Sprint! What sprint?
I got on about 8:00 PM and was greeted by a wall of power line noise,
which made receiving anything less than S5 impossible. The noise blanker
helped abit, but conditions were just impossible. To add to the frustration,
there was no propagation at all. I never turned on the big generator. It
gulps 1.65 gallons of diesel per hour, so just ran 100 watts. I worked about
20 stations in 6 grids. Best DX was FN20. I almost missed my own grid, and
only worked two grids out of the eight that connected to my grid!
I did hear K5TR for a short time on CW around 02:30 Z. That and W3ZZ was
the only non local signal heard here. I am looking for a new hobby.
73
Dave K1WHS
----- Original Message -----
From: "Kenneth E. Harker" <kharker@cs.utexas.edu>
To: "3830" <3830@contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 11, 2003 6:11 AM
Subject: [VHFcontesting] 50MHz Spring Sprint K5TR (WM5R, op.)
> 50 MHz Spring Sprint
>
To: <vhfcontesting@contesting.com>
> Date: 10-11 May 2003
> Call: K5TR
> Operator: WM5R
> Station: K5TR
>
> Class: SOHP
> QTH: South Texas (STX)
>
> Summary:
> Band CW Qs Ph Qs Grids
> --------------------------
> 50: 310 103
> --------------------------
> Total: 310 103 Claimed Score: 31,724
>
> Comments:
>
> Station
> -------
> Kenwood TS-690
> Henry 3CX800 amplifier
> Seven-element yagi at 35'
> Six-element yagi at 65'
> Sony/Heil hybrid headset
> TR Log
>
> The propagation tonight was amazing. The band was open to
> somewhere the entire four hours of the contest. Early on, the
> band was open to Florida and then Georgia, the Carolinas, and into
> Virginia. That opening began to fade in the way it built, with
> Florida stations being the tail end of that opening around 0130
> UTC. Around 0200, the band began to open up to Colorado and then
> Minnesota, and then *boom* all over W0, W8, W9, and VE3. The
> opening was going strong right up to the end.
>
>
> HOUR 6SSB TOTAL ACCUM
> ---- ------ ----- -----
> 23 56 56 56
>
> 0 92 92 148
> 1 45 45 193
> 2 117 117 310
>
> TOTAL 310
>
>
> Top 25 grids worked:
> -----------------------
>
> 1. em10 17
> 2. em95 15
> 3. el96 9
> 4. en52 9
> 5. en34 9
> 6. em86 8
> 7. em75 8
> 8. em83 7
> 9. em74 7
> 10. el98 6
> 11. em94 6
> 12. em96 6
> 13. fm18 6
> 14. en61 6
> 15. en51 6
> 16. en62 6
> 17. en82 6
> 18. em00 5
> 19. fm06 5
> 20. fm05 5
> 21. em93 5
> 22. em84 5
> 23. fm17 5
> 24. em76 5
> 25. en60 5
>
> --
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
--
> Kenneth E. Harker "Vox Clamantis in Deserto"
kharker@cs.utexas.edu
> University of Texas at Austin Amateur Radio Callsign:
WM5R
> Department of the Computer Sciences Central Texas DX & Contest
Club
> Taylor Hall TAY 2.124 Maintainer of Linux on
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> Austin, TX 78712-1188 USA
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