N0AH
Single Op phone mode
Exchange 59-07
State of Wyoming
1999 IARU HF Score
365 QSO's 63 Zones 38 HQ's for 116,857
Equipment:
Antennas: 6 Ele Tennadyne Log Periodic; Butternut HF2V; 160 Inv L
RIG - IC756
Ameritron Amp
CT9 logging software
Operated 9.6 hours
SOAP BOX
After spending days preparing for CQWWVHF bust- so it was nice to have a
"just in case" scenerio-. It was my first IARU contest- and it was really
fun-
As ussual, had a possessed MFJ Keyer- just when you think you see it all, the
darn thing locks up my rig's vox when it operated off of a separate 12 V
power supply vs. the one for the rig- when I hooked it up to the rig's power
supply, it worked like a champ! Sounds like an EZ fix but it took an hour to
figure this one out- will be an interesting contribution to my "1,000,001"
Things That WILL Go Wrong book-
CT9 was SNAFU'd too- - book states that I can operate mixed mode, it even
shows the screen for it- but my screen only showed options for ssb or
cw......so I went ssb -
Also, being somewhat in shock over VHF forecasts- I forgot my zone for the
first few QSO's.......sorry to the first victims of my screwup- and thx to
the ops who helped me- I now know forever and ever that I am in Zone 7, not
8, 6, 32 etc......it cost me a few QSO's- but better to find out early
rather than late--
I was somewhat "not into it" after all this fun but when I got my ARRL SS
certificates in the mail around noon- it motivated me to get serious about
this one dispite blank stare into space over VHF conditions-
I spent a lot of time putting up that 6 meter dipole at 12 feet- maybe next
year........
--
FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/3830faq.html
Submissions: 3830@contesting.com
Administrative requests: 3830-REQUEST@contesting.com
Problems: owner-3830@contesting.com
|