[LCC] LCC Digest, Vol 41, Issue 3
Ted Saba
kn5o at bellsouth.net
Tue Mar 6 16:39:27 EST 2012
Mark,
Thanks.. We're looking forward to seeing you and Bobby here Friday
afternoon, Have a safe
trip to Covington..
73,
Ted
KN5O
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> 1. ARRLDX SSB W5RU(@KN5O) M/2 HP (Ted Saba)
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> Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2012 23:09:53 -0600
> From: Ted Saba<kn5o at bellsouth.net> (by way of "Mark, K5ER"
> <k5er at arrl.net>)
> To: lcc at louisianacontestclub.org
> Subject: [LCC] ARRLDX SSB W5RU(@KN5O) M/2 HP
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> Ted and crew,
> Nice job and really great write-up. Dallas beat me in a pile-up,
> then was gone, but it sounded like you guys were having fun. Your write-up
> confirms that fact. Best of luck, always. Take care and see you soon.
> 73,
> Mark, K5ER
>
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>
>
> ARRL DX Contest, SSB
>
> Call: W5RU
> Operator(s): KN5O K1DW K5YG K5EYK WF5K N5HZ
> Station: KN5O
>
> Class: M/2 HP
> QTH: Covington, LA
> Operating Time (hrs): 42
>
> Summary:
> Band QSOs Mults
> -------------------
> 160: 12 12
> 80: 87 51
> 40: 280 83
> 20: 772 106
> 15: 975 108
> 10: 324 71
> -------------------
> Total: 2450 431 Total Score = 3,157,506
>
> Club: Louisiana Contest Club
>
> Comments:
>
> Well, I guess we didn't do as bad as I had feared. The WX was setting up to be
> a repeat of the ARRL DX CW weekend 2 weeks ago. But this time, I was
> determined to risk it and hope ZEUS wouldn't throw a lightning bolt our way.
> Fortunately the main WX was north of us and we could operate straight through
> without pulling the antennas.
>
> Things started out reasonable for us.. One SO2R position was setup for 10/15
> and the other SO2R position for 20/40. Initially we ran mostly 15 and 20,
> grabbing 10 and 40 Qs as permitted and as the evening progressed. Once 10/15
> petered out, moved the LEFT SO2R position to 160/80 and left the RIGHT SO2R on
> 20/40. Dallas, K1DW, checked out about midnite to get some sleep. We could
> not recruit an OP for the graveyard shift Saturday AM, so I was it, solo.
> Trying to cover 4 bands with one OP was, well, impossible..
>
> But fortunately, the GOD of PROPAGATION looked down up this poor, tired,
> Southern ham and said, "I will bless you, my son, for trying to do the
> impossible" and voila, he opened 20M @ 1:05AM Saturday morning to EU and
> bestowed S9 to +20db/9 signals to my QTH for over 3 hours! I was in EAST COAST
> HEAVENLY bliss - and absolutely NO QRM from stateside, as I sat on 14.194 -
> just
> monsterous EU/AS signals - all by themselves! I thought I was 6Y1V with my
> antenna pointed to the USA.
>
> Geez, I can't talk that fast. The pileup seemed endless. I worked nearly 450
> Qs in 3.25 hours. 10 minute rate meter hit nearly 300, best 1 hour rate was
> 150 and best 2 hour rate was 136. If I could break the habit of giving my call
> after every Q, I probably could have done even better. To all the stations I
> worked during that period, all I can say is "Thank you for the wonderful time!"
>
>
> By 9AM, I got relieved by Bill, K5YG and a relatively new ham, who has never
> contested before. BUT, BUT, SHE HAS POTENTIAL! K5EYK, Victoria (who I want to
> call Ms. Vicky), is a quick learner. Within a couple of hours, she had figured
> out the setup, got rid of the "contest mike shyness" under the schooling of
> K1DW, and lo-and-behold, she was S&Ping with the best of them. Next thing you
> know, she was answering EAs and other Spanish speaking stations in their
> language. I think they were caught off guard! Some appeared to litterally,
> freeze in their tracks! Boy, can't wait to get her back here to help out!
>
> Anyway, we all had a good time. Many have commented on the poorer conditions,
> which we experienced the rest of the weekend too. Bad QRN Friday nite, but
> Saturday evening was better. MAL, WF5K, who works for WWL-AM radio, helped me
> for Saturday nite's graveyard shift. Dallas, K1DW and Jim, N5HZ, pulled duty
> for most of Sunday. Rates had slowed considerably by then, I think we only
> banked 600-700 Q's during the 2nd 24 hour period of the contest.
>
> On Sunday, the only path for us to Europe on 10M was with the antenna pointed
> Southeast to the Caribbean. Gradually by late morning, the normal path
> appeared, but wasn't there very long.
>
> Thanks to my XYL for keeping everyone fed and well pampered. Now time to rest
> up for the next contest for us with CQWW PHONE in October. By then, hope to
> have made some more station improvements and hoping we're not on the Cycle 24
> downside.
>
> 73,
> Ted
> KN5O
>
> For Team W5RU
>
> K1DW Dallas, K5YG Bill, K5EYK Victoria, WF5K Mal, N5HZ Jim and KN5O Ted.
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