[SCCC] IOTA 2011

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Name of  Contest: IOTA 2011 
Islands On The  Air 
Call:  NC6Q 
Operator(s):  NC6Q 
Station:  NC6Q 
Class: Low  Power 
QTH:  NC6Q 
Operating Time  (hrs): off n on 
24-hour  category 
Summary 
Band     QSOs            Mults 
-------------------------------------------- 
80          
40           6            2 
20           9            2 
15         16            5 
10 
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31            9            Totals 

Total  Pts:  1809 
Club: Southern  California Contest Club 
Comments: 
With my trust  multiband attic dipole again and Kenwood TS0-50. First time 
in the IOTA Contest.  Used the “SD by EI5DI” logging software specially 
tailored (with template) to  the IOTA test. Very nice seeing pertinent islands 
displayed. Spent a good bit of  time learning the software, but it works 
very well. I’ve gotta get the PC to  talk to my radio soon and my life would be 
easier during contests. Kept a  notepad and pencil nearby (worked only CW) 
for backup but really entered nearly  everything directly on the keyboard. 
And my confidence is building with this  too. And, as I was advised, there IS 
a lot of time to enter the numbers via  touch-typing even at higher speeds. 
The numbers are just so darn (fortunately)  long. The trick is to copy them 
accurately (and a tad behind) in your head to  begin with! Cool. Found 
FO5RH on (island) OC-066 (Tuamotu Archipelago—French  Polynesia) sending really 
slow, but, hey, everyone slowed down for him and  worked him! I hope to 
activate some of many islands of Panama someday. That  would be a lot of fun. 
73--Bob