Poisson d'Avril Contest
Call: K1DG
Operator(s): K1DG
Station: K1DG
Class: First
QTH: NH
Operating Time (hrs): 1
Summary:
Band QSOs
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160: a few
80: a few more
40: quite a few
20: lots
15: not a lot
10: hardly any
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Total: Enough Total Score = Wow!
Club: Yankee Clipper Contest Club
Comments:
**NEW US RECORD**
This is not really a "write-up" but an ongoing attempt to post my score quickly
after the contest and do the write-up later. :-)
Another truly amazing operating experience in my favorite contest!
Wednesday late afternoon was really tough with the
oncoming vicious T-storm & Tornados that had caused a lot of damage earlier in
NC and then PA. Static crashes built to S9+20 making most q's impossible,
especially those in Asia. Very sorry for appearing to be an alligator!
**NEW US RECORD**
Fortunately the nasty lightning, marble-sized hail and high winds waited until
0030z (phew!)to come, giving me just enough time to finish the contest and
disconnect everything.
Sure glad I put up my "West" dipole on Wednesday. The
"South" dipole had worked so well, that I wanted to try a 2nd directional
antenna. 35' isn't a great height, but the nulls actually helped at times.
Since these dipoles are on separate feedlines from my 20 meter stack, I
developed a thick callous on the fingers of my left hand with the thousand+
manual "switches" that I made on the MFJ 6 pos switch switching between the
antennas. The setup is so "low-tech" that it is pretty laughable. I can just
imagine someone visiting my station and saying "You actually use THAT?" :-)
**NEW US RECORD**
Kudos to long-time Pd'A entrant W7WHY with his usual great effort
Finally, operating the Pd'A is TOUGH! I was reminded once again why I
love real contests so
much. Less bandwidth/splatter/intermod, easier to copy signals, more Eastern
EU/Russian activity and a lot less wear and tear on my ears!
**NEW US RECORD**
Thanks for all the q's and the mults and cu in WPXCW!
73
Doug K1DG
**NEW US RECORD**
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