NY QSO Party '12

ATS-4 with Code Warrior paddles

KI6J Matcher with 20M half wave wire

Mini with wire antenna out the back

Operated QRP in Dutchess Co. from the parking lot of the Rhinebeck NY fairgrounds.
Single Op QRP
RIG  ATS-4
Ant  20M Endfed using KI6J matcher

30 QSO's X 2 (for CW) = 60 X 20 (mults 20) = 1200 points

NYQP  OCT 20th 2012

Local Time

40M

1107 AA2ZW 599 ERI

1113 W2O 599 OTS

1117 WB2SHI/2 599 WAR

1133 N2R/ONE 599 ONE

1136 K2QMF 599 SUF

1141 N2JJ 599 SAR

1146 W1HIS 599 MA

1147 K2AXX 599 LIV

1148 AA2BT 599 ONT

1155 N2QW 599 ALB

1157 KA2KGP 599 CHA

1208 WK2T 599 DUT

1212 W2LB 599 ONT

20M

1212 N4VV 599 TN

1239 WB8WKQ 599 MI

1300 AA9KL 599 IL

40M

1321 W2M 599 YAT

1329 W2TB 599 599 ERI

1330 W2EME 599 ALB

1348 W2T 599 STE

1349 W2Q 599 STL

1350 K2NK 599 PA

1353 WA3HAE 599 PA

20M

1400 KV8Q 599 OH

1410 W8WVU 599 MI

1411 W4UT 599 TN

1415 K8ED 599 MI

1415 K8QWY 599 OH

1426 WA8PGE 599 OH

30 QSO'S

MULTIPLIERS  20

ERI

OTS

WAR

ONE

SUF

SAR

MA

LIV

ONT

ALB

CHA

DUT

TN

MI

IL

YAT

STE

STL

PA

OH

Flight of the Bumblebees 2012

Flight of the Bumblebees July 29, 2012

K3PG

Paul Gerhardt

K3PG

Lovettsville, VA

19 total contacts

15 Bees

19 X 15 = 285 Claimed Points

Set up was at Farm in Lovettsville, VA

Rig ATS-4

Ant End Fed Half Waves temporary in tree

Palm Paddles

Seemed like a lot of activity was fun even with low temporary antenna.

Log

Time Call RX Sent

40M

1:12 W1PNS 569 MA 34 559 VA 69

1:49 AB4I 479 VA 47

20M

2:04 WB4MNK 549 FL 2

2:10 N9NE 579 WI 50

2:14 K9DXA 559 IL 100

2:21 K9EW 559 IL 90

2:33 KX0R 559 CO 24

2:43 K6XM 559 CA 63 449 QRM

2:50 KG3W 559 PA 73

2:54 K4OSO 559 VA 5W

3:56 WA8ZBT 559 TX 5W

3:58 WG0AT 559 CO 222

4:04 AB9CA 559 MN 15

40M

4:08 KE0G 559 MN 5W

20M

4:20 WA4PIG 559 TN 656

4:23 W0CH 559 MO 7

4:55 N7OU 559 OR 70

4:59 LY2FN 559

Fall ARCI at Rhinebeck NY

2006 VW at Rhinebeck NY

Radio set up in VW

Operated the ARCI Fall contest from Rhinebeck Aerodrome in NY.  Here is the ATS-4 and the Palm Paddles in the car.  The antenna was an end-fed half wave on 20M with the KI6J matcher.  Some more of the pix are on Webshots

ATS-4a field tested with KI6J End Fed Matcher

ATS-4a in use in VA at portable location

KI6J Matcher with #22 teflon 1/2 wave for 20M

KI6J Matcher 'hooked up' on 20M

Put both the ATS-4a and the KI6J matcher on a field test at the portable location in VA.  The half wave wire was indoors on the 2nd floor and contact was made with an F8 with a 579 report!  The LED worked on the matcher to tune the antenna and several US contacts were also made.  The power supply was a 4.5 AH Gel Cell.  The headphones were Skull Candy ear buds and the Vibroplex Code Warrior Jr. works without the plastic paddles too.