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I got to join the team at K5NA for a multi-operator, multi-transmitter contest effort in the 2003 CQ World Wide DX Contest, Phone. This is the first time I've operated in a multi-multi and the first time K5NA has done a multi-multi from his station in Texas. We had six radios, six amplifiers, and eleven operators.
Murphy struck us slightly with serious WriteLog networking problems before the start. We had to isolate the 40 meter station because the Windows XP computer on 40 meters would not communicate with any of the other stations.
Then the amplifier for 10 meters smoked at the start, forcing Richard to scurry on a 60 mile round-trip to borrow a replacement. Things went smoothly then until Sunday when a thunderstorm shut us completely down for 45 minutes. And finally, the 160M transceiver went to the RF Gods late Sunday afternoon.