| Subject: | IOTA KU8E SO12CW LP |
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| Date: | Sun, 29 Jul 2018 20:35:32 +0000 |
| From: | webform@b4h.net |
| Reply-To: | ku8e@ku8e.com |
| To: | 3830@contesting.com, ku8e@ku8e.com |
IOTA Contest Call: KU8E Operator(s): KU8E Station: KU8E Class: SO12CW LP QTH: NA-058 Operating Time (hrs): 7:41 Summary: Band CW Qs CW Mults Ph Qs Ph Mults ---------------------------------------- 80: 40: 141 21 20: 125 14 15: 10: ---------------------------------------- Total: 266 35 0 0 Total Score = 63,000 Club: South East Contest Club Comments: Icom 756Pro2 and Hustler mobile whip antennas. It truly amazes me how well you can do with such a simple antenna when you are near salt water. Had some good runs to EU between 21-23z on 20 meters and then on 40 meters after sunset using 100 watts and a mobile antenna! We make this yearly family trip to Jekyll Island, GA. I think my family has figured out why I pick out the last weekend of July every year :) I get to play some radio from somewhere were people want to work me (Almost like a Dxpedition) and they get to go to the beach. This year was a little different since my kids are teenagers (one college age) now and have part-time jobs which makes it harder to get away as a family during the Summer. So I was solo this year. Looking at the map I saw that Amelia Island, FL was only about 35 miles away from NA-058. I decided to do two island groups this year. NA-138 as W4AN and NA-058 as KU8E. Started in NA-138 as W4AN/NA138 in the morning and did about 4 hours from there. Conditions weren't all that great. I then drove up I-95 to Jekyll Island and started from there as KU8E/NA58 in the late afternoon. Conditions were much better and I quit around midnight to drive to the hotel I was staying at off the island. One of these years I need to build a full size 20/40 meter vertical to see how I can do with a real antenna on the sea shore. I echo the sentiment about the lack of activity in this contest from North America. Maybe more people should try to do something like I did. Maybe it will help spruce up activity from NA? Either way I'm not out to win anything in this contest. I just like to have fun handing out a multiplier and get a better rate that you don't get if you aren't on an island. Hope to see everyone next year... Jeff Posted using 3830 Score Submittal Forms at: http://www.3830scores.com/