I went to a local park on Saturday and put up a 50' doublet, more or less vertically and operated for about 20 minutes, then again on Sunday morning from the apartment with the same antenna - the noise was much better at the apartment than it was last time I listened, so that's promising. �Total operating time was a little under 2.5 hours, with the FT817ND at 5w.

� � � � � � �ARI International DX Contest

Call: AA4GA
Class: SO CW QRP
Operating Time (hrs): 10 min

Summary:
�Band �CW Qs �Ph Qs �RTTY Qs �Mults
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� 20: � 1
� 15: � 2
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Total: � 3 � � �0 � � � 0 � � � 3 �Total Score = 48

� � � � � � � � � �New England QSO Party

Call: AA4GA
Class: Single Op QRP
Operating Time (hrs): 2.5

Summary:
�Band �CW-Dig Qs �Ph Qs
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� 20: � � 33
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Total: � � 33 � � � 0 �Mults = 24 �Total Score = 1,584