[Elecraft] Hootowl Sprint

Pat Cain [email protected]
Mon May 27 18:53:00 2002


Sounds like QRN affected almost everybody on 40M last night. I only had 16=
=20
QSOs amid the rumble but got 15 SPCs from it. Spent most of my time on 20M=
=20
which was in good shape most of the evening.

I did get a chance to find some bugs in the contest logging program I wrote=
=20
for the Palm. It interfaces with the K2 and tracks band/mode in addition to=
=20
sending CW messages. Now to practice my graffiti writing!

CALL: K0PC
RIG: K2 #324 @ 5W with homebrew Palm logging program
ANT: 2 el Yagi at 40' for 20M, Inv VEE at 30' for 40M.

71 QSOs for 301 QSO points
38 SPC
Power multiplier =3D 7x

Calculated Score =3D 80,066

73,
PC (K=D8)=20