April, 2003 | |||||||||||
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Date | UTC | Freq | Callsign | Rcvd RST | Sent RST | Name | QTH | Rig | Ant | WX | Comments |
4/1/03 | 0307 | 7120 | ki5ww | 599 | 544 | Johnny | Sayre, OK | Yaesu | - | - | - |
04/01/2003 | 0100 | 7120 | n0msrn | 599 | 579 | Charles | St. Louis | Icom | Inverted Vee | - | - |
04/01/2003 | 0200 | 7040 | kc8aon | 599 | 579 | Rick | Troy, OH | Yaesu | End fed wire | - | Sending from a Knight's Inn Hotel in Troy OH. Has a SW40. |
04/03/03 | 0200 | 7045 | VE3BRL | 589 | 588 | Jim | Toronto, ON | TenTec | Sloper | Ice Storm | - |
04/07/2003 | 2100 | 7120 | aa5go | 599 | 599 | Greg | Howell, MI | Icom 756 | 70 ft | - | 100 W, reported good job with qrp on new ant. |
04/07/2003 | 2145 | 7040 | w8kc | 599 | 569 | Paul | Detroit | TenTec Argonaut H15 | - | - | 5W |
04/08/2003 | 0250 | 7040 | k9lir | 599 | 569 | John | Marion, IN | 5W | - | - | QRN ended QSO |
8 IV 2003 | 0210 | 7043 | aa1my | 599 | 599 | - | NE | 5W | - | - | Spartan Sprint |
8 IV 2003 | 0230 | 7043 | k1cyg | 559 | 599 | - | ME | 5W | - | - | Spartan Sprint |
8 IV 2003 | 0300 | 7040 | wd8ol | 599 | 599 | - | OH | 5W | - | - | Spartan Sprint |
8 IV 2003 | 0315 | 7040 | ve3xtb | 599 | 559 | - | ON | 3W | - | - | Spartan Sprint |
16-IV-2003 | 0120 | 7125 | n9dt | 599 | 599 | Darrell | Fowler, IL | Kenwood TS570 | Dipole | Cool, raining | - |
18-IV-2003 | 0015 | 7120 | k8zct | 599 | 579 | Bill | Pickerington, OH | Icom 746 Pro | Dipole 20 ft up | Cool and rainy | Bill lived in Toledo for many years |
18-IV-2003 | 2245 | 7120 | wb2zhl | 599 | 599 | Tom | Syracuse, NY | Kenwood TS520 | Dipole | - | - |
20-IV-2003Date | 0330 | 7040 | n0hsn | 599 | 559 | Brad | Springfield, MO | Kenwood 570 | Vertical | Cool, 55F | 35 W |
21-IV-2003 | 0109 | 7130 | wj0c | 599 | 579 | Jim | Waterloo, IA | Kenwood TS 430 | Dipole up 45 feet | Clear skies, 51F | 75 W, Long QSO, over an hour! |
23-IV-2003 | 0215 | 7040 | km2y | 599 | 359 | Joe | Flemington, NJ | - | - | - | QRN, fading, poor conditions |
26-IV-2003 | 1300 | 7040 | kb3jkr | 579 | 579 | Bill | PA | - | - | - | Bad fading, poor conditions |
30-IV-2003 | 0015 | 7120 | wn1b | 579 | 599 | Scot | Leonard, MI | 35 year old Collins! | g5rt | - | Nice sounding rig, very distinct tube tone |
30-IV-2003 | 0115 | 7120 | ki0km | 579 | 559 | Bob | East Grand Forks, MN | Heathkit | dipole up 30 ft | - | 40 watts |
Date | UTC | Freq | Call | Rcvd RST | Sent RST | Name | QTH | Rig | Ant | Wx | Comments |
I enjoyed the Spartan Sprint very much. This is a contest of QRP hams with an encouragement to hams that send outdoors and with lightweight rigs. I only got 4 QSO's but I learned how to send in a contest. I definitely need to increase my code speed, I heard lots of activity in the 7040 area but could not copy at their rate. I also seem to have qso'ed with a few hams that do not exist in the database, so the quality of my code skills leaves something to be desired.
I thought about practicing on MorseCat, and did it a few times but I am spending what little free time I have on the radio. Sometimes I just practice copying the faster code on 7040. Still have a long way to go but the beginners panic seems to be lessening.
I am trying to improve my CW skills by listening to fast code. This CW stuff takes daily practice, if I don't do it every day I seem to lose a little capability.
I made a dipole antenna that I can take along outdoors. I also made a AA battery pack so maybe next month I can do the ARS Spartan Sprint outside. My CW skills are still pretty slow, but I can send OK. I only copy about half of what is sent sometimes though, got to keep practicing!