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| Julie caught me getting ready for the contest |
forecast looks poor it shapes my attitude for the contest. When I finished with 10 meters it was off to 15 meters and it was slowing down some, all the openings were state side only. 20 meters was starting to heat up during the early afternoon so over I went. My evening exsploration of 40 meters was great. In the past with my other attic antennas 40 meters only provided contacts into the U.S. The Alpha Delta got me into and all over Europe for the first time. Unfortunately by the time I headed into the radio room to attack 40 meters it was late and I was very tired. So my run on 40 meters only lasted a short time.
How did I do this year
Total contacts 48Score 3220
E.U contacts 16 (10 of which were IARU member stations)
N.A. 32 (2 of which were IARU member stations)
So how did the new Alpha Delta DX-EE preform......it was great !!! I have to enter a few more contests so I can give it a fair evaluation. I did have some troubles with the SWR as was mentioned in my last post. I thought I had fixed the problem but after a short time in the contest my SWR climbed back up again.....that's for another post.
Some shots of the afternoon visit to the festival
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| Some local talent |
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| Checking out the venues |
8 comments:
Hello Mike,
Congrats on your new Alpha Delta DX-EE. Working Europe on 7 MHz with an indoor antenne is great. On 7 MHz I only worked Europe with my inverted Vee. Seems like the DX-EE, even indoors, is doing better than the inverted Vee. hi
I worked VY2ZM, a station with Excellent Ears, on 20 mtrs with only 360 mW. hi
73, Bert
That's great that 10 was open for you. I checked it periodically but never heard a peep. Not much on 15m either - 20 and 40 were the money bands, as usual.
Good afternoon Bert, I too worked VY2ZM out of P.E.I and he has a great website at www.vy2zm.com you should check it out. Also I do believe the DX-EE is working just fine just have to get the SWR bug sorted out although the K3 tuner brings it down to 1.1 SWR. I am also running LMR-400 coax which as very low loss so that helps as well.
John I was shocked to hear activity on 10 as well and for me 20 was not to bad either but I was late getting there.
Hello Mike,
While only working a few in the late evening on 20 meters, they were the ones I REALLY needed. Two of them were at distances better than 5,000 miles. Didn't realize this contest was even happening until I tuned in....
It was a great contest... even for QRP'ers.
Yes it is a contest that I look forward to each year and operate QRP all the time.
Mike,
I had a thought about your high SWR problem. Is it at all possible that moisture could have gotten into a connection point or into the coax before or after installation?
The only other thing I can think of is that metal expansion is distorting things when it's hot, but that seems unlikely.
Nice summary of the contest, great job! I must try a few myself. Contesting seems to be one of those stages all hams go through, hi!
Hi,PF my friend for your QRP.
Best 73s-yc1bjx
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