[ILQSO] W9WB After Action

[Kent Vanderploeg]

I didn't do much "action" this year.  I wasn't sure how much I'd be able to
be on the air.  It was interrupted a few times, but there was some BIC
time.  Since I was only at home this year, I tried to be the station to
just be consistent and hand out opportunities.  I made an effort to run a
high band (10/15), 20M, and 40M in 20 minute segments.  Being able to spot
made that feel like I didn't waste as much time getting noticed and just
got to work handing out contacts.

A few technical notes.  Keep the headphones on, don't use the speaker.
Even at home, the IC-7300 speaker is hard to make out the weak stations and
get them in the log.  While my 40M and up EFHW isn't as efficient as a
dipole, it's easy to make those band changes in a hurry.  I also figured
out that I can use N3FJP to send CAT commands to trigger the voice keyer
memories right from the keyboard.  Sooo much easier!

73,
Kent
W9WB