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