Thanks, Jim. Most everyone I know who have SteppIRs L-O-V-E them. They outperform everything else, except *some* mono-banders. I just busted a huge pileup on a new station on Easter Is. on 20 meters in two calls.
73, Allen R. Brier N5XZ / KL5DX 1515 Windloch Lane Richmond, TX 77406-2553 281-342-1882 (Home) 713-705-4801 (Cell) <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> [email protected] From: James A. Carmody [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2014 23:01 To: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Cc: CTDXCC; [email protected] Subject: Re: [tdxs-list] N5XZ: 10-10 Summer Contest Congrats, Allen. I hope you win again. I can't believe your SteppIR works so well. Mine was a dud after awhile. Fortunately, I had my 340 by the time it quit. 73, Jim NN5O _____ From: Allen R. Brier <[email protected]> To: [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected] Cc: CTDXCC <[email protected]>; [email protected] Sent: Sunday, August 3, 2014 10:53 PM Subject: [tdxs-list] N5XZ: 10-10 Summer Contest Call: N5XZ Operator(s): N5XZ Station: N5XZ Class: Single Op HP QTH: TX Operating Time (hrs): 25 Summary: Band QSOs Points ------------------- 10: 735 1084 ------------------- Club: Houston S.H.O.T. Comments: Boy, was this a tough contest! Band conditions were horrible on Saturday, then even worse on Sunday. The solar flux level was high, but the A and K indices were really high, so propagation was awful. I did work one EU (MW0ZZK) but if you look at his antenna farm, you’ll see why hear heard me. There were a lot of VK/ZLs and several ZS’s, and a whole slew of South Americans. Well, that was good because without the SA’s, Sunday afternoon would have been almost nothing. I want to thank those locals who turned on their radios and looked for us, they really helped! I think I pulled out another win, but I guess I need to wait for the final results to be sure. As always, the equipment performed great, no problems except occasional operator errors, and a few zzzz’s from time to time! Rig: Elecraft K3/P3 Amp: ETO Alpha 78 Ant: Fluidmotion 4-el SteppIR up 75 feet Intfc: microHAM micro Keyer II S/W: N1MM (what else?) Avg. Rate: 29.4 QSOs / Hr 8-[ Allen R. Brier N5XZ / KL5DX 1515 Windloch Lane Richmond, TX 77406-2553 281-342-1882 (Home) 713-705-4801 (Cell) [email protected] [email protected] _________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe or modify your subscription options, please visit: http://lists.tdxs.net/mailman/options/tdxs-list/carmodyjim%40yahoo.com
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