[SECC] K4TD ARRL DX CW Results

[Dan/W4NTI]

What Alabama QSO Party?  No scores for last two years.  No one wanting to 
sponsor it.

Great score.

Dan/W4NTI

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rick Walker" <rnwalker at bellsouth.net>
To: <secc at contesting.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 1:44 AM
Subject: [SECC] K4TD ARRL DX CW Results


>
> I have been in the process of getting a rotating tower system installation
> activated from my QTH.  It looked like we weren't going to make it in 
> time,
> but at the 11th hour things seemed to fell into place.
>
> We managed to get my antenna system on the air around midnight Friday so I
> lost six hours on the front end.  Since the system is new, we were also
> running experiments during the contest to diagnose an SWR issue on the 
> stack
> of tribanders.
>
> Obviously I was interested in seeing how the new system would perform.  A
> contact with a KH6 on 40M relieved all doubt that the system was working
> okay on that band.  He was working a pile of stations when I gave him a
> call.  He returned my call and took the time to ask me about my station. 
> He
> told me that my signal was 100 dB over S9.  (I don't think I have ever 
> seen
> a rig with 100dB on the S-meter so I don't know how to objectively 
> evaluate
> his comment).  However, it was the emotional high point of the contest for
> me.  :)
>
> I did hear some of you on the air during the contest.  The guys over at 
> NQ4I
> were doing a "bang-up" business from what I heard.  It seems that all the
> hard work on the antennas really paid off.  Congratulations to them on a
> great effort.
>
> I know my QSO rate wasn't that high, but it is the first time I've worked 
> a
> sustained pile-up like that since 1979.  I am under pressure to get better
> if I want to stay competitive with Dan in the AL QSO party...
>
>
> CALLSIGN: K4TD
> ARRL-SECTION: AL
> CLUB: South East Contest Club
> CONTEST: ARRL-DX-CW
> CATEGORY: SINGLE-OP-ASSISTED ALL HIGH CW
> OPERATING TIME:  26.75 Hours
>
>  Band    QSOs    Pts  Cty
>   3.5      85    255   38
>     7     516   1548   81
>    14     442   1326   88
>    21     248    744   85
>    28      45    135   35
> Total    1336   4008  327
> Score: 1,310,616
>
> For those of you who are interested in the antenna system, here are the
> specifics:
>
> 160M:  See Note
> 80M:  Rotating dipole at 155' (M2)
> 40M:  4 Element yagi at 140' (Opti-beam)
> 20M:  4/4/4 at 125'/85'/45' (Opti-beam)
> 15M:  4/4/4 at 125'/85'/45' (Opti-beam)
> 10M:  8/8/8 at 125'/85'/45' (Opti-beam)
>
> Note:  Unfortunately I had to cancel the plan for the 80M/160M inverted-L 
> at
> the last minute, so the summer project will be to add 160M capability.
>
>
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