[HCARC] CQ WW WPX Contest
Gale Heise
galeheise at windstream.net
Mon May 30 14:06:28 EDT 2011
John-
You're the CW guru in the group. I'm just limping along compared to you.
Gale
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Subject: [HCARC] CQ WW WPX Contest
> Good going, Gale. Great showing. -John/AC4CA
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> Date: Mon, 30 May 2011 07:21:14 -0500
> From: "Gale Heise KM4DR" <galeheise at windstream.net>
> Subject: [HCARC] CQ WW WPX Contest
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> I decided to get some CW/ N1MM contest logging practice in this weekend
> by
> participating in the CQ WW WPX Contest. Most of the time I was on
> frequency
> calling CQ trying to capture and type in calls. It's one thing to scan
> the
> frequencies, listen to QSOs to get the station's call sign correct and
> understand the sequence of numbers they're sending then give a call with
> confidence. It's quite something else to be on frequency and pick out a
> call from mulitiple stations calling along with QRP, mobile and other weak
> signal stations.
>
> Operated 12 hours in the contest. Tried time on four of the bands but 20
> meters with the new wire beam antenna was most productive. Had between
> 400
> and 500 watts output on 20. Hope to get the power output up once I
> rebuild
> additional portions of the Clipperton-L amplifier.
>
> START-OF-LOG: 2.0
> ARRL-SECTION: STX
> CALLSIGN: KM4DR
> CLUB: Central Texas DX and Contest Club
> CONTEST: CQ-WPX-CW
> CATEGORY: SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH CW
> CLAIMED-SCORE: 112955
> OPERATORS: KM4DR
> NAME: Gale Heise
> ADDRESS: 38 Indian Springs Drive
> ADDRESS: Kerrville, TX 78028-2001
> ADDRESS: USA
> CREATED-BY: N1MM Logger V10.12.3
>
> Band Total
> 3.5 14
> 7 56
> 14 237
> 21 158
> Total 465
>
>
> Gale Heise
> 38 Indian Springs Drive
> Kerrville, Texas 78028-2001
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> Message: 2
> Date: Mon, 30 May 2011 09:28:54 -0500
> From: "John K5XA" <k5xa at godfather-ridge.com>
> Subject: Re: [HCARC] CQ WW WPX Contest
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> Gale-
>
> FB on your attempt. Sounds like you're doing ok.
>
> We have company for the holiday, so I didn't get on.
>
> 73 ......... XA
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: hcarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net
>> [mailto:hcarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
>> On Behalf Of Gale Heise KM4DR
>> Sent: Monday, May 30, 2011 7:21 AM
>> To: HCARC
>> Subject: [HCARC] CQ WW WPX Contest
>>
>> To All-
>>
>> I decided to get some CW/ N1MM contest logging practice in this
>> weekend
> by
>> participating in the CQ WW WPX Contest. Most of the time I was on
> frequency
>> calling CQ trying to capture and type in calls. It's one thing to
>> scan
> the frequencies,
>> listen to QSOs to get the station's call sign correct and understand
>> the
> sequence of
>> numbers they're sending then give a call with confidence. It's quite
> something else
>> to be on frequency and pick out a call from mulitiple stations calling
> along with
>> QRP, mobile and other weak signal stations.
>>
>> Operated 12 hours in the contest. Tried time on four of the bands
>> but
> 20 meters
>> with the new wire beam antenna was most productive. Had between 400
>> and
> 500
>> watts output on 20. Hope to get the power output up once I rebuild
> additional
>> portions of the Clipperton-L amplifier.
>>
>> START-OF-LOG: 2.0
>> ARRL-SECTION: STX
>> CALLSIGN: KM4DR
>> CLUB: Central Texas DX and Contest Club
>> CONTEST: CQ-WPX-CW
>> CATEGORY: SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH CW
>> CLAIMED-SCORE: 112955
>> OPERATORS: KM4DR
>> NAME: Gale Heise
>> ADDRESS: 38 Indian Springs Drive
>> ADDRESS: Kerrville, TX 78028-2001
>> ADDRESS: USA
>> CREATED-BY: N1MM Logger V10.12.3
>>
>> Band Total
>> 3.5 14
>> 7 56
>> 14 237
>> 21 158
>> Total 465
>>
>>
>> Gale Heise
>> 38 Indian Springs Drive
>> Kerrville, Texas 78028-2001
>>
>> 830-896-9593 - Home
>> 281-844-8897 - Cell
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