<table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" ><tr><td valign="top" style="font: inherit;">That was great story of ARRL DX test. Steve Kg5vk will be in tonight fr Ti5n..I hope he sends out a story of his experience there. Randy K5SL<BR><BR>--- On <B>Wed, 3/7/12, lcc-request@louisianacontestclub.org <I><lcc-request@louisianacontestclub.org></I></B> wrote:<BR>
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ymailto="mailto:4F56840F.1080008@bellsouth.net">4F56840F.1080008@bellsouth.net</A>><BR>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed<BR><BR>Mark,<BR><BR>Thanks.. We're looking forward to seeing you and Bobby here Friday <BR>afternoon, Have a safe<BR>trip to Covington..<BR><BR>73,<BR>Ted<BR>KN5O<BR><BR><BR>On 3/6/2012 11:00 AM, <A href="http://us.mc1806.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=lcc-request@louisianacontestclub.org" ymailto="mailto:lcc-request@louisianacontestclub.org">lcc-request@louisianacontestclub.org</A> wrote:<BR>> Send LCC mailing list submissions to<BR>> <A href="http://us.mc1806.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=lcc@louisianacontestclub.org" ymailto="mailto:lcc@louisianacontestclub.org">lcc@louisianacontestclub.org</A><BR>><BR>> To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit<BR>> <A
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ARRLDX SSB W5RU(@KN5O) M/2 HP (Ted Saba)<BR>><BR>><BR>> ----------------------------------------------------------------------<BR>><BR>> Message: 1<BR>> Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2012 23:09:53 -0600<BR>> From: Ted Saba<<A href="http://us.mc1806.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=kn5o@bellsouth.net" ymailto="mailto:kn5o@bellsouth.net">kn5o@bellsouth.net</A>> (by way of "Mark, K5ER"<BR>> <<A href="http://us.mc1806.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=k5er@arrl.net" ymailto="mailto:k5er@arrl.net">k5er@arrl.net</A>>)<BR>> To: <A href="http://us.mc1806.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=lcc@louisianacontestclub.org" ymailto="mailto:lcc@louisianacontestclub.org">lcc@louisianacontestclub.org</A><BR>> Subject: [LCC] ARRLDX SSB W5RU(@KN5O) M/2 HP<BR>> Message-ID:<<A href="http://us.mc1806.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=5.2.0.9.2.20120305223755.02ce5870@mail.comcast.net"
ymailto="mailto:5.2.0.9.2.20120305223755.02ce5870@mail.comcast.net">5.2.0.9.2.20120305223755.02ce5870@mail.comcast.net</A>><BR>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; Format="flowed"<BR>><BR>> Ted and crew,<BR>> Nice job and really great write-up. Dallas beat me in a pile-up,<BR>> then was gone, but it sounded like you guys were having fun. Your write-up<BR>> confirms that fact. Best of luck, always. Take care and see you soon.<BR>> 73,<BR>> Mark, K5ER<BR>><BR>> -------------------------------------------------------<BR>><BR>><BR>> ARRL DX Contest, SSB<BR>><BR>> Call: W5RU<BR>> Operator(s): KN5O K1DW K5YG K5EYK WF5K 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 Mults<BR>> -------------------<BR>> 160: 12 12<BR>> 80: 87 51<BR>> 40: 280 83<BR>> 20: 772 106<BR>> 15: 975 108<BR>> 10: 324 71<BR>> -------------------<BR>> Total: 2450 431 Total Score = 3,157,506<BR>><BR>> Club: Louisiana Contest Club<BR>><BR>> Comments:<BR>><BR>> Well, I guess we didn't do as bad as I had feared. The WX was setting up to be<BR>> a repeat of the ARRL DX CW weekend 2 weeks ago. But this time, I was<BR>> determined to risk it and hope ZEUS wouldn't throw a lightning bolt our way.<BR>> Fortunately the main WX was north of us and we
could operate straight through<BR>> without pulling the antennas.<BR>><BR>> Things started out reasonable for us.. One SO2R position was setup for 10/15<BR>> and the other SO2R position for 20/40. Initially we ran mostly 15 and 20,<BR>> grabbing 10 and 40 Qs as permitted and as the evening progressed. Once 10/15<BR>> petered out, moved the LEFT SO2R position to 160/80 and left the RIGHT SO2R on<BR>> 20/40. Dallas, K1DW, checked out about midnite to get some sleep. We could<BR>> not recruit an OP for the graveyard shift Saturday AM, so I was it, solo.<BR>> Trying to cover 4 bands with one OP was, well, impossible..<BR>><BR>> But fortunately, the GOD of PROPAGATION looked down up this poor, tired,<BR>> Southern ham and said, "I will bless you, my son, for trying to do the<BR>> impossible" and voila, he opened 20M @ 1:05AM Saturday morning to EU and<BR>> bestowed S9 to +20db/9 signals to my
QTH for over 3 hours! I was in EAST COAST<BR>> HEAVENLY bliss - and absolutely NO QRM from stateside, as I sat on 14.194 -<BR>> just<BR>> monsterous EU/AS signals - all by themselves! I thought I was 6Y1V with my<BR>> antenna pointed to the USA.<BR>><BR>> Geez, I can't talk that fast. The pileup seemed endless. I worked nearly 450<BR>> Qs in 3.25 hours. 10 minute rate meter hit nearly 300, best 1 hour rate was<BR>> 150 and best 2 hour rate was 136. If I could break the habit of giving my call<BR>> after every Q, I probably could have done even better. To all the stations I<BR>> worked during that period, all I can say is "Thank you for the wonderful time!"<BR>><BR>><BR>> By 9AM, I got relieved by Bill, K5YG and a relatively new ham, who has never<BR>> contested before. BUT, BUT, SHE HAS POTENTIAL! K5EYK, Victoria (who I want to<BR>> call Ms. Vicky), is a quick
learner. Within a couple of hours, she had figured<BR>> out the setup, got rid of the "contest mike shyness" under the schooling of<BR>> K1DW, and lo-and-behold, she was S&Ping with the best of them. Next thing you<BR>> know, she was answering EAs and other Spanish speaking stations in their<BR>> language. I think they were caught off guard! Some appeared to litterally,<BR>> freeze in their tracks! Boy, can't wait to get her back here to help out!<BR>><BR>> Anyway, we all had a good time. Many have commented on the poorer conditions,<BR>> which we experienced the rest of the weekend too. Bad QRN Friday nite, but<BR>> Saturday evening was better. MAL, WF5K, who works for WWL-AM radio, helped me<BR>> for Saturday nite's graveyard shift. Dallas, K1DW and Jim, N5HZ, pulled duty<BR>> for most of Sunday. Rates had slowed considerably by then, I think we only<BR>>
banked 600-700 Q's during the 2nd 24 hour period of the contest.<BR>><BR>> On Sunday, the only path for us to Europe on 10M was with the antenna pointed<BR>> Southeast to the Caribbean. Gradually by late morning, the normal path<BR>> appeared, but wasn't there very long.<BR>><BR>> Thanks to my XYL for keeping everyone fed and well pampered. Now time to rest<BR>> up for the next contest for us with CQWW PHONE in October. By then, hope to<BR>> have made some more station improvements and hoping we're not on the Cycle 24<BR>> downside.<BR>><BR>> 73,<BR>> Ted<BR>> KN5O<BR>><BR>> For Team W5RU<BR>><BR>> K1DW Dallas, K5YG Bill, K5EYK Victoria, WF5K Mal, N5HZ Jim and KN5O Ted.<BR>><BR>><BR>> Posted using 3830 Score Submittal Forms at:<BR>> <<A href="http://www.hornucopia.com/3830score/" target=_blank>http://www.hornucopia.com/3830score/</A>><A
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