[TVARC] K3WT CW Sweepstakes SOHP

[Tom Menas]

Hello TVARCers,

Just finished setting up my station here in TV and operated in my first
contest.  First of all, I’d like to thank John Ellis, NP2M for patiently
helping me construct my 20 ft flagpole vertical (with an LDG 600 tuner) per
his article along with answering some clarifying questions.  I installed 38
radials of varying lengths consuming about 700 feet of wire (using Dog
Watch Mid-Florida).

Like many of you in your pre-TV hamming, I was used to running 1.5KW and
beams on all bands other than 80 meters.  So, I was a bit apprehensive of
how things would work out with my more modest station here.

I was pleasantly surprised.  In the last half of the contest, after getting
my feet wet with S&Ping I decided to run and was able to hold the frequency
for a few hours with peak rates between 60 and 80 per hour.  Condx were
good.  I tried 10 and 15 but they just were not as productive as 40 & 20.
The flagpole vertical doesn’t tune on 80 (usually a productive band for me
in SS while in MN).

And the good news:  I’ve spoken with all of my neighbors and none
complained of any QRM from me.

The acid test will be with the upcoming DX contests which I’m looking
forward to.

ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, CW - 2021



Call: K3WT

Operator(s): K3WT

Station: K3WT



Class: Single Op HP (500 watts)

QTH: NFL

Operating Time (hrs): 13



Summary:

 Band  QSOs

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  160:    0

   80:    0

   40:  200

   20:  226

   15:    1

   10:    0

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Total:  427  Sections = 77  Total Score = 65,758



Club: The Villages Amateur Radio Club



73,

Tom Menas, K3WT
Village of Santo Domingo
Cell:  952-303-2086
tommenas.k3wt at gmail.com
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