On family vacation out west, brought my new IC-746 and 20m/40m mag mount
antenna and operated contest from hotel parking lot in Ogalala, Nebraska
from the family mini van!
Missed first 40 minutes of contest due to dinner with family going late and
wasted time trying to figure out how to use my new IC-746's built in
keyer. Also didn't learn until after the contest that the IC-746 has a
pseudo CW filter (APF), so I did the entire contest without a CW
filter!! Note for next contest... learn how to use radio BEFORE the
contest. Had no 80m antenna, so end of contest was a little boring.
I really had a BLAST and was very glad that I could give out the 'rare'
Nebraska multiplier for a few deserving contesters.
- Scott KA9FOX
Contest Date : 05-Sep-99
Callsign Used : KA9FOX/0
State: NEBRASKA
Category : LOW POWER
Team/Club : DEAD LIZARDS CAN'T SEND CW (SMC) TEAM #2
BAND Raw QSOs Valid QSOs Points Mults Countries
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80CW No antenna
40CW 50 48 48 7 1
20CW 80 79 79 32 0
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Totals 130 127 127 39 1
Final Score = 5080 points.
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