[SECC] California QSO Party W4IX SOABMIXEDHP

[Kevan Nason]

Great job! Despite all the problems you sure tromped my 2011 effort of 92K
pts.  See you in a couple weeks at NQ4I.

Kevan
N4XL

On Sun, Oct 6, 2013 at 6:19 PM, <jrcccd at aol.com> wrote:

>             California QSO Party
>
> Call: W4IX
> Operator(s): W4IX
> Station: W4IX
>
> Class: SOFixed HP
> QTH: SC
> Operating Time (hrs): 24
>
> Summary:
> Band  CW Qs  Ph Qs
> --------------------
>   160:    0      0
>    80:   69     47
>    40:   58     39
>    20:   79    167
>    15:   92     75
>    10:   78    213
>     6:    0      0
>     2:    0      0
> --------------------
> Total:  376    541  Mults = 57  Total Score = 125,970
>
> Club: South East Contest Club
>
> Comments:
>
> Crazy weekend. Installed 20 radials on my 80 meter Inv. L. Put up a 40
> meter
> dipole at 36 feet since my sloper was busted. No 160 antenna. Decided to
> swap
> out my TS940 with a IC765 since I was getting reports of key clicks when
> using
> the 940 with mu 160-10L amp. The 765 was awesome. Only 2 issues...There is
> a
> bad match between the radio and amp and the SWR was high on the radio on
> 20 and
> 40 meters which kept the output low and could not fully drive the amp. I
> tried
> the internal tuner on the 765 but it would just lock up so I had to suffer
> with
> about 400 watts on 20 and 40...500-600 on 80,15,10. I tried loading my 80
> meter
> Inv. L on 160 but it sparked at the SWR bridge and blew it. It also took
> out my
> VK-64 keyer ay 0100Z Sat. night. I thought I was left with only SSB the
> rest of
> the way but the 765 has the internal keyer, just found an adapter for the
> Bencher, plugged it in and went to town. Great Contest. Thanks California.
> I
> pushed this little pistol station to the limits and am satisfied with the
> results. 73's and CU All in CQWW SSB and CW from NQ4I.
>
>  *John Colyard
> Tandem Communications
> Lead Project Coordinator Installations
> MAIN 772.216.6700
> EMAIL jrcccd at aol.com
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