{"id":5064,"date":"2016-09-27T13:23:29","date_gmt":"2016-09-27T11:23:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pi4com.nl\/?p=5064"},"modified":"2016-09-28T13:36:23","modified_gmt":"2016-09-28T11:36:23","slug":"cq-ww-rtty-contest-2016-pi4com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pi4com.nl\/?p=5064","title":{"rendered":"CQ WW RTTY Contest 2016 @ PI4COM"},"content":{"rendered":"

Again as many years we participated in the RTTY contest.<\/p>\n

This year again in the Multi-Two category.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

The operators were: Alex – PA1AW, Kees \u2013 PA3BWD, Ronald PA3EWP, Arnold \u2013 PB0AIC, Florian PB8DX and Richard PD4RD.<\/p>\n

Friday morning we arrived at the location to prepare the station.\u00a0 The main goal was to repair the 20 meter beam. There was a problem with the gamma match.\u00a0We rented a platform so didn\u2019t had to lower and tilt the antenna completely. After a few hours this job was done and the antenna a performed as usually.<\/p>\n

In the meantime we assembled the 4 square for 40 meters and a second beam for 20 meters. All coax cables were connected.<\/p>\n

At the end of the afternoon we \u00a0installed the equipment for the final test.<\/p>\n

First we noticed that the 15m was not turning anymore, the antenna was fixed direction to S\/W.\u00a0After some investigation we needed an alternative for this beam, we made a vertical antenna.\u00a0(it\u2019s always better than no antenna at all).<\/p>\n

But Murphy was still watching us. The amplifier at station 2 stopped working during warm-up, so one of the operators had to go home to collect his amplifier.<\/p>\n

After making the final schedule, some operators went home to sleep before their shift started.\u00a0We started the contest at 02.00 local time.<\/p>\n

They started on 40 and 80 meters. Propagation was not so good but we were satisfied.<\/p>\n

Everything worked fine at that time, we only noticed that we had less power on station 2 as usually.<\/p>\n

The temporary receiving antenna on 80 meters worked very well.<\/p>\n

The next 12 hours we had no problem at all, everything works fine.<\/p>\n

But Saturday afternoon Murphy visited again. The rotor on 20 meters was not working any more.<\/p>\n

The rotor clock was bloated and it was not posible to repair this onsite. Luckily Arnold was there and he came with an alternative that worked.\u00a0Only we had no read-out on the clock, we had to go outside to see the position of the antenna.<\/p>\n

Saturday evening Richard gave us a great barbeque, which was appreciated by all operators.<\/p>\n

Till the end of the contest we had no setbacks anymore, it seems Murphy went away.<\/p>\n

It was not our best score, but we are satisfied with the results:<\/p>\n

\"ruw-score\"<\/p>\n

\"map\"<\/a><\/p>\n

At the end of the contest we dis-assemble the complete station again in less than 2 hours and we were ready to go home for a few hours\u2019 sleep.\u00a0Some of us has to go to work again next morning.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

See you in the next contest.<\/p>\n

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Again as many years we participated in the RTTY contest. This year again in the Multi-Two category.   The operators were: Alex – PA1AW, Kees \u2013 PA3BWD, Ronald PA3EWP, Arnold \u2013 PB0AIC, Florian PB8DX and Richard PD4RD. 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