2004 ARRL International DX Contest (CW)
02/25/2004 |
N9TTX
It was a fun contest...not without problems of course. I figured I
could have posted a better score of I had been able to put up the A-3 for gain, as some stations could have been better copy on my or their end. The only other problem I ran across was because of the temporary configuration, I was getting into the computer heavily on 40 and 80 meters. Every time I keyed on these two bands, the screen went wild, file windows kept popping up and down, blackscreening, and it tried to shut itself down a couple times...hence I could have gotten more Q's
here also. 20 just had horrendous monitor noise and the screen only
fuzzed a bit when keyed down. If I could copy code in my head better, I would not have to rely on CW Get for decoding, but toward the end I was recognizing phrases better.
Equipment: Yaesu FT-101ZD, MFJ 949E tuner, G5RV Antenna (temp mounted
on the portable tower fed at 30 feet as a sloper), MFJ Grandmaster 482B keyer, and Bencher paddle. No 2nd or third rig this time either...just the 101ZD.
It was nice to work the familiar stations again, and very nice to work some new countries. The high point for me was working U41ITU. Sort of like working W1AW for the first time. Thanks to those that were patient with me with the fill work. I will have pics up sometime soon. The website is http://www.qsl.net/n9ttx Every contest seems to change shack design here.
David Aho...N9TTX -- N9TTX
could have posted a better score of I had been able to put up the A-3 for gain, as some stations could have been better copy on my or their end. The only other problem I ran across was because of the temporary configuration, I was getting into the computer heavily on 40 and 80 meters. Every time I keyed on these two bands, the screen went wild, file windows kept popping up and down, blackscreening, and it tried to shut itself down a couple times...hence I could have gotten more Q's
here also. 20 just had horrendous monitor noise and the screen only
fuzzed a bit when keyed down. If I could copy code in my head better, I would not have to rely on CW Get for decoding, but toward the end I was recognizing phrases better.
Equipment: Yaesu FT-101ZD, MFJ 949E tuner, G5RV Antenna (temp mounted
on the portable tower fed at 30 feet as a sloper), MFJ Grandmaster 482B keyer, and Bencher paddle. No 2nd or third rig this time either...just the 101ZD.
It was nice to work the familiar stations again, and very nice to work some new countries. The high point for me was working U41ITU. Sort of like working W1AW for the first time. Thanks to those that were patient with me with the fill work. I will have pics up sometime soon. The website is http://www.qsl.net/n9ttx Every contest seems to change shack design here.
David Aho...N9TTX -- N9TTX
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