A late recap being better than none at all…..<\/p>\n
The multi-2 operation at N1LN went off well again this year.\u00c2\u00a0 The bands were not as good as we hoped they might be, but 15m came through much better than it had in 2009, so that was a welcome improvement in propagation.\u00c2\u00a0 10m teased us with a bit of a South American opening on Saturday afternoon, but time there was mostly Search and Pounce.\u00c2\u00a0 As always, operating the N1LN station is a big change from 100-w into a low dipole.\u00c2\u00a0 But it has challenges of its own.<\/p>\n
When set up for Multi-2, N1LN has two stations with one radio each.\u00c2\u00a0 So there is no mult radio in an SO2R configuration like many other Multi-2 stations.\u00c2\u00a0 But that’s not a limit on having fun operating.\u00c2\u00a0 It’s more an upper limit of the possible Q’s.<\/p>\n
For my own part, I’m still learning the subtleties of operating a good station with good antennas.\u00c2\u00a0 It is a lot more complicated than the home QTH, but not really rocket science either.\u00c2\u00a0 More a matter of accumulating experience and a better understanding of what propagation conditions might present at any given time in the chair.\u00c2\u00a0 N1LN came up with an excellent operator schedule, which I hope gave everyone a taste of the possibilities and enough chair time to keep them interested.<\/p>\n
20m and 40m were both quite challenging.\u00c2\u00a0 It was difficult to find good places to establish runs, and there was a high level of QRM whenever the bands were open.\u00c2\u00a0 Never really got a good run going on either band.<\/p>\n
10m was a pleasant surprise.\u00c2\u00a0 The Saturday afternoon shift brought a nice round of mults and almost 100 Q’s.\u00c2\u00a0 Most of the stations\u00c2\u00a0 worked were South American, Carribean and a couple of EA stations.\u00c2\u00a0 15m was also open, but the rates on Saturday afternoon were not as good as during the morning opening.<\/p>\n
On 80m and 160m noise was a factor.\u00c2\u00a0 N1LN had added a few toys to the sandbox since last year.\u00c2\u00a0 The first was a K9AY RX antenna, which allowed operation without swatting at N4YDU’s hand as he switched the beverage off the station I was trying to copy.\u00c2\u00a0 Also new was a 2-element phased array on 160m.\u00c2\u00a0 That was pretty cool too.\u00c2\u00a0 The endfire directions showed good rejection off the rear, and while on 160m it was possible to listen on the xmit antenna and switch to the rx antenna only on the weaker signals, at least the short time I operated on 160m.<\/p>\n
Claimed Score:<\/strong><\/p>\n A late recap being better than none at all…..<\/p>\n The multi-2 operation at N1LN went off well again this year.\u00c2 The bands were not as good as we hoped they might be, but 15m came through much better than it had in 2009, so that was a welcome improvement in propagation.\u00c2 10m teased us with a bit of a South American opening on Saturday afternoon, but time there was mostly Search and Pounce.\u00c2 As always, operating the N1LN station is a big change from 100-w into a low dipole.\u00c2 But it has challenges of its own.<\/p>\n When set up for Multi-2, N1LN has two stations with one radio each.\u00c2 So there is no mult radio in an SO2R configuration like many other Multi-2 stations.\u00c2 But that’s not a limit on having fun operating.\u00c2 It’s more an upper limit of the possible Q’s.<\/p>\n For my own part, I’m still learning the subtleties of operating a good station with good antennas.\u00c2 It is a lot more complicated than the home QTH, but not really rocket science either.\u00c2 More a matter of accumulating experience and a better understanding of what propagation conditions might present at any given time in the chair.\u00c2 N1LN came up with an excellent operator schedule, which I hope gave everyone a taste of the possibilities and enough chair time to keep them interested.<\/p>\n 20m and 40m were both quite challenging.\u00c2 It was difficult to find good places to establish runs, and there was a high level of QRM whenever […]<\/p>\nCall: N1LN\r\nOperator(s): N1YDU, W4KAZ, KA1ARB, N4GU, AA4FU, N1LN\r\nStation: N1LN\r\n\r\nClass: M\/2 HP\r\nQTH: NC - 05\r\nOperating Time (hrs): 48\r\n\r\nSummary:\r\n Band QSOs Zones Countries\r\n------------------------------\r\n 160: 150 14 36\r\n 80: 337 28 85\r\n 40: 589 34 104\r\n 20: 947 36 125\r\n 15: 1049 34 128\r\n 10: 156 17 36\r\n------------------------------\r\nTotal: 3228 163 514 Total Score = 5,628,578\r\n*\r\nhttp:\/\/w4kaz.com\/n1ln\/2010_cq_ww_ssb_n1ln\/<\/a><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"