Howdy All,
Just a quick report from the NorthWest ... KV9X decided to
finish his NW-20 kit last weekend in time for the FYBO
Field Day Event. It went together okay, so a quick trip
to Radio Shack for a few connectors completed the hardware.
On saturday morning I packed up Marcia's (KC7MCW) mountain bike
with the gear, tofu sandwhich, and a jar of hot coffee. I rode
about a mile or so 'till I got to the Woodland Park Zoo. It is a
really good spot beacuse there are many trees and picnic tables,
many sheltered from our famous rain-fall. (Seattle)
The antenna went up (INV VEE) though it could have been much higher,
but I only had about 15 feet of coax. :-0 It is a Bic Flamethrower
with alarm wire elements ... cheap and doesn't tangle.
Had very few visitors ... partly because all those trees made
for a lot of shade on an otherwise unusually sunny day ... we
even had shadows! At many point I heard strange screams from
the bushes and though some kids were up to no good, but then
it dawned on me ... those jungle sounds are REAL! I was at
the Zoo, you'll remember! Those monkeys kept me company from
the time the antenna was up until I packed up. :-)
Anyway, the band (20) was in good shape, except for some QSB and
a few QSOs were made ... some easy, some hard. Thanks for
all who entered! The NM and AZ stations were all very strong
here ... must have had a pipeline.
Had to pack up around 2:45 to go drop off some stuff for
a freenet orientation meeting, then went off to work putting
together a data package fro the EPA (fun).
I am still excited about that event .. thanks ScQRPions!
--Brian High, KV9X
NAME: BRIAN K. HIGH
CALL: KV9X
LOCATION: WOODLAND PARK ZOO PICNIC AREA, SEATTLE, WA, USA
RIG: EMTECH NW-20
ANT: INV VEE UP 15 FEET
EXCHANGE: (CALL) (RST) WA 4W (TEMP)F
BAND: 20 (NO NOVICE/TECH+ PTS. ... NO NOVICE BAND POINTS)
MODE: CW
CLASS: SINGLE OP.
POWER: 4 WATTS OUT (NO QRPp PTS.)
FIELD: YES (X4)
BATTERY: YES (X2)
LOWEST T: 42F (X3)
# STATES: 15 (X15)
STATES: AZ,WA,NM,OK,NC,MN,CO,VA,GA,MA,TN,NY,UT,CA,IA
# QSOs: 32
SCORE: 32 X 4 X 2 X 3 X 15 = 11520 PTS.
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