[TVARC] ARRL FD 2020 Results

[George]

Sam,
Thanks for sticking to it AND for submitting your score to ARRL.  We have 23 entries submitted as of this morning.  I encourage everyone who made even a few contacts to submit their score to ARRL.  Let’s get those numbers up!
73,
George K2DM


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From: Sam Brown
Sent: Wednesday, July 1, 2020 11:10 PM
To: TVARC Group Email
Subject: [TVARC] ARRL FD 2020 Results

Well I am finally posting my meager FD results to the clubs website. It's been an interesting FD being that I fired up my IC-756 ProIII and started  responding to several CQ FD calls using 100wts power.  After several more failed calls I decided to turn on the ELE KPA500 amp and try using high power.  Much to my dismay I just could not make contacts so I checked my power output which was reading 4 to 500 wts but then noticed that my CN-801 power meter was only showing 30 - 40 wts output so I am guessing I have a problem with my audio output.  So off goes the amp and I switch to WSJT-X for the duration of my FD operation that was only on Saturday.  Following are my results.

Location:  NFL:
Contest:  ARRL FD
Callsign:  KB8SB
Operator:  1D
Transmitter:  1
Power:  Low
Assisted:  Non-Assisted
Bands:  80, 40, 20
Score:  84
Operator: KB8SB
Club:  The Villages Amateur Radio Club
Name: Sam

Band       Mode      QSO's     Pts

   80          FT8           4           8   
   40          FT8           6           12
   20          FT8           32         64

        Total:                  42         84

Low Power ( < 100W ) x 2 Multiplier = 168 pts total

Frustrating but fun time.  Now to get my transceiver working properly.

73, Sam kb8sb



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