[TVARC] FT RUp ND4G SO Unlimited LP

[Rich Erlichman]

I forgot to mention with about 6 hours to go in the contest, had me thinking to try for a possible clean sweep. I ended up with 51 out of a possible 63 states/provinces, only missing DC, NV, WY, ND, and 8 Canadian Provinces. There were not many Canadians heard to be worked. 
I worked both contest sponsors: Ed/W0YK, and Don/AA5AU. 

I picked up a new switchable 12v/30a power supply at the hamfest this weekend, to retire my old clunky Astron RS-35.
Weighs almost nothing and has a much smaller footprint on my desktop. With the fan on it is actually noisier than the old Astron. But it performed well. I think I need to get some additional shielding on the accessory power cord from the supply to the bias-t providing power to the remote tuner. The issue I have with 10meters is a loud hum coming from my station supply.  Changing out supplies and still hearing the hum tells me it was not the Astron going bad. 
73, Rich, ND4G 
Sent from my iPhone 11

> On Dec 7, 2020, at 12:11 PM, K2PS Pete Stafford <psk2ps at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
> Hi Rich,
>  
> Looks as if you did pretty well!  And also seems that FT4 was used a lot by the contesters.
>  
> See you this coming weekend for ARRL 10M, both modes (CW and SSB).
>  
> 73, Pete, K2PS
>  
> From: tvarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:tvarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Rich Erlichman
> Sent: Monday, December 7, 2020 11:51 AM
> To: 'TVARC'
> Subject: [TVARC] FT RUp ND4G SO Unlimited LP
>  
> This was a fun contest. It was hectic when calling CQ and more than one station answered. With quick clicks of the mouse there were several times that I didn't lose a single station. Perhaps the only times were when the station not selected first chose not to hang around to wait for my exchange.
> 
> Mixed modes using both Run and S&P.
> 
> 73, Rich, ND4G
> 
>                     FT Roundup - 2020
> 
> Call: ND4G
> 
> Operator(s): ND4G
> 
> Station: ND4G
> 
> Class: SO Unlimited LP
> 
> QTH: Florida
> 
> Operating Time (hrs): 12
> 
> Summary:
> 
>  Band  QSOs
> 
> ------------
> 
>    80:   18
> 
>    40:   59
> 
>    20:   88
> 
>    15:   60
> 
>    10:    
> 
> ------------
> 
> Total:  225  State/Prov = 51  Countries = 27  Total Score = 17,550
> 
> Club: The Villages Amateur Radio Club
> 
> Comments:
> 
> Breakdown by FT8/4 modes:
> 
> Band            Mode    QSOs    Pts     Sec     DXC    
>    3.5          FT4                8            8       3       0      
>    3.5          FT8               10    10      5       0      
>      7          FT4               33    33      15      3      
>      7          FT8               26    26      4       2      
>     14          FT4               41    41      7       1      
>     14          FT8               47    47      8       5      
>     21          FT4               15    15      1       7      
>     21          FT8               45    45      8       9      
>                         Total:  225  State/Prov = 51  Countries = 27  Total Score = 17,550
> 
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