I got to the hilltop (1943 feet A.S.L.) twenty minutes before the start of the contest, got the stacked pair assembled, and saw how far the mast was bending over from the wind. I considered tearing it down and assembling the omnidirectional antenna system instead, but it would have been on a separate mast that was even smaller than the 2-inch OD mast for the beams. So instead, I decided to lower the antenna stack, remove the bottom antenna, take the phasing harness out of the picture, remove one mast section, and tilt the remaining yagi up into position by itself. By the time I accomplished this goal, 45 minutes of contest time had been eaten, so I decided not to waste time taking any pictures of the modified setup.
TIME (UTC) | WIND GUST (mph) |
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2330 | 41.4 |
0053 | 46.0 |
0105 | 41.4 |
0207 | 29.9 |
I spent two separate blocks of time swinging the beam through the "brick wall" to the north, but it didn't net any QSOs. In fact, none of my QSOs in this contest were the result of calling CQ. It appears that my longest actual contact was with K1TR in New Hampshire:
DIRECTION | STATION | GRID | DISTANCE |
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west | N2LID | FN12md | 70 miles |
southwest | W3SO | FN00sn | 198 miles |
south | K2PLF | FM19tp | 204 miles |
southeast | N2GHR | FN30ku | 178 miles |
east | K1TR | FN42iu | 226 miles |
BAND QSOs QSO UNIQUE STATES CANADIAN PTS. GRIDS PROVINCES ------------------------------------------------ 50 14 14 7 6 0 --- Claimed score = 98 ---
MD UTC CALLSIGN GRID OTHER ------------------------------------------- PH 2351 N2GHR FN30ku PH 0003 N2LID FN12md PH 0005 WA2FGK FN21bf PH 0014 W3SO FN00sn PH 0031 KA2LIM FN12mg PH 0032 KB2YCC FN12mg PH 0034 KE2DN FN12xd PH 0040 WW2DX FN31ep FN22 new PH 0044 K2PLF FM19tp PH 0120 K3ISH FN21fo PH 0121 K1IIG FN31nl FN22 new CW 0205 N1SV FN42ep PH 0240 K1TR FN42iu FN22 new PH 0251 WB2ENI FN12 50.400 AM
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