2004 IARU HF World Championships
07/12/2004 |
N9TTX
N9TTX IARU World Championship story:
I decided to go camping this weekend, and took the G5RV and the Yaesu FT-101ZD out for a spin. The feed point was up about 30 feet in the air and in an inverted V configuration. I had the computer along to do the logging and code checkingI am starting to hear patterns at the speed I can send nowWooHoo! During the course of the weekend, I got a lot of people stopping by to see what the big tripod with 30 feet of mastpipe was used for. I think we may have some new hams in the making, as some of the younger kids were wide-eyed and very interested.
I would like to thank those that I contacted this weekend for their patience at times. For some reasonpossibly RFduring the CW transmissions, the old 101ZD sometimes decided to float on frequency sometimes up to a kHz or two. Trying to find the station I was contacting was sometimes a hair-pulling chore especially when I neglected to look at the frequency before I transmitted in the heat of the contest. Thankfully the bands were NOT very active, as this would have made my chore that much harder and more frustrating at times. On the flip side, the bands were not very open this weekend, as I can usually hear a lot more DX off the portable setup. One other station out there was commenting and said it seemed like a North America QSO Party over a worldwide contest. All in all, it didnt turn out too bad. I worked some stations on various bands that I had not done so before, so it added to the possible DXCC scores. Again, thanks to all those that I had to come back to multiple times because of my radio floating issues. The only other thing that frustrated me was the normal confusion (??) of my call. I am not sure how people cannot hear the two tangos or Tokyos)and the confusion of seemingly putting an 8 instead of the niner that I usually send on voice. Maybe it is my vocal tonal quality that screws others up.not sure. Catch you on the next contests both on VHF and HF in the future.
Dave.N9TTX -- N9TTX
I decided to go camping this weekend, and took the G5RV and the Yaesu FT-101ZD out for a spin. The feed point was up about 30 feet in the air and in an inverted V configuration. I had the computer along to do the logging and code checkingI am starting to hear patterns at the speed I can send nowWooHoo! During the course of the weekend, I got a lot of people stopping by to see what the big tripod with 30 feet of mastpipe was used for. I think we may have some new hams in the making, as some of the younger kids were wide-eyed and very interested.
I would like to thank those that I contacted this weekend for their patience at times. For some reasonpossibly RFduring the CW transmissions, the old 101ZD sometimes decided to float on frequency sometimes up to a kHz or two. Trying to find the station I was contacting was sometimes a hair-pulling chore especially when I neglected to look at the frequency before I transmitted in the heat of the contest. Thankfully the bands were NOT very active, as this would have made my chore that much harder and more frustrating at times. On the flip side, the bands were not very open this weekend, as I can usually hear a lot more DX off the portable setup. One other station out there was commenting and said it seemed like a North America QSO Party over a worldwide contest. All in all, it didnt turn out too bad. I worked some stations on various bands that I had not done so before, so it added to the possible DXCC scores. Again, thanks to all those that I had to come back to multiple times because of my radio floating issues. The only other thing that frustrated me was the normal confusion (??) of my call. I am not sure how people cannot hear the two tangos or Tokyos)and the confusion of seemingly putting an 8 instead of the niner that I usually send on voice. Maybe it is my vocal tonal quality that screws others up.not sure. Catch you on the next contests both on VHF and HF in the future.
Dave.N9TTX -- N9TTX
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