ARRL DX Contest, CW
Call: WT1T
Operator(s): K1TWF, W1ES, N1TT, WN1V, WO1N
Station: K1TWF
Class: M/S HP
QTH: MA
Operating Time (hrs): 46.5
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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160: 49 33
80: 142 51
40: 501 85
20: 671 84
15: 788 94
10: 595 91
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Total: 2746 438 = 3,604,302
Club: YCCC
Comments:
Club Affiliation: Yankee Clipper Contest Club
Operator List: K1TWF, W1ES, N1TT, WN1V, WO1N
Equipment Description: FT1K, AL1200/SB1000, 40-2CD, TH7, Pair 80M verticles
Not a lot of pre-contest hype here, K1TWF commented a few nights
before the test, "You know the drill, show up and operate". This
was mainly a K1TWF/WO1N show some strategic relief by W1ES and
N1TT. We had WN1V make the first Q so, if necessary, we could
float a couple of non-YCCCers and still make the 2/3rds rule.
Murphy paid a visit Saturday evening. K1TWF was operating, did
a band change and the QSK bulbs blew on the AL1200. This used to
be a common occurrence but a trip to the factory a few years back
resolved the problem, whatever it was. Unfortunately, we used up
all the bulbs and never bothered to restock them. I was on break
at home. I had 2Ms on to hear if any of the other ops were going
to show up. Suddenly I hear K1TWF on the local repeater in a
frantic sprint to one Radio Shack, closed, and then a second, open
looking for bulbs. I headed back to the station to help do the
fix, but something was toast and we blew up two more sets of bulbs
instantaneously. Note we don't use QSK during the contest, so it
is beyond me why we have problems with these things in the first
place. At that point we swapped in the old SB1000, wouldn't load
on 160M and only about 500 watts on some bands.
Our best hour was 1200Z on Sat. with over 140 (15M), other notable
hours 1100Z Sat. @ 128 (20/10), 1400Z Sun. @ 128, 3 other
hours over 110 and 3 other hours over 90. The amp stuff cost us
1.5 hrs during prime 40M time Saturday evening.
All in all our best effort ever from Mike's station despite being
off the air for 1.5hrs and a couple of dB down on power the 2nd
day.
Ken
WO1N
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