[SCCC] WPX SSB K6RO SOAB TB-Wires HP

Mon Mar 30 14:54:48 EDT 2020

Yes - roger roger to all Bill's comments - with one exception - it doesn't
take a seasoned contester to do really well....some guys seem to have the
knack - check out KI6RRN - our new and up coming west coast phenom!!!  The
there are those of us who have to work for years to get half-way
decent...hihi

73,
Dick - W6TK

On Mon, Mar 30, 2020 at 10:01 AM Bill Shell - N6WS <n6ws at n6ws.com> wrote:

> Larry,
>
> I would say you did very good compared to Dick (W6TK).  Dick is in a
> very quiet location, which really helps on 80m and 160m.  On 80m, his
> quarter-wave sloper work quite well getting into the Caribbean, SA, AF,
> AS, & EU.  On 40m, he has 3-elements at 56ft compared to your dipole at
> 43ft.  On 20m, and above he has 4-elements compared to your 2-elements.
> Plus, Dick was operating Single-Op Assisted.  When you are
> hunting-and-pouncing between runs, it is nice to have a bandmap full of
> mults you can watch and hit the ctrl-dwn or ctrl-up to get to the next
> mult.  I'll leave out the part about Dick being a seasoned dedicated
> contester.
>
> Congratulations on doing a well in the contest.
>
> 73, Bill
> N6WS
>
>
> On 3/30/2020 9:08 AM, W6PH via SCCC wrote:
> > Tim,
> > I don't recall ever beating you.  I also used Dick (W6TK) as a benchmark
> for my efforts as our antennas were similar in height.  But Dick doesn't
> have a 14,000 foot mountain five miles west of him!
> > Tim has developed a super station in the Arizona desert near
> Wickenberg.  I was fortunate to operate from there in the CQ 160 Contest in
> January.  It was amazing working 52 Europeans and 45 JA stations.  His
> location is so quiet that I could hear a flea pass gas in W1.
> > I agree that it is great to hear K6RO back on the bands.  He hasn't lost
> his touch in the 10 year absence.
> > 73, Kurt W6PH
> > In a message dated 3/30/2020 8:45:16 AM Pacific Standard Time,
> sccc at contesting.com writes:
> >
> > Larry, you’re really doing well with that hardware man! Reading your
> references to W6TK reminds me of exactly the same... Dick was someone I
> always tried to be close to from my So Cal city lot too!
> > I remember a contest where W6PH and I agreed to just do say 24 of 48
> hours. We had a blast taking what would have been a part time effort into a
> full time personal competition. I recall the senior man beating me up!
> >
> > Great to see you’re back into it so much!
> > 73,
> > Tim / N6WIN
> >
> >
> > Sent from Yahoo Mail for iPhone
> >
> >
> > On Sunday, March 29, 2020, 19:41, Larry Shapiro <lashap at cox.net> wrote:
> >
> >                      CQWW WPX Contest, SSB - 2020
> >
> > Call: K6RO
> > Operator(s): K6RO
> > Station: K6RO
> >
> > Class: SOAB HP
> > Class Overlay: TB-Wires
> > QTH: LAX
> > Operating Time (hrs): 35
> >
> > Summary:
> > Band  QSOs
> > ------------
> >    160:
> >    80:  51
> >    40:  322
> >    20:  802
> >    15:  70
> >    10:  17
> > ------------
> > Total: 1262  Prefixes = 445  Total Score = 837,490
> >
> > Club: Southern California Contest Club
> >
> > Comments:
> >
> > Decided to do full time HP to test out what I have up now.
> > Started on 15,but it died within minutes..switched to 20m ,and things
> were
> > pretty good.Spent 2.5 hrs on 20,and had 169 q's. Switched to 40m,and
> spent
> > 2.5
> > hours there..had 318 q's at 05:17z. Went to 80..spent an hour there,and
> went
> > back to 40.Stayed there until I went to bed at 0800z with 421 q's .
> > I could tell after the first 8 hours that I need more gain on 20 and 40.
> 2
> > elements at 40 feet on 20.and a dipole for 40m at 43 feet just doesn't
> cut
> > it in
> > contests.Just too hard to find a run frequency,or keep it after I carve
> one
> > out.
> >
> > Got up Saturday at 1400z,and made 1 q on 80,and a few on 40 before going
> to
> > 20m.
> > Stayed on 20 until 1941z,with just a few band changes to 15m.
> > I really needed 15 to be open to stateside,as 20 was just too crowded.
> > I worked all the SA stations on 15..most were pretty loud,and checked
> 10m a
> > few
> > times.Then back to 20m...and continued to check 10 and 15m quite often.
> > 20m was the main band,as I had some good runs there.my best was
> Sunday..257
> > q's
> > at 76 per hour..that is good for me with the antennas I have :)
> > Went to bed Saturday night at 0530z with 1028 q's. Got up Sunday at
> > 1208z,and
> > Spent 30 minutes trying 80,then 40,before getting on 20m.
> > I spent most of the contest trying to run,until I had to move..sometimes
> I
> > only
> > worked 3-5 stations before back to S and P until I found another run
> spot. A
> > good run for me is at least 20 q's. In this contest, I had 13 pretty good
> > runs
> > that totaled about 700 of my 1262 q's .Sunday was difficult , as only 20m
> > was
> > open , and everyone was there. Sunday morning N1MM crashed 2 times..never
> > happened before..the entry screen went black,and I could not exit the
> > program.
> > Each time I had to restart the computer..glad no data was lost. It never
> > happened again, so I was happy. My voice keyer had a mind of it's
> own...3-4
> > different issues with it..possible RF in the shack ?
> > I knew I was in trouble Q Wise on Saturday,as I heard Dick W6TK was 500
> q's
> > ahead of me. Without Dick being on,I probably would have stopped Saturday
> > night,but I wanted to compare my station with his.. I did the best I
> could
> > with
> > what I have at the moment.
> >
> > As Bill, N6RV said before this contest,this will be a worked all stated
> > contest,with not much DX. Where were all the JA's ?
> > Europe was weak for me,and I had no interest in any pileups.
> > I really missed contesting and all my friends when I was MIA for 16
> years. I
> > am
> > back,and am having fun again. Thanks for all the q's,73,Larry K6RO
> >
> > K3S
> > KPA-1500 Amp
> > Heil Pro7
> > N1MM
> > JK Navassa at 37 feet
> > JK 40M Dipole at 43 feet.
> > Long wire for 80m at 15 feet.
> >
> >
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