[VHFcontesting] 2m Sprint Results (de KB7DQH)

[Eric Smith]

Modest stations?

Well, compared to W5UN.....

But, the 50-160Watts and single 2-3wavelength Yagi that
most people have I would consider "average".  In CN87QL I
ran a severely modified Cushcraft A147-11 (stretched boom
length to 20 feet, elements D3 to end spaced double the
stock distance, fed with a T match...) and 70 or so watts,
from a modified Mirage amp. (B1016G with driver transistor
removed, input retuned, so now 30W in!)
This is a bit more boom length than the rover and half the
power from a terrible home QTH for VHF.  Still made 19Q's
and 4 grids.  Two of the mults were from VE7DXG/Rover up on
Vancouver Island, some 130 miles distant over less than
forgiving terrain. 

 The powerline noise, not normally a problem here, decided
to kick into high gear just as the tropo from down South
started to pick up. Yuck.  Missed a multiplier and at least
2 Q's due to the noise.

Eric
KB7DQH

On Wed, 5 Apr 2006 13:00:51 -0400
 "Joel Stanley" <kc8dqh at gmail.com> wrote:
> The band was relatively quiet in EN82ir.  From 7 PM local
> to 9 PM
> local, I was able to make six QSOs in two grid squares.
>  I heard a
> third, but was unable to make that QSO.
> 
> Alex KR1ST wrote:
> > The rig was a FT-897 running 50 Watts. I get a chuckle
> out folks calling their
> > multi-hecto-Watt -with-deca-plus-element-beam-stations
> "modest".  :-)
> 
> Total agreement here!  :-)  My station is a FT-736R,
> advertised as 25
> W, 40 feet of 9913, and a Cushcraft A27010S advertised as
> 10dBd and at
> 31 feet AGL, aimed south.
> 
> I hope to hear all of you during the 70 cm Sprint!
> 
> 73 de Joel KC8DQH
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