[HCARC] CONTEST REPORT

[Harvey N. Vordenbaum]

Congrat's on all the contacts.
Do you have N1MM controlling your freq.'s?
Hv


-----Original Message-----
From: HCARC [mailto:hcarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Lew King
Sent: Sunday, February 22, 2015 8:02 PM
To: 'Hill Country Amateur Radio Club'
Subject: [HCARC] CONTEST REPORT

A few months ago, I saw where one of our club members shared his recent
contest experience on the Reflector, so I though I might share mine, too.

 

Thanks to Gale Heise, KM4DR, I had a nice run on the ARRL CW DX Contest this
weekend.  Gale helped me set up the N1MM Logger Plus program, which enabled
me to use Telnet spots to save time in getting on frequency to DX stations
that I had not worked for that contest on the various HF bands.  Using the
Telnet spots put me in the Single Operator, Unlimited, Low Power, One
transmitter category.  This is the first time I've entered in the Assisted
category - I used to do it the old way :)  Seems like my highest score in
the recent past was around 30K points, just being a part-time contester.  

 

Band conditions seemed to be ok.  I managed to work a few Africans although
not many were on the air.  One of the highlights was "busting a pileup" on
the second call to a Chinese station - whoo-hoo.  As to my station, I might
say that I have a little Pistol setup:  Icom IC-7000 / 100 watts and an 88'
doublet up 30' mostly North/South in some live oak trees.

 

I put 18 operating hours into this contest and was very pleased with the
results.  I'm still amazed that I worked around 180+ countries in one
weekend contest, but that's what the software says.  I hope I worked a few
new ones for my DXCC, which is currently 260 current countries.

 

Band     QSOs     Pts  Cty

     7         8       24    8

    14      94     282   73

    21      61     183   46

    28    115     345   60

 

Total   278     834  187

 

Score: 155,958

1 Mult = 1.5 Q's

 

On a personal note, I've always enjoyed CW and this contest and the CQ WW CW
DX Contest in the Fall are my favorite opportunities to immerse myself in
CW.  I broke in to Amateur Radio in 1969 as a Novice sending code, which
helps, but anyone who is determined can learn it, I feel.  Practice and
persistence are the keys.  A few words of encouragement:  GO SLOW and let
the speed happen on its own.  SPEED scares off a lot of folks to learn CW,
but the good news is:  CW is fun at 5wpm - it just takes a little longer to
QSO, but the FUN is the most important thing.  Don't worry about Speed -
just enjoy "talking" with your fingers - it's really amazing.

 

73, DX & CW,

 

Lew

W5LEW

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