ARRL VHF QSO PARTY 1995
Call: W9SZ Country: USA
State: ILLINOIS Category: Single Operator QRP
Grid Square: EN60af Operating time: 7 hours
BAND QSO QSO PTS GRIDS
144 22 22 14
432 11 22 8
1296 1 3 1
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Totals 34 47 23 = 1,081
Equipment Description:
HTX-100 IF rig
Homebrew transverters:
144 MHz 5 watts out (WB4EHS design, HAM RADIO July 1989)
432 MHz 5 watts out (KA9LNV design)
1296 MHz 5 watts out (KK7B design + amp)
Antennas:
144 MHz 12-el. yagi
432 MHz 15-el. yagi
1296 MHz 24-el. loop yagi
Club Affiliation: None
Comments:
The weather was P-E-R-F-E-C-T ! How could I not enjoy myself,
being on a hilltop on such a day?
The band condx were worse than normal. Not many openings, they were
relatively short.
I didn't hear a lot of the regulars I work in this contest. Where
were you guys?
This is to certify that in this contest I have operated
my transmitter within the limitations of my license and have
observed fully the rules and regulations of the contest.
Zack W9SZ
>From Tony and Celia Becker <becker@shell.portal.com> Mon Sep 11 03:50:05 1995
From: Tony and Celia Becker <becker@shell.portal.com> (Tony and Celia Becker)
Subject: AE0M Sprint CW Score
Message-ID: <199509110554.WAA27333@nova.unix.portal.com>
NA SPRINT CW SUMMARY SHEET
Contest Date : 10-Sep-95
Callsign Used : AE0M
Operator : AE0M
Category : Low Power
Default Exchange : Tony CA
Name : Anthony J. Becker
Address : 3273 B. Rocky Water Lane
City/State/Zip : San Jose, CA 95148
Country : United States
email: becker@shell.portal.com
Team/Club : Northern California Contest Club
BAND Raw QSOs Valid QSOs Points Mults Ants (100% aluminum free)
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80CW 44 44 44 1 Delta Loop @ 8'
40CW 47 47 47 16 Delta Loop @ 10'
20CW 41 41 41 16 Delta Loop @ 15'/ Attic Dipole
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Totals 132 132 132 33
Final Score = 4752 points.
RIG: FT-990, FL7000 at 150W & 486DX2-66 MHz running N6TRLog version 5.24.
A BIG County truck came through on Thursday to paint the garden wall on the
expressway side and hooked the 80m delta loop, taking it and the rest of the
antennas down with the part of the eucalyptus tree in which they were
suspended. (That #26 stranded copperweld is some tough stuff)! Once again,
I spent the seven hours before the contest putting up antennas. Sunburned
and confused, this wasn't my best effort, but at least the antennas are back
up. My apologies to those who wondered what the heck was wrong while they
waited. I stayed on 20m too long trying to get my quota of 50 Qs/band, and
so missed it on all bands.
AE0M, Tony Becker - becker@shell.portal.com - Silicon Valley, U.S.A.
>From Danny Eskenazi <0005720561@mcimail.com> Mon Sep 11 07:06:00 1995
From: Danny Eskenazi <0005720561@mcimail.com> (Danny Eskenazi)
Subject: K7SS NA score
Message-ID: <25950911060652/0005720561PK3EM@MCIMAIL.COM>
231/39 Low power, TH7 and a G5RV at 40 feet. Team; Grateful Eds
Good start on 20 and then the curtain hit, kept getting beat to everything
I called, so resorted to CQs with assorted takers. Got to 40 at 0130 and
it was boiling...big huge W2/W3/W4 signals and quick comebacks from them.
Easy to get a quick CQ response from all parts of the country. Almost quit
when WB5SQG insisted on not letting me get a name and QTH from WW2Y QSO.
He CQed every time I asked for a fill. Repeated it so often it seemed
malicious...finally gave up and called HIM for a QSO, so I know he
was hearing me. Found out afterwards it was K5ZD op (would this have happened
with him signing his own call?) Probably some other perspective on this
QSO from the east coast...and I may be missing something..so no hard feelings
...but Im sure he was able to copy my pissed-off comment at 45wpm!) Took a
chunk out of the action timewise, and ruined the "wah" of the flow, and
never really got back into it after that. Anyway, 40 died early, and off to
noisy 80 and eaked out W6s for the rest of the event; sure could have used
another band to go to! Activity seemed way down..I know, its the bottom of
the cycle.... Missed WD0T and K1IU, both of which I tried to psych out and
get to their next frequency ahead of them.....didnt work. And NO VE7 nextdoor.
73 de K7SS seeya next one ...
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