[SECC] W4WA NAQP CW

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                              NA QSO SUMMARY SHEET


    Contest Dates : 13-Jan-01, 14-Jan-01


    Callsign Used : W4WA
         Operator : W4WA

         Category : SOLP (100 watts)

 Default Exchange : RON GA

             Name : RON HOOPER
          Address : 2953 HY 51 SOUTH
   City/State/Zip : LULA, GEORGIA 30554
          Country : United States


        Team/Club : SECC Team 3


   BAND   Raw QSOs   Valid QSOs   Points   Mults   
 __________________________________________________

  160CW      119         119        117      38 
   80CW      102         102        102      32 
   40CW      102         102        101      35 
   20CW      102         102        100      37 
   15CW      102         102        102      40 
   10CW       69          69         69        34 
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 Totals      596         596        591     216 

  Score 127,656 

Comments:

Hi SECC'ers,

Not much of an effort from here. I decided Thursday that I needed to build an 
interface for my ICOM rig and do a SO2R effort. I went by Radio Shack on 
Friday, picked up about 35 bucks worth of parts, 5 bucks worth of beer and 
headed home to get started. I used ONE serial port to key the rig, send the 
cw and control frequency read out. By 10 AM on Saturday I had a headache and 
the interface working. However, the computer could not read the rigs 
commands. The rig would respond to the computer so I was half duplex. I 
started out trying to use the second rig but could not keep up with typing in 
the frequencies. The program would ask for the frequency when I did a dupe 
check on the second rig while sending with the run rig. I logged a few 
contacts on the ICOM in the wrong band but was able to get it cleaned up. I 
finally gave up trying to use the second rig. The problem with the interface 
was that I needed a -12 volts and a +12 volts for the IC circuit. On Sunday 
morning, I took a 9 v battery and soldered it in backwards to get the - 12 
and the interface worked perfect. Wish I thought of that on Saturday! 

I will be on in the NAQP SSB lurking in the distance on team 3 again. Lets 
all use the same name like the Florida guys did. Any good name suggestions? 

Ron



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