Monday, November 5, 2012

ARRL November CW Sweepstakes '12





 Band    QSOs    Pts  Sec
   3.5      13      26    6
     7      23      46    8
    14      30      60   12
    21      35      70   17
    28       4      8    4
 Total     105     210   47
Score: 9,870

Sunday, October 21, 2012

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

Monday, October 15, 2012

ARCI QRP Fall QSO Party


Managed to get on for a few contacts on the Fall QSO Party.
Rig FT-1000MkV turned down to 5 watts
Ant. Cushcraft R-7
Conditions were OK but 40 was difficult with the PA QSO party and there was a lot of FISTS activity which is hard to distinguish so I mostly called CQ on 20M and worked the following stations.

N4BP     FL     3412
K9OSC  MN   9616
K4BN     GA    1208
N0UR     MN    6846
NG7Z     WA    11300
W3HZZ   GA    13629
K9OZ      IL      11041
N9ZXL    IL      3758
K4KJP     AL     3759
N4KGL    GA    14176
KA8HDE  MN   13826
WD9F       IL      4250
K4MF       FL      629
K9FO        IL       8352
KB9ILT     IL       8352
W4MQC   FL      3788

Total Q's 16
Total Mults SPC  6
16 x 5 x 6  = 480


Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Saturday, September 1, 2012

COG Railway to top of Mt. Washington

On Mt. Washington

Standing in 55mph wind!

Norm KB1OV and COG Train



Touring VY2 PEI

View from operating position

Operating as K3PG/VY2 on PEI


Using an ATS-4 4 Watts and an End Fed wire tied to the 2nd floor balcony railing and a chair in the yard I worked several stations.
    27 Aug 2012
1428 K1YAN 20M   559  Gary in Plymouth MA
1434* WA9PWP 20M   449 Paul in Stoughton WI running 3W
1435   DK1BN 20M   559 Walt remote 100W and 6el Mono Bander
1613 KB4QQJ   20M   559   Randy in Burlington NC QRP and Straight Key
1614 K2JT 20M   549 Joe in Montvale NJ
1617   K6FWJ 20M   559 ?  2W not sure of QTH
1912 K9ESE 20M   339  Jeff 3W Charleston WV mobile
2040* DH1BBO   20M   539 Olaf Goldenstedt  K2 5W Windom
2059* VE2PID 40M   569   Pierre Sherbrooke KX3 5W port. inv. Vee
2132* G3SES 20M   449 Phil 5W from Chester TS-940 at 5W wire ant

*times confirmed by other stations log



Had a great trip to PEI.  We stayed at Andy's Surfside Inn in North Rustico.  The view was what I was seeing at the operating position on the back porch.  We also attended a great Airshow at Summerside.


Sitting in 2-33 at Summerside PEI

AT PEI Airshow
Old Telephone Switchboard at PEI Potato Museum
More Pix of PEI and New England Trip on Webshots at http://community.webshots.com/album/583332329zljQTL?vhost=community&vhost=community

Sunday, July 29, 2012

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