It was difficult for me to think I had to sit out another RTTY contest and
watch all of you having so much fun. The Paragon still has a problem that I
have not solved. I can not complete the first exchange of a QSO before the
rig heats up and shuts down. A bunch of us have tried everything we know to
isolate the problem. It still exists and we are still looking. About 1400z I
was listening to all of you and decided to try and get on the air. I found
that if I lowered the power out to below 20 watts, I could complete a
contest exchange without the rig shuting down. So, I used 18 watts into my
amp and ran the contest. The only time it shut down was when I answered a CQ
and found he was not in the contest. By the time I told him about the
contest and gave him the RST/Name/QTH, the rig quit on me. I did S&P only to
keep my exchange short and rig cool. My thanks to George, W1ZT for his
comments about me being able to work the contest.
73....Dick - KS0M
CQ/RJ WW RTTY WPX CONTEST 9/10 February 2002
Call used: KS0M
Location: MO
Entry Class: Single Op, All Band, Low Power
Band QSOs Pts Mults
80 0 0 -
40 0 0 -
20 69 130 -
15 82 183 -
10 83 197 -
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Total 234 510 164 Claimed Score: 83640
Richard C. "Dick" White ks0m@ktis.net
Fulton, MO. 65251-2215
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