Posted by Jack on 9th November 2009
ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, CW
Call: K6JEB
Operator(s): K6JEB
Station: K6JEB
Class: SO Unlimited Low-Power
QTH: East Bay
Operating Time (hrs): 12:34
Summary:
Band QSOs
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160: 0
80: 7
40: 70
20: 90
15: 34
10: 0
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Total: 201 Sections = 70 Total Score = 28,140
Club: Northern California Contest Club
Station: Yaesu FT-857D 100watts -> Inverted-L and Butternut HF-9V controlled by Writelog. My antenna farm didn’t grow as much as I wanted it to. However, the seeds are planted and once the budget settles I might have a full-time tri-bander up at least 30 feet.
Comments: There were some rather nice openings to the East Coast most of the time I was on. 15M was quite open from mid morning to early afternoon for long-haul.
Every contest I feel like I learn a little bit more about contesting. This time I was really making full use of my filters and it makes a HUGE difference as far as helping keep you from exhausting yourself trying to mentally slice through wider bandwidth of noise.
Other commitments precluded me from operating full-time. Will try again next year.
73
Jack, K6JEB
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Posted by Jack on 4th October 2009
California QSO Party
Call: K6JEB
Operator(s): K6JEB
Station: K6JEB
Class: M/SFixed LP
QTH: CCOS (Contra Costa County)
Operating Time (hrs): 13:05
Summary:
Band CW Qs Ph Qs
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160: 1 0
80: 52 35
40: 15 4
20: 80 12
15: 9 2
10:
6:
2:
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Total: 157 53 Mults = 39 Total Score = 22,503
Club: Northern California Contest Club
Comments:
Inverted-L for 160m up 30 feet was my only antenna. 100w
Didn’t get the time to operate the full contest. Hope to get back on track
next year. This is definitely a tough season. 20m was muddy at best on
Saturday. I should have spent more time on 40m to make some easy points.
Pollen in the air helped keep me off much phone.
Will take this as a warm-up for Sweepstakes.
73 and KB
Jack, K6JEB
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Posted by Jack on 25th November 2007
CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW
Call: K6JEB
Operator(s): K6JEB
Station: K6JEB
Class: SOAB(A) HP
QTH: 3
Operating Time (hrs): 9:20
Summary:
Band QSOs Zones Countries
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160: 0 0 0
80: 17 6 7
40: 51 17 27
20: 35 11 11
15: 7 4 4
10: 0 0 0
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Total: 110 38 49
Total Score = 24,621
Club: Northern California Contest Club
Comments:
Worked what I could of the contest. Since we’re having an Open House this weekend, I could only participate part-time.
I’m down to just my Butternut HF9V and limited radials now with the house one sale. Used my Yaesu FT-857D and Dentron GLA-1000 at 500 watts. I stayed exclusively in Search and Pounce mode. I spotted when I thought it would be helpful.
Here’s the message buffer settings I used:
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