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April 1999 2m Sprint

+ +

Bdale's Report

+ +John was on a plane headed for Taiwan on business as the contest opened, so I +managed to convince a non-ham friend from work, Stephen Moraco, to come out and +help with this contest. I think we just might have him hooked! + +

+ +This was my first Sprint. After the way things went in January, I had decided +that for a single-band contest, I wanted more antenna than the 4-element 2m +yagi we've been using. So, I splurged and bought a Directive Systems +DSFO144-12 kit from + Down East Microwave . As with +the other K1FO-style antennas I've put together in the past, this went together +pretty easily. Steve came up to the house on Saturday afternoon before the +contest to help me get it put together and checked out. + +

+ +I also decided that since my satellite antennas are still down from the house +remodel, there was no reason not to snag the Landwehr preamps from the tower +section so that we'd have as much receive performance as we could get. + +

+ +Since rover rules were not part of the contest announcement, we didn't actually +rove, but decided to +drive out to "our spot" in the southwest corner of DM89. We couldn't +have asked for better weather conditions. We had plenty of sunlight to get +setup, and it was clear and the stars were beautiful in the lulls between +bursts of contacts. The wind picked up a bit towards the end of the contest, +chilling us a bit, but it wasn't bad at all! Since we weren't sure what the +wind was going to do, we took the top two sections off the portapole, and put +the antenna up maybe 20 feet, with the preamp on the mast as far down as the +coax jumper from the antenna would allow. + +

+ +For the first time in N3EUA contest history, we were ready to go +at the start of the contest! We even took time to call CQ for a signal check +before the contest started... Can't let this get habit-forming... + +

+ +The highlights this time were probably the signal reports from our friends in +New Mexico, and over in central Colorado... they all reported that we were +much much stronger than in previous contests, which was gratifying since I +spent money on the antenna to achieve precisely that result. There were only +a few stations we heard but didn't work, so I have to feel pretty good about +our setup this time. An amplifier would have been nice when I was shouting +away the last of my voice trying to raise K7TNT near the end of the sprint... + +

+ +Here it is two days later, and I still don't have my voice back... we must have +had fun! + +

+ +I'm glad I took time to make up a cable to power the light in the SWR/Power +meter. It was very reassuring to know what was going on. I'm sorry we +mashed the top of the Porapole with over-zealous tightening of the U-bolts +on the antenna, but we'll fix that. Otherwise, things just worked! + +

+ +We had a lot of fun! + +

No Photos This Time - Sorry!

+ +

Our Score

+ +All the contacts were manually entered into VHF DX after the contest, so some +times may be only approximate. + +
+
+N3EUA CONTEST LOG FOR:  ARRL VHF SPRINTS
+===============================================================================
+Name of Contest:      ARRL VHF Sprints
+
+Call Used:            N3EUA
+Call of Operator:     N3EUA
+
+OPERATING LOCATION
+   Grid(s) Activated: DM89 
+   Location Name:     Eastern Colorado
+   ARRL Section:      Colorado
+
+Entry Type:           Single Operator
+===============================================================================
+                Valid                                 Claimed
+                QSOs    Pts/QSO   QSO Pts   Mult      Score
+144 MHz          30      1         30        14        420 
+===============================================================================
+I have observed all competition rules as well as all regulations
+for Amateur Radio in my country.  My report is correct and true
+to the best of my knowledge.  I agree to be bound by the decisions
+of the Awards Committee.
+
+Bdale Garbee N3EUA    13.04.1999
+4390 Darr Circle
+Black Forest, CO  80908
+
+===============================================================================
+N3EUA CONTEST LOG FOLLOWS:
+
+column 1: frequency (MHz)         column 6: complete exchange sent
+column 2: mode                    column 7: complete exchange received
+column 3: date (dd/mm/yy, UTC)    column 8: indication of new multiplier '*'
+column 4: time (UTC)              column 9: points claimed
+column 5: call of station worked
+
+note:  Incomplete & Dupe QSO's in the log are listed with  - 0 - points.
+
+
+
+
+
+N3EUA CONTEST LOG FOR:  ARRL VHF SPRINTS    
+
+144      SSB       13/04/99   0102   W6OAL          DM89   DM79   *  1 
+144      SSB       13/04/99   0105   K0GU           DM89   DN70   *  1 
+144      SSB       13/04/99   0115   K0RP           DM89   DM88   *  1 
+144      SSB       13/04/99   0116   N0KQY          DM89   DM98   *  1 
+144      SSB       13/04/99   0117   N0NKG          DM89   DM78   *  1 
+144      SSB       13/04/99   0119   N0POH          DM89   DM79      1 
+144      SSB       13/04/99   0120   W0KVA          DM89   DM79      1 
+144      SSB       13/04/99   0124   K5RHR          DM89   DM65   *  1 
+144      SSB       13/04/99   0125   N9KUW          DM89   DM65      1 
+144      SSB       13/04/99   0130   N0KE           DM89   DM69   *  1 
+144      SSB       13/04/99   0131   N0SWV          DM89   DM79      1 
+144      SSB       13/04/99   0131   N0VSB          DM89   DM79      1 
+144      SSB       13/04/99   0142   N0LL           DM89   EM09   *  1 
+144      SSB       13/04/99   0146   KF4GMH         DM89   DM78      1 
+144      SSB       13/04/99   0153   KA0ULN/R       DM89   DM89   *  1 
+144      SSB       13/04/99   0155   KK5YY          DM89   DM66   *  1 
+144      SSB       13/04/99   0213   W0LD           DM89   DM78      1 
+144      SSB       13/04/99   0214   N9KC/R         DM89   DM79      1 
+144      SSB       13/04/99   0230   KC5SFV         DM89   DM65      1 
+144      SSB       13/04/99   0257   W0ETT          DM89   DM79      1 
+144      SSB       13/04/99   0301   KA0ULN/R       DM89   DN80   *  1 
+144      SSB       13/04/99   0313   NA0US          DM89   DN70      1 
+144      SSB       13/04/99   0314   W0AVV          DM89   DN70      1 
+144      SSB       13/04/99   0322   KC0ADT         DM89   DM79      1 
+144      SSB       13/04/99   0333   WD0BQM         DM89   DN81   *  1 
+144      SSB       13/04/99   0340   KC0FGK         DM89   DM67   *  1 
+144      SSB       13/04/99   0404   K0CL           DM89   DM69      1 
+144      SSB       13/04/99   0416   AB0GD          DM89   DN71   *  1 
+144      SSB       13/04/99   0425   KA0ULN/R       DM89   DN70      1 
+144      SSB       13/04/99   0456   KC0COU         DM89   DN70      1 
+
+ +

Equipment

+ +We ran my Kenwood TS-790A barefoot (about 40 watts) through a Diamond SWR/Power +meter and Landwehr +preamp into a 12-element K1FO-style yagi at about 20' above ground. The +feedline was about 10 feet of RG-214 from the antenna to the preamp, +then about a 50 foot run of 9913 to the meter, plus another short 9913 jumper +to the rig. All this ran off my deep-cycle battery quite happily. + +
+
+Bdale Garbee, +$Id: index.html,v 1.4 1999/04/14 18:41:22 bdale Exp $ +
+