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K9WX uses Begali Signature Edition paddles |
2007 Indiana QSO Party |
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I operated the 2007 and 2008 INQP from the Benton County home of Jack McGinnis, father of my sweetie Kathleen McGinnis. My antenna was a 23 foot vertical made from a painter’s extension pole. It was fed via an SGC237 tuner and had 16 20-foot radials. The 2007 weather was sunny but cool. Winds were calm early in the day, allowing the operating position to be set up outdoors. It grew windier as the day grew longer and I eventually moved inside. The 2008 operation was done entirely from indoors. |
2005 Indiana QSO Party |
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I operated the 2005 INQP as K9WX/M along with my good friend K9EFP. We mapped out a route that would take us through nine Indiana counties. The event was a disaster. The installation in my new Ford Escape was hastily done and we quit after 87 QSO’s due to high RF inside the car. We also had problems with the logging software (WriteLog) which failed to correctly log the QTH when we changed counties. The experience with WriteLog motivated my to switch to N1MM for all contest logging and the problems with the mobile installation motivated me to operate the 2006 INQP from my home QTH and also the 2007 QTH from a fixed location. |
The Shack, July 2008 |
2008 Illinois QSO Party (Operated at N9FN) |
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N9FN has put together a dream machine for portable operating, complete with a 50 foot pneumatic mast. The mast can support a 3-element tribander but, for the 2008 ILQP we had two inverted vee’s at 50 feet and we were never seriously challenged for our frequency. |
2009 Indiana QSO Party |
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2009: Operating once again from Benton County and the same location as the 2007 and 2008 INQP’s. Notice the supplies thoughtfully left on the counter in the left background by my hostess, Sherry Fischer. Is this a great QTH or what? I made a grand total of 1 QSO on the second radio but at least it was a mult. I also had the top score in the single op, low power, wires/vertical category. |
2010 Indiana QSO Party |
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2010 found me back again in Benton County, same location as the last 3 years. I had a new MFJ push up mast with an Alpha Delta dipole hung from the top as an inverted V along with my usual vertical. The result was my best INQP ever. |
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2013 CQ WPX at K9CT Left to right: Mike N7MB; Ralph K9ZO; Tim K9WX; Steve AI9T; Craig K9CT |