Sam Billingsley, AE4GX
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Mike Boatright, KO4WX
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Really enjoyed the short operating time in absolutely great Fall-like
weather. Mike Boatright KO4WX and I shared a site at Chastain Park, an
intown metro park, in Atlanta. Mike stayed on 20 mtrs with his brand new
DSW-20 and inverted vee. I operated on 15 mtrs only with my INDEX @ 5watts
and the famous Parking Lot Portable Vertical (PLPV).
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Had a great time. Sam, AE4GX
and I went out to Atlanta's Chastain Park. He operated on 15 and I
operated on 20 with my new DSW-20. The custom case was on backorder, and since
patience is not my forte, I went ahead and put the DSW-20 into a Bud box. It's actually about .3 inch shorter
than the custom SWL boxes. Since I've got a box on the way, I guess I'll have to build another DSW
to go in it, don'tchathink? Which would you suggest, a -40 or a -30?
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USED the new NOGA
prototype of the NOGAPIG (Power Indicator/Guard) for battery monitoring.
Caught a weak gell (I though they were charged well) right off.
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On my postal scale, the rig, covers included, is about 8 ounces, .8Ah
battery weighs 13oz and the rest abt. 3 ounces, for a 24oz, covers
included rig for the next SP!
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The only
problem we had was the previous users of the site had left a wash tub full
of Crab remains from a Crab boil in some cloudy cooking water that smelled
to high heaven. Mike opted to operate about 100 ft away.
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The DSW's 1.5W worked great, except for when I hit the RIT switch--didn't
realize I was running RIT for the next hour. Thought something was
wrong with the antenna! Did manage to make 1 contact in the process
even though I was tuning around my receive signal ONLY!
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name - Sam Billingsley
callsign - AE4GX
category - portable
number of QSOs - 16
claimed score - 1152
location. - Chastain Park, Atlanta, GA
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name - Mike Boatright
callsign - KO4WX
category (home/portable) portable
number of QSOs - 10
claimed score - 720
location. - Chastain Park, Atlanta, GA
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SCORE: 16 (QSO's) X 4 (portable pts/QSO) X 2 (pwr mult.) X 9 (SPC's) =
1152 points
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SCORE: 10 (QSO's) X 4 (portable pts/QSO) X 2 (pwr mult.) X 9 (SPC's) =
720 points
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