Hope to be working more stations next year. Congrats to the fast CW operators from Indiana! Much QRM from RTTY on 40m. My only regret from the contest is not working the notorious WB9CIF/M.ĭL4FN - Station Icom IC-7400, 100W, dipole (Germany)ĭL5AWI - The condx was not the best.
I did manage to work 5 other IN mobiles (KJ9C, AJ9C, WN9O, N9JF & N9LF) but only worked each of them once. I doubled the number of Q’s over last year, and increased the multipliers by 28. Activity seemed very good both in-state and out-of-state. The rig was a K2 with the 100W amp and tuner mounted in the trunk. It was difficult to tune the Hamstick on 80M and virtually impossible on 75M, a fault of the mounting location and technique rather than the Hamstick. 20M and 80M coverage was provided by alternating Hamsticks on the trunk lid. Maybe some planned time slots for 10m to get tech phone ops next year?ĪE8M/m - 40M antenna was a Lakeview Hamstick mounted on the roof of a Honda Accord. Then later in the afternoon there was an opening, but since no one thinks of 10m, no one was listening or trying to work. Just for grins I put up 10m for awhile and worked some of the local fellows. Didn't make a lot of Q's, but had fun! This is the second time I've been mobile and each time the setup gets better and the scores a little higher. I had my old IC-735, tuner, mono band 40m and was monitoring 146.49 and pinging APRS with the KW TM-D700A. As it was I was able to go work some county lines from 1400-2330.
Not very polished and cut/copy/paste is very limited.Īt this time I don't really have any comments for using HF for transmitting.AB9LE/m - I went mobile but didn't announce as I didn't know with certainty if I would have the day free. Kenwood has a memory management program (free) to help with the 300 memory location in the radio. HRD does not deal with the sub-radio very well, but I just use the sub to monitor the area repeaters so it's really no big deal. I have been using Ham Radio Deluxe and DM780 to play with the receive side of HF and digital modes. Diamond (MX-72N) makes one that is a good match for connectors and power levels. You will need a duplexer if you put up a dual band antenna. The sub-radio is VHF/UHF only it is split between two connectors one for 144 and the other for 440. Sometime you really can have to many trees!Ĭouple of things on the 2000. I spent the morning pruning and measuring the backyard for a dipole antenna and I think I have it figured out. I just put up a Diamond X200A and the VHF/UHF side is on the air. Passed my General several weeks back and have been going thru the same process. Invest in a good external tuner for best results. So while a built in tuner is ok if you are getting started, dont rely on it solely when making a decision on wether to buy a radio or not. That has been my experience throughout the years. You always get a more acurate reading from an independent external source. Most built in tuners will only tune coaxial antennas. For example, you may want to experiment with say a long wire antenna. Internal tuners are very basic and very limited in what they let you tune. If you ask other seasoned Hams, they too will tell you the same thing, get an external tuner. As far as having a unit with a built in tuner, dont rely too much on that. So if you main interest is base oriented, go for the Kenwood TS-2000. I love it and wish I could have one for myself instead of playing with other people's toys. Power outage? Again, take the radio out to the car and easily talk from there. If the you know what hit the fan, could you easily pick that radio up and just go mobile? Not the 2000, its heavy. I love the TS-2000 but again, you have to think ahead. Easy to fit anywhere either as a base or on the go in a car. All the filters/dsp you will ever need built right in. Depending on what your particular needs are as far as just a base or a base that can go mobile, I highly recommend the Icom IC-7000.
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