N8YXR

Call: N8YXR Operator(s): N8YXR, KC0RBV, K8AVJ, KB8AWE Station: N8YXR Class: Multi-Single LP QTH: MI Operating Time (hrs): 23:15 Summary:  Band  QSOs  Mults -------------------   160:    0     0    80:   41    33    40:   69    43    20:  233   82    15:   52    31    10:    7     1 ------------------- Total:  402   190  Total Score = 229,140 Club: Mad River Radio Club Comments: Much better than last year. Seemed like conditions, while not perfect, certainly helped us. Had a pretty good feeling at 10am local on Saturday that we would be in good shape. Jennie and I did most of the operating, but we had a chance to have two hams over to get an introduction to contesting on Sunday. Should be a good enough score to claim th...

I had been eyeing a three element SteppIR for some time. Purchasing one was part of my long term station improvement plans. In August 2019, I noticed a unit being offered by a fellow MRRC member. He was helping another ham dismantle his station in preparation for moving into a condo. The price was right and I purchased the unit. The system was a 2007 vintage unit. It had given the previous owner years of performance and was still working when it was brought down. The trip to Ohio was nice and the timing worked out that I could attend DX Engineering's hamfest. The wife (KC0RBV) and kids came with me. My son and daughter were okay with the ham radio stuff, but loved seeing the cars in Summit Racing. We also did a quick visit to Cuyahoga Valley National Park . I highly recommend it if you are in the area. SteppIR offers a free service where you can send your older unit in for them to evaluate it and make recommendations on needed repairs and upgrades. You pay for shipping and par...

Robert Tuttle < n8yxrtuttle@gmail.com > Sun, Nov 3, 9:05 PM (2 days ago) Call: N8YXR Operator(s): N8YXR Station: N8YXR Class: Single Op Assisted LP QTH: MI Operating Time (hrs): 2:35 Summary:  Band  QSOs  Mults -------------------   160:    0     0    80:     13     4    40:    22    17    20:   0     0    15:    0     0    10:     0     0 ------------------- Total:  35   21  Total Score =  1,470 Club: Mad River Radio Club Comments: Not sure you can call what I did real CW, but I got on and did what I could for the club and to beat OH! Plan a full bore SSB effort as usual. Hope I didn't screw anyone up too much with my effort. This did get ...

Summary:  Band  QSOs  Mults -------------------   160:    0     0    80:   24    12    40:   22    22    20:  177   86    15:   65    50    10:    2     4 ------------------- Total:  290   125  Total Score = 132,414 Club: Mad River Radio Club Comments: Made plans to do better than last year with a goal of 350 QSOs, band plan by hour, and discussed the plan with Jennie. Then, I watched Tamitha Skov's solar predictions for the weekend and realized we would have to play it by ear. W3LPL said it well, "a very rough weekend." (Caught him and K3LR swapping scores on the real 3830. God, I miss that.) Did our best and considering the conditions. I found a spot on 80M to call CQ for a little bit. Mostly worked Canadians, but then a bunch of Am...

Call: N8YXR Operator(s): N8YXR, KC0RBV Station: N8YXR Class: Multi-Single LP QTH: MI Operating Time (hrs): Too bloody long and embarrassing Summary:  Band  QSOs  Mults -------------------   160:    0     0    80:   37    28    40:   49    37    20:  123   70    15:   29    70    10:    0     0 ------------------- Total:  238   155  Total Score = 110,670 Club: Mad River Radio Club Comments: We started out so positive and energetic. Then, well the bands did us in. Our goal was to try and beat the 8 land multi-single record, but as the weekend went on we saw it slip away. About Saturday evening, our goal shifted to simply surviving and minimizing the damage. What a !#$#% time! Truly horrible conditions up here!...

Call: N8YXR Operator(s): N8YXR, KC0RBV Station: N8YXR Class: Mult-single LP QTH: MI Operating Time (hrs): 23 Summary:   Band  QSOs  Sec ------------------------------    160:     80: 193  27     40: 141  26     20: 72  26     15: 16  4     10: ------------------------------ Total: 422  83 Total Score =70,052 Club: Mad River Radio Club Comments: Ok, the goal was only 300 QSOs. WOW! The Inverted-L seems to really cook for us. Never thought I would see that many QSOs on 80M. First time making a clean sweep since graduate school. Jennie's first time ever. VERY COOL!!! Last section was Ontario North of all places. Hopefully, this helped the club. I'm pretty sure without our big guns on this weekend OH won. If you did, good job guys. Worked several of the school clubs. It seems their participation is up. It will be interesting to see the results. Wo...

Call: N8YXR Operator(s): N8YXR, KC0RBV Station: N8YXR Class: Mult-single LP QTH: MI Operating Time (hrs): 27 Summary:   Band  QSOs  Zones  Countries ------------------------------    160:     80: 32     12    24     40: 32     12    18     20: 172   22    67     15: 63    15     37     10: 17    5       9 ------------------------------ Total: 316 66 155  Total Score = 193,375 Club: Mad River Radio Club Comments: Normally, I hate this contest. Always seems rough on us. Not sure it was better, but I don't feel like I was in a bar fight. Much better score than we have ever done. Due to a work event all Saturday morning and cub scouts tonight, we didn't max out operating time at all. The new 80m antenna worked okay. I had a lot of noise so eventually, I n...