI.  SD is no suprise but July must
be a bad time for a contest in HI...didn't hear a one.
Big upgrades at VictorCharlie...gone are the BX tower, the F12 C4...all have a new home now and in their place a SteppIR 4 element on top 
of a TX-455.  I could see the difference on 20 from the start what a change!  More time on 15/10 will/should show the same.  I thought I would
miss the 2 ele on 40 with the C4 but not so.  40/30 upgrade works great.  When I had all the "stuff" stacked in the yard...saw the bags of 
hardware for the SteppIR and the upgrades, the hardware for the tower and look/felt the arthritis in the knees, I called in the pro KJ6Y.  Yep your right Skip costs.
BUT the job was completed in record time (sans desert wind delays) he had everything and knows how to use it...plus a little off for sweat equity.
Cost yes but well worth it to have a real pro do it and do it right.  If you're looking for a tower/antenna check out his website.  The guy moves a ton of stuff and 
always has something of interest.
The Lads had a hard time this weekend.  The mild/wet weather here has given us a bumper crop of wabbits and now squirrels!  With only the ScreenDoor of 
Death holding back canine fury, the boys begged me to do something.  Sorry guys but its a contest.  So to make good on a promise I'll be setting up a
sniper's nest in the RV with the pellet gun and a 9 liter minikeg of beer...They don't teach that at Recon!!!!!
See Yall for the CW event.

73 KI6VC Meko&Sparky

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