ARRL January VHF Contest
Call: K7XC
Operator(s): K7XC
Station: K7XC
Class: SO 3Band LP
QTH: DM09jh - N NV
Operating Time (hrs): 14
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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6: 12 8
2: 16 7
222: 0 0
432: 5 5
903:
1.2:
2.3:
3.4:
5.7:
10G:
24G:
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Total: 33 20 Total Score = 760
Club: Northern California Contest Club
Comments:
Spent several days in the cold before the contest to Find, Fix,
and Refurbish the 144 and 432 yagis back to their former glory.
The 2M yagi is now 16 elements on a 30ft boom, the 432 yagi is
now 22 elements on a 6WL boom. Finished installing the 432
feedline in 38 degree temperatures with 40+ MPH gusts. One last
effort to truss the 2M yagi and then raise them to full height
of the tower trailer in the stunning Nevada Sunset. Testing the
SWR of all 3 antennas showed them to be perfect. Starting the
contest 30 Minutes late wasn't too bad considering 144 and 432
had no antennas ready Wednesday evening. The restored full length
yagis played like gangbusters making getting the attention of
folks on the other side of the Sierras a whole lot easier. I also
scrounged up a 30ft run of 1/2" Heliax for 432 which helped alot
as I had no working preamp available. Not a hint of Es, The
Rocks were very sparse all weekend making it very hard to Utilize
MSK144 MS on 6M. Still was nice to bump into everyone again in
between bouncing back and forth between NAQP SSB and this
contest. Here's to a quick return to Spring time! The station
consisted of an IC746 (6/2) and a IC706mkIIg (432) each running
barefoot (80W 6/2 and 45W 432). 73s de Tim - K7XC - DM09jh... sk
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