START-OF-LOG: 2.3 CREATED-BY: TR Log POST Version 6.79 CALLSIGN: K5TR CONTEST: ETDXA-50MHZ-SPRINT ARRL-SECTION: STX CATEGORY: SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH MIXED CLAIMED-SCORE: 325 NAME: Kenneth E. Harker ADDRESS: 7009 Fireoak Drive ADDRESS: Austin, TX 78759 OPERATORS: WM5R SOAPBOX: Once again, George was a great host. He had to spend some time SOAPBOX: hooking up the Kenwood TS-690 so I could get on 6 meters. As SOAPBOX: sometimes happens in this contest, we encounter technical issues SOAPBOX: to work out. This time, the W9XT Contest Card DVK was not behaving, SOAPBOX: so George ended up swapping out the entire computer with another SOAPBOX: one he had on hand with a W9XT Contest Card in it. The original SOAPBOX: computer had a recently added serial and parallel port expansion SOAPBOX: card in it, and that might have been the source of the problem. SOAPBOX: In any event, it is good to get these issues identified and dealt SOAPBOX: with before the ARRL June VHF QSO Party. SOAPBOX: SOAPBOX: One technical issue that was not overcome was a stuck rotator. SOAPBOX: I had two monoband Yagis at my disposal, one of which was fixed SOAPBOX: WNW because of the stuck rotor. I don't think it made any difference SOAPBOX: to my score. SOAPBOX: SOAPBOX: I only worked three stations outside of Texas, all in the final SOAPBOX: hour. One of those was a station in western Louisiana, clearly SOAPBOX: a long troposcatter QSO. The other two were with stations in Ohio SOAPBOX: and Illinois, and did not feel like E skip. I think they were SOAPBOX: both meteor scatter. SOAPBOX: SOAPBOX: Among the Texas stations I worked, one was a station that called SOAPBOX: me using a 20 meter dipole for an antenna who was quite enthused SOAPBOX: that I could hear him. I worked two stations who did not know their SOAPBOX: own grid locator, but were able to explain their location well enough SOAPBOX: for me to deduce what it is. SOAPBOX: SOAPBOX: Maybe next year there will be Eskip. SOAPBOX: SOAPBOX: Rate Sheet SOAPBOX: ---------- SOAPBOX: SOAPBOX: HR HR TOT CUM TOTAL SCORE SOAPBOX: -- ------ --------- ----- SOAPBOX: 23 7/6 7/6 42 SOAPBOX: 0 4/2 11/8 88 SOAPBOX: 1 7/2 18/10 180 SOAPBOX: 2 7/3 25/13 325 SOAPBOX: SOAPBOX: Multiplier Distribution SOAPBOX: ----------------------- SOAPBOX: 1. em10 8 SOAPBOX: 2. em20 3 SOAPBOX: 3. em00 2 SOAPBOX: 4. el09 2 SOAPBOX: 5. el29 2 SOAPBOX: 6. el17 1 SOAPBOX: 7. em12 1 SOAPBOX: 8. em13 1 SOAPBOX: 9. em01 1 SOAPBOX: 10. em21 1 SOAPBOX: 11. em89 1 SOAPBOX: 12. em30 1 SOAPBOX: 13. en41 1 QSO: 50 PH 2006-05-13 2317 K5TR EM00 W3XO/5 em00 QSO: 50 PH 2006-05-13 2320 K5TR EM00 W5UWB el17 QSO: 50 PH 2006-05-13 2324 K5TR EM00 KE5SAJ em10 QSO: 50 PH 2006-05-13 2333 K5TR EM00 AD5A el09 QSO: 50 PH 2006-05-13 2334 K5TR EM00 W5OZI em00 QSO: 50 PH 2006-05-13 2337 K5TR EM00 WA5LFD em12 QSO: 50 PH 2006-05-13 2337 K5TR EM00 WQ5S em13 QSO: 50 PH 2006-05-14 0009 K5TR EM00 W5PR el29 QSO: 50 PH 2006-05-14 0019 K5TR EM00 K5CLC em10 QSO: 50 PH 2006-05-14 0051 K5TR EM00 KB5BRM em20 QSO: 50 PH 2006-05-14 0056 K5TR EM00 KC5EFD em10 QSO: 50 PH 2006-05-14 0105 K5TR EM00 N5SJS em01 QSO: 50 PH 2006-05-14 0117 K5TR EM00 KE5DFA el29 QSO: 50 PH 2006-05-14 0121 K5TR EM00 WA5DQF em21 QSO: 50 PH 2006-05-14 0125 K5TR EM00 KD5OKI em10 QSO: 50 PH 2006-05-14 0126 K5TR EM00 W5WAZ em20 QSO: 50 PH 2006-05-14 0136 K5TR EM00 N5XMV em10 QSO: 50 PH 2006-05-14 0147 K5TR EM00 KD5UBT em10 QSO: 50 PH 2006-05-14 0209 K5TR EM00 K5NZ em20 QSO: 50 PH 2006-05-14 0216 K5TR EM00 K5KTD em10 QSO: 50 PH 2006-05-14 0231 K5TR EM00 K7ZT em10 QSO: 50 PH 2006-05-14 0233 K5TR EM00 KZ8T em89 QSO: 50 PH 2006-05-14 0235 K5TR EM00 N5VRP el09 QSO: 50 PH 2006-05-14 0237 K5TR EM00 K5EMP em30 QSO: 50 PH 2006-05-14 0250 K5TR EM00 K2DRH en41 END-OF-LOG: