[PVRCNC] Re: [PVRC] W4MR (AA4NC op.) SS Phone / SO High power

[Jim Jordan, K4QPL]

Great job, Will.  I wish I could phone log SS at that rate if somebody was 
reading it to me in the same room.

Others may disagree, but I say stay with the MFJ voice keyer.  We started 
out using N1MM and .wav files at NY4A. Nobody said anything the first day, 
(probably too much other QRM to notice) but on Sunday people were telling us 
we were all over the band with our audio. We listened on the second radio 
and they were right. I tried all kinds of adjustments to no avail.

Pulled out the computer plugs and inserted MFJ keyer at the microphone input 
of Orion. Problem solved.

Otherwise, I think the only safe way is to set up some kind of 
Faraday-shielded room for the computer, preferably a half mile away from the 
nearest radio, antenna or other source of rf or alternating current,  use 
isolation transformers or opto-isolators, lots of toroids, power everything 
with dry cell batteries to avoid hum, use no connecting wires which could 
pick up stray hum or RF, and then have a substantial quantity of luck!

(or try cw)

Someone called me and said, "You wouldn't operate this close to other 
stations on a normal day, would you?" I replied, "No...................CQ 
SS, CQ SS...."

73,

Jim

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Roberts, Will" <will.roberts at pgnmail.com>
To: <pvrc at mailman.qth.net>; <pvrcnc at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, November 19, 2007 11:16 AM
Subject: [PVRC] W4MR (AA4NC op.) SS Phone / SO High power


Sweepstakes Phone
W4MR  (AA4NC operator)
Single Operator High Power

160:   0
 80: 651
 40:  17
 20:   6
 15:   1
 10:   0

674 x 75 = 101,100
5 hours
SO1R

I had way too much fun for a phone contest!  I operated in "last few
hours / new meat" mode on Sunday due to band gigs and travel. I highly
recommend this type of operation. It's good for your sanity, your voice
and I'm pretty sure it grows new hair and cures acne! Basically I fired
up below some pig farmers on ~3827 so that they all congregated there to
throw carriers, play music, and cuss and scream at me. This allowed a
flanking maneuver up to a very clear 3830 when they weren't listening.
The rate meter was between 150-220 for the last 4 hours of the contest.
I think the new 80 meter antenna is working, but I need something for
receive pretty badly. The QRN was high here. The band went long as well.
It was easier to work W6 than VA and MDC. W4MYA was even down from his
usual 50 over S9.

I used my trusty old MFJ voice keyer. What are the cool kids using for
voice keying with N1MM these days? I guess I should join the  21st
century and look into some kind of computer generated stuff, but all the
WAV file nightmares posted here make me rethink it. Maybe I can use my
new 24 track digital recorder and make some cool CQ files with lots of
reverb and effects!

I hope everyone has a blessed Thanksgiving. America has its problems
these days, but it's still the best deal going. We're fortunate that we
have the freedom to play around in these silly contests...

73,

Will AA4NC
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