[LCC] Fw: CQWW SSB W5RU(@KN5O) M/2 HP

[kn5o]

Hi George.. 

We'll look for you this weekend.. Hope all is well.. 

73,
Ted, KN5O




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From: K4GM-George <k4gm at verizon.net>
To: kn5o <kn5o at bellsouth.net>
Cc: lcc at louisianacontestclub.org; ddxa at deltadx.net
Sent: Tue, November 2, 2010 11:12:22 AM
Subject: Re: [LCC] Fw: CQWW SSB W5RU(@KN5O) M/2 HP

Looks like  Louisiana is coming on strong!  Good work, guys.   Will be in SS 
this weekend at NR4M probably using my call.  Worked CQ WW RTTY  as M/2 from 
NR4M and plan to do the same for CQ WW CW.   


73, George K4GM
Geaux Tigers!

On 11/2/2010 10:19 AM, kn5o wrote: 
Folks:
>
>Here's the W5RU posting... Had to enter the M/2 category as
>described below.. 
>
>73,
>Ted
>KN5O
>
>
>
>----- Forwarded Message ----
>From: "webform at b41h.net" <webform at b41h.net>
>To: 3830 at contesting.com; kn5o at bellsouth.net
>Sent: Tue, November 2, 2010 9:05:39 AM
>Subject: CQWW SSB W5RU(@KN5O) M/2 HP
>
>                    CQ Worldwide DX Contest, SSB
>
>Call: W5RU
>Operator(s): KN5O K1DW AD5W N5HZ
>Station: KN5O
>
>Class: M/2 HP
>QTH: Covington, LA
>Operating Time (hrs): 42
>
>Summary:
>Band  QSOs  Zones  Countries
>------------------------------
>  160:  23    5      10
>  80:  160    27      70
>  40:  281    32      88
>  20:  423    35      107
>  15:  587    32      129
>  10:  130    15      32
>------------------------------
>Total: 1604  146      436  Total Score = 2,563,710
>
>Club: Louisiana Contest Club
>
>Comments:
>
>Wanted and planned to enter the M/S category, but after review of the log and
>reading and re-reading the rules, we had apparently 3 violations of the 10
>minute rule.  Since we had four radios already pre-tuned to different bands,
>switching between run and mult stations and not doing the proper assignments
>caused the problems.  More work to do there..  But had we planned to operate
>M/2, I believe our score would have been much, much better.  There was a lot to
>work.  AND we did only S&P... 
>
>This was our first operation from the new KN5O shack.. Ran out of space in the
>rear master bedroom office.  Plus XYL just finished chemo 3 weeks earlier. 
>(She was feeling good and was really very understanding about hosting the
>operation for our team, so we planned a nice dinner outing for the XYLs this
>week).  Anyway, we now have 2x/3x the operating space and plenty of cables for
>more antennas, control lines and operating position communication upgrades.
>
>Also, just the day before contest, we had completed installation of 2 of a
>planned 3 phased vertical array for 80m.  I used a Comtek phasing unit, but
>will eventually get the Array Solutions triangular phasing unit installed.  So
>even though not optimized, our 80m results were nearly 300% better than last
>years' posting.
>
>15M was our best band for the buck.. We spent the least percentage of our time
>there for the most contacts.  10M showed some life finally - worked a couple of
>EU and AF stations - besides SA and Caribbean.
>
>20M was tough for us - lots of QRM, but we did about same as last year.. 40M
>seemed tougher this year.  Harder to bust pileups...  Not much to say about
>160M.. With only a dipole at 70 ft., not much you can do from here except work
>the US and Caribbean fairly regularly, which we did..
>
>On behalf of our team, thanks to all who gave us Qs and Mults.. We had a good
>time and look forward to SS and CQWW CW.
>
>73,
>KN5O (Ted)
>
>for the W5RU TEAM  -- K1DW (Dallas), AD5W (Russ), N5HZ (Jim) and KN5O (Ted)
>
>
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http://www.hornucopia.com/3830score/
>
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