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KQ8RP ARRL SSB DX Contest 2011

ARRL-SECTION: OH CALLSIGN: KQ8RP CLUB: Delara Contest Team CONTEST: ARRL-DX-SSB CATEGORY: SINGLE-OP-ASSISTED 40M HIGH SSB CLAIMED-SCORE: 30720 OPERATORS: KQ8RP ADDRESS: USA CREATED-BY: N1MM Logger V11.2.4 Summary: Band  QSOs  Mults ——————- 160: 80: 40:  160    64 20: 15: 10: ——————- Total:  160    64  Total Score = 30,720 Comments: Flex 5000a, Phased Verticals, Professional AL80B [...]

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KQ8RP ARRL 10 Meter Contest

This was first time I worked the ARRL 10 meter contest in years.  Before I moved to Ohio when I lived in Kentucky with a 70 foot tower and a KLM KT34XA antenna it was just more fun to work.  The antenna system we used this time around was a 1/2 wave 160 meter Inverted [...]

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KQ8RP NAQP CW Contest Results

This was the first time working this contest on cw as well as first time using N1MM logger. I didn’t have much time to put into the contest had a DELARA Holiday Party to attend as well and didn’t want to miss that event. Food was fabulous. I downloaded N1MM logger earlier in the week [...]

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Flex 5000 Noise Blanker

This  new noise just showed up this week on 10 though 20 meter band.  I have switched off each breaker in my electrical panel to see if it was something in my home but it sounds like Routing Number JPMORGAN CHASE BANK it is coming from somewhere in the neighborhood. If you have heard this [...]

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