[Elecraft] EQP: a CW-only contest?

[Augie Hansen]

Hi Mark,

> I was
> therefore very disappointed to find that there seemed to be no SSB
> activity
> whatsoever in the contest. I spent several hours monitoring the designated
> phone sections on 15 and 20 meters, and heard nary an EQP QSO. I hung out
> my
> own shingle for a while and had no takers, except for an older fellow who
> told me that this was the first he'd heard of a Hallicrafters QSO party!
> I
> eventually gave up and worked the OK QSO party instead and made 14
> contacts.

For the EQP I chose to run exclusively QRP phone and put in about 10 hours
of operating time. My best band was 20m, accounting for about 60% of my
contacts (110 for 330 points total with 15m in second place. I also bagged a
few contacts on 10m and one on 40m. I was using my homebrew LPDA at 60 feet,
which certainly helps when running QRP.

I also had to correct about a dozen or so old-timers who thought it was a
Hallicrafters contest. I also made many casual contacts to explain what an
Elecraft K2 is.

73, Gus Hansen / KB0YH

Email: KB0YH@arrl.net
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