[NLRS] 432 Sprint at KM0T

[Duane - N9DG]

Mike,

Whew, so it wasn't my imagination, you were really there :).
I'm now really wondering if I have RX problems because Todd,
KC9BQA and Ken, W9GA's reports were rather positve. I never
heard Todd once and Ken only once when I worked him. Like I
said in my post to the BC group I swept my SW-NW about a
dozen or so times calling CQ every 10-15 degrees of beam
heading and heard nothing.

Duane
N9DG

--- Mike King - KM0T <scsueepe at mtcnet.net> wrote:

> 
> 
> Well, I got on the sprint last night, conditions were
> pretty poor, made one 
> QSO with Jim K0KFC in EN35.  And I heard Duane, N9DG in
> EN53.  However, I 
> was experiencing a rotor meltdown...dont know whats up, but
> its messed up 
> and would not reliably rotote, and would get stuck, etc...I
> was not able to 
> change heading much of the time.  Got mad and shut
> down...If I have to take 
> it down/out to fix, its a major project for sure...might
> need help as I will 
> need to take the total mast out with all the ants at one
> time.  That will 
> take a few bodies for sure and wont be very much fun. 
> Otherwise it will be 
> taking each antenna off the mast along with feedlines
> before I can remove 
> the mast by myself.  Its a 20' cromaly mast...very heavy
> stuff, the mast is 
> over 125 pounds itself.  This of course would be with the
> tower laid on its 
> side.
> 
> Just one more thing on the list to work on....its stuck at
> 75 degrees 
> now...June contest now looks like its coming up too
> quickly!
> 
> 73
> 
> Mike - KM0T 


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