[TVARC] CQ WW RTTY ND4G SOAB Classic HP

[K2PS Pete Stafford]

Hi Rich,

Was wondering if you got in.  Some good runs there!

Have you set up a switch to flip between the vertical and cobweb?  I keep
thinking I ought to put up a vertical to take advantage of those times when
it outperforms my vees.

Meanwhile, I'll be lowering my mast today or tomorrow...

73, Pete, K2PS

-----Original Message-----
From: tvarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net <tvarc-bounces at mailman.qth.net> On
Behalf Of Rich Erlichman
Sent: Monday, September 26, 2022 12:08 PM
To: Reflector (TVARC at mailman.qth.net) <TVARC at mailman.qth.net>
Subject: [TVARC] CQ WW RTTY ND4G SOAB Classic HP

Well, the oppressive heat over the last couple of weeks, and intermittent
rain prevented me from finishing up and having the new Cobweb antenna ready
to go. It is working for low power and I am using it for FT8; but the ends
need to be soldered to prevent the frayed ends from arcing in the presence
of high power. I am still not sure if my investment is paying off. The
signals seems to be a bit lower than on the Flagpole/vertical, but it is a
horizontal polarization, and in theory that tells me the vertical would be
noisier than the horizontal.

Anyway, back to the contest -- I had a couple of runs on Sunday logging
16 Qs in 22 minutes, 28 Qs in 27 minutes, and 9 Qs in a 10 minute period.
I had an unplanned crisis at home preventing me to not operate at all on
Saturday, but thanks to Football scheduling, I was able to maximize my
Sunday.

                    CQ Worldwide DX Contest, RTTY - 2022

Call: ND4G
Operator(s): ND4G
Station: ND4G

Class: SOAB HP
Class Overlay: Classic
QTH: NFL
Operating Time (hrs): 12.6
OpMode: SO2R

Summary:
Band  QSOs  State/Prov  DX  Zones
-----------------------------------
   80:
   40:   39      21      13     6
   20:   75      27      24    13
   15:   68      22      25    11
   10:   24       5      16    12
-----------------------------------
Total:  206      75      78    42  Total Score = 78,390

Club: The Villages Amateur Radio Club

Comments:
FLEX 6600M -> KPA500 (500w) -> MFJ-998RT (remote tuner) -> 20' Flagpole
(stealth vertical).
Software -> Win11, SmartSDR, N1MM+, MMTTY, 2Tone.

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