On Friday before the ARRL DX SSB contest I was finally able to sit down to my ham station. After getting all of the software updated and finding I had fourteen (14) Q’s in LoTW I got to turn on my IC-735 and spin around the bands. Good thing was after five months the IC-735 was still working like a champ.
Was able to make a contact to Chile (CE3/LU8ADX) and got a 59 report with my carolina windom still in winter mode (Slacked down to about fifteen to twenty feet). After the successful contact I raised the Windom up to its normal operating height of thirty-five feet and got ready to setup RUMLogNG for contesting. This all went smoothly without any issues. I was set and ready to go.
While waiting for the contest to start I got pulled away by higher priorities and was unable to participate in the contest. I at least got one contact in before the contest and all my gear checked out ok after sitting for the last five months without any love.
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73 de KF5JRA
Ron