[SFDXA] K4FK Open House

[Randy Shirley]

The open house for the South Florida DX Association was a success.

We had .. attendees. Many were seeing contesting and DXing for the first 
time in person.  Everyone enjoyed themselves as Jeff WB3ISP made 
contacts in the CQWW Phone contest.  We offered others the chance to 
make contacts but most were satisfied to watch.  Kevin, W1OM did a great 
job, making several contacts with his call.

The attendees were as follows:

N4QV         Randy
WB3ISP     Jeff
WB4EHG   Rich
N4BJC       Betty
W4BAE      Bruce
KO4SYU    Dan
N8XH         George
W1OM        Kevin
KQ4CKB     Marty

I hope I didn't miss anyone!

I stayed after the open house on Saturday and made some contacts, and I 
returned on Sunday to put in 6 hours.

It was a casual effort but conditions were good and we did quite well.  
Below is the report:

CQ Worldwide DX Contest, SSB - 2023

Call: K4FK
Operator(s): N4QV WB3ISP
Station: K4FK

Class: M/S HP
QTH: FL
Operating Time (hrs): 12

Summary:
Band QSOs Zones Countries
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160:     0   0    0
80:      0   0    0
40:     73  11   38
20:    120  25   55
15:    171  24   52
10:    208  22   54
------------------------------
Total: 572  82  199 Total Score = 421,219

Club: Florida Contest Group

Comments:

As I am trying to get more interest in contesting and DXing from local club
members, we held an open house at the South Florida DX Association club 
station,
K4FK. Jeff, WB5ISP, made some contacts while some newer hams visited the 
open house on
Saturday. I stayed after the open house and made some contacts Saturday 
and I
returned Sunday to put in 6 additional hours. Conditions were quite good 
both
days and the visitors enjoyed themselves. It was, of course, a casual 
part time
effort, but everyone enjoyed themselves.

The station consist of a Kilowatt to a HyGain TH-11 at 110 feet and an 
inverted
V on 40 at 100 feet. Our 80-160 antennas are currently inoperable since FT8
smoked the balun! I look forward to more participation in the future!

Randy, N4QV, President of SFDXA


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