VP2MGF WPX SSB Score
Category: Single Operator, Low Power
Operator: VP2MGF(WB9HRO)
Band QSOs Pts Mults
160 0 0 0
80 0 0 0
40 5 24 5
20 190 399 70
15 1016 2189 349
10 1 3 1
Total: 1212 QSOs 425 Mults 1.111,375 Points
Time: CT says 25.4 hours, but at least 4 or so more very unproductive hours
were spent monkeying around on 20, 40, and 80.
Equipment: IC-745 (when it was working), IC-726 - 50 to 80 watts out,
dipole up 25 ft in a tree, R-5 vertical nearly on the ground. 95 % of
contacts were made using the vertical.
Best hour 115, last hour on 20 - all the big guns seemed to have retired.
Worst hour - most of the rest.
Lowlight - VP2MFS was visiting Sunday morning, and his 4 year old daughter
ran headlong into a sliding glass patio door, shattering it. Fortunately she
suffered only scratches, but it scared everyone.
Highlights - Meeting some of the local hams, including VP2MB, VP2MR, VP2MT,
and VP2MFS. Seeing the island. Running europeans on 80 CW for a couple of
hours Friday night when I couldn't work anyone on phone in the contest. (Does
this count as listening time?)
This was a field day style operation combined with a family vacation. Total
tear down time Mon nite before we left was 55 mins.
Jim Fitzpatrick, WB9HRO
Madison, WI
jhfitzjr@aol.com
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