2001 ARRL DX-CW |
 Back to Main Contest Page Back to Main Page OK guys, are you ready for this? In an attempt to put OBO over the top, I decided to have a Joystick weekend. This amazing antenna, 7 1/2 feet long, was deployed for much of the weekend. Please don't tell my coop board! To keep down RFI, it was fed with coax from a tuner. There was no discernable RFI. It also didn't work at all on 20, quite a drawback I'm sure you will agree. 80 was also useless. BUT, the amazing Joystick, which QST refused to accept ads for because the English maker didn't send ARRL a test antenna (it had a reputation of burning up--there is a mysterious hermetically sealed coil or something in the center of the thing), gave the following results (low power, of course): 456 QSOs; 161 countries; 219,765 points Never mind that half the stns worked mistook my call for WE1AK! In my wildest dreams, I never would have thought I could make that many QSOs. It's easier from VT! Long live OBO. 73, Tony K2SX - Den Call: K2SX
Operator(s): K2SX
Station: K2SX
Class: SOAB(A) HP
QTH: ENY
Operating Time (hrs): 4.5
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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160: 0 0
80: 31 23
40: 102 51
20: 81 41
15: 102 37
10: 92 41
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Total: 408 193 = 236,232
Club: order of Boiled Owls of NY
Comments:
This was the yea to visit our grandchildren in NC so not much
operating time before jumping on the big bird. Next year,
I get to choose.
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