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[K7XQ]

Hello All,
I had a great time operating all three weekends of the contest.
Conditions were extremely unusual on 144 MHz where signals would very 
from 20 dB out of the noise, even moving the S meter at times, to NIL 
in a matter of seconds but with no faraday changes. This was why I 
didn’t do too well on 144 but 1296 was stable as a rock with unusually 
stronger signals. I did much better on 2304 after the contest after I 
found a blown/shorted regulator in the preamp causing a overvoltage 
condition to the front end device creating excessive gain and a very 
high noise figure.

 I will be submitting as single operator, CW only ,random unassisted,
mixed band entry ( all callsigns included below ).

 Any assisted contacts will not be included in the ARRL submitted log
but are located on my webpage logbook.

First Contest Weekend:

2304: OK1MS#, KL6M#

Second Contest weekend:

144: F3VS, IK3MAC, OK1MS#

1296; SM4DHN#, K9SLQ, N9JIM, K4QI#, OK1DFC, G3LTF, LA9NEA, HB9Q,
OZ6OL, RW1AW, K1JT, G4CCH, N9JIM, WA6PY
JA4BLC#, JA6CZD#, JR4AEP#, OK1CA, OE5JFL#, RW1AW#, IW2FZR#, OZ4MM,
DL4MEA#, OH2DG#, AL7RT#, N0OY#

Third Contest Weekend:

432: G3LTF#

1296: DF3RU#, K2DH#, K5SO, K5JL, VK3UM#, VE6TA#, VK4AFL#, W2DRZ#,
JR4ZZS#, VA7MM#

 The 432 array is only partially built as 2 X 9 W.L. XPOL @ 20 dBd
total gain but was pleased that the GS35b amp stayed
stable with very little power drift on this band at a full 1500 watts.

 Next contest will alternate the bands more often and try not to stay
on any one band too long. Could have picked up more on 144 although as K6PF described recently, it is not as populated on CW like
it used to be.

Congrats to K2TXB on his only contact during the contest :)))

 

K7XQ Jeff
Atwater, CA.
Grid: CM97qi
EME, Satellites, Meteor Scatter
CW, JT-65 , SSB
50 MHz: 2 X M2 6M7 1000 watts 2 X 3-500
144 MHz: 4 X XPOL M2 2MPX28 XPOL 1500 Watts Single GS35b
222 MHz: 1 X M2 5 W.L. 350 watts   Single 8930
432 MHz: 4 X M2 9 W.L. Modified for XPOL 1500 Watts single GS35b 
1296 MHz: 3.0 meter dish VE4MA circular feed 350 Watts single GS15 water-cooled
2304 MHz/2320 MHz/2424 MHz: 3.0 meter dish VE4MA circular feed 200 watts Spectrian SSPA 
10 GHz: early 2008
 
K7XQ Webpage:  http://www.elite.net/~k7xq/k7xq.html

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