NA Sprint SSB Contest - February
Call: KC0W/M
Operator(s): KC0W
Station: KC0W/M
Class: Single Op LP
QTH: North Dakota
Operating Time (hrs): 2
Summary:
Band QSOs Op Time
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80:
40: 67 2
20:
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Total: 67 Mults = 1 Total Score = 1
Club:
Team:
Comments:
Say what you want, CW is still the king!!!
Operated once again from the driveway instead of from on top of the hill in
the cow pasture. Signals are down a little when I operate this way but I really
didn't wanna drive out to the pasture tonight. Only put 2 hours into the Sprint
& my final total shows it, hihi.
Nice to work my contesting buddies on SSB who I usually work on CW. Great to
work South Dakota as well. I have to wonder when was the last time the two
Dakota's worked each other in the Sprint? Nice also to work another bovine
station, AC0W. It was a real "MOOOOving" experience.
Installed a 900 watt solid state homebrew amplifier in the mobile last week
but because of the sprint's 100 watt limit I didn't put it in line. Plus I need
to me moving to keep the RPM's up to power the 150+ amp draw it needs.
I'm getting shellacked in 'tests by not being able to run SO2R from the
mobile. Just as no one I know is running 900 watts from a mobile, I'm seriously
thinking it's time to explore a SO2R setup in the KC0W mobile. I'm kicking
around some ideas on paper regarding some extreme attenuating homebrew bandpass
filters. Chances are I will go with another Kenwood TS-480 HX for the second
radio. Not sure what I'm gonna do about the most important item, the second
screwdriver antenna. I get enough weird looks now with my big screwdriver
antenna just wait 'till I install a second one.
As most can tell by now, I don't log anything except the total number of Q's
in most 'tests while operating from the mobile. I contest because I LOVE to do
it & not to win any paper. This MIGHT change in the near future as I start to
incorporate computer logging into the mobile station. I played in the big RTTY
'test this afternoon from the mobile using a laptop..........Bet some of the
240+ stations I worked were scratching their heads when KC0W/M came across
their screens, hihi!!!
As always happy to provide the North Dakota mult to the boys & see ya all this
Thursday using the KING of all modes, CW.
MOOO,
Tom KC0W
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