[TVARC] EA DX RTTY contest ND4G SOAB HP

[George]

Nice going, Rich.  Perhaps I will spend some time trying to get RTTY up and running here.  If only I can find the time.
73,
George K2DM


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From: Rich Erlichman
Sent: Sunday, April 5, 2020 10:13 PM
To: 'TVARC'
Subject: [TVARC] EA DX RTTY contest ND4G SOAB HP

I think Pete should have tried the EA RTTY contest, instead of the Polish contest. 
Lots of fun, and except for a dead 10 meters, even 15 meters showed some signs of life.

The KPA500 performed flawlessly. I mean, like a rock. Full 500+ watts out, with a flat SWR across the bands, using a 20’ Flagpole antenna, remote tuner, and ground screen. I can tell on 80 meters while not making many contacts even when hearing strong stations indicated to me that the 20’ antenna is just not long enough antenna for that band and the radiation pattern off the antenna is probably a very high angle making for a poor transmitting antenna. Next phase will be to add some wire from the top to make the antenna an End Fed inverted-L. That should improve 80 and 40 meters. 
Looking forward to the FTn contest next weekend.

Call: ND4G
Operator(s): ND4G
Station: ND4G
Class: SOAB HP
QTH: Florida
Operating Time (hrs): 13.9
Location: USA
Summary:   
Band
QSOs
Mults

80:
9
13

40:
53
34

20:
70
58

15:
9
9

10:



Total:
141
114
Total Score
24,738
 
Club: The Villages Amateur Radio Club
73, 
Rich, ND4G

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