[SECC] ARRL DX CW WX4TM SOABLP

[wx4tm at tm-moore.com]

ARRL DX CW  21-22 FEB 04

CALL:  WX4TM

CATEGORY:  SOAB LP

OP TIME: abt 5 HRS

BND   QSO PTS  DX
80M    22  66  17
40M    84 228  43
20M     5  15   5
15M    97 291  45
10M    22  66  16
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TOTAL 230 666 126

CLAIMED SCORE: 83,916

RIG: YAESU MARK V FIELD
ANTS: 5 ELE 10-15-20 AT 50 FT,
FULL SIZE 40M VERT AT 35FT,
FULL SIZE GRND MTD 80M VERT

SOAP.. Lots going on around here this weekend. Got our usual fri nite
exercise dancing at the VFW. Wife Mary WX4MM got in about 6 hrs in the
YLRL YL-OM SSB contest and I got to play a few hrs in the ARRL DX test
choosing S&P only. In between, we had company for a couple of hours and
went to our son's birthday dinner. The new Mark V Field worked great.
Getting better acquainted with all the bells and whistles, Hi Hi.  Was
surprised we were getting such good signal reports running low power.
Feed point of 80M Vert is on side of hill in 'a hole'. This afternoon,
modified it by lengthening it abt 20 ft and adding a 5 ft piece of RG-8
at the bottom as a loading capacitor - to effectively raise the feed
point.. tks to Darrell K9MUG for suggestions. Made about 10 Q's
afterwards.. several to EU. I think the xmit efficiency is a tad better.

73, Tom WX4TM