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In January 2013, I started my return to the hobby (and contesting sport) of
amateur radio focused on QRP. With the help of some friends, I moved quickly. In March 2013, I aquired K3 #7232. I sold my ICOM 706MKII and a triathlon bike to get the rig. The K3 arrived in time for WPX SSB and I made close to 200 contacts in less than 19 hrs. I worked 45 countries. WOW! I've been really amazed how well 5 watts does with my OCF Dipoles. I am working DX and getting 55-59 reports consistantly. I have erected an set of Buckmaster OCF dipoles which I have put together with a WX0B Stack Match at my QTH. I have also put up delta loops for 40, 20, and 15m. Check QRZ for the info. I am getting really good results. I had been keeping up on some of my basic opoerating skills up the last 3 years with my QRP buddies on the NA3DX Field Day Team. From 1996 to 2001, I was mostly SSB LP and HP. Now, I am working more CW because of the features of the K3 and will likely expand into RTTY and PSK after I get better at CW QSOs. I am amazed with how much CW is going on. It seem significantly more now than prior to 2001. In January/February, I uploaded my prior 1998-2001 contest logs and in LOTW and got 70 countries confirmed imediately. I have chased down WPX 300 and DXCC is in the queue for approval with over 120 confirmed via LOTW and QSLs. I have worked 80+ countries since January, all QRP. I am looking for help to get WAS completed. I am looking for anyone using LOTW from the following states: Hawaii Idaho Louisiana Maine Montana Nevada New Mexico North Dakota Oklahoma South Dakota Tennessee West Virginia I work 6:30 am to 3:00 pm M-F with my day job, then coach HS track until 7pm EDT. Weekends I am more flexible. If you would be interested, send me an email at [hidden email] and we can try to setup a schedule. It would be great to make some K3/KX3 contacts. 73 and GUD DX, Doug / NA1DX P.S. I am looking to sell my ICOM 703 to put towards a KX3. If you know anyone, send them my way. Doug Ellmore, Sr. - Head Coach, Southern HS Cross Country, Track and Field / www.southernathletics.org - Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Purple Swim Race Director / www.purpleswim.org [hidden email] / [hidden email] 301-807-2193 ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 12:45 PM, Doug Ellmore Sr. <[hidden email]> wrote:
> ...I am looking for help to get WAS... ========== Doug, a great way to work on WAS is to do it during Field Day or Sweepstakes. On Field Day 2011 I decided to see if I could work 50 states in 50 QSOs. It took some doing, but I did it. Few FD stations upload logs to LOTW, so if you want a certificate you then have to follow up with the card ritual. Good luck, Tony KT0NY ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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Hi Everyone:
Great idea. Also the many state QSO parties that are held is also a good way to get your WAS. 73, Carey, K2RNY Rochester New York Grid: FN13ef On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 2:12 PM, Tony Estep <[hidden email]> wrote: > On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 12:45 PM, Doug Ellmore Sr. <[hidden email]> > wrote: > > > ...I am looking for help to get WAS... > > ========== > > Doug, a great way to work on WAS is to do it during Field Day or > Sweepstakes. On Field Day 2011 I decided to see if I could work 50 states > in 50 QSOs. It took some doing, but I did it. Few FD stations upload logs > to LOTW, so if you want a certificate you then have to follow up with the > card ritual. > > Good luck, > Tony KT0NY > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[hidden email] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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Thanks for all the suggestions. I plan to use the QSO parties, contests,
etc. Except for DXpeditions, that's how I worked toward most of my DX/WPX. I am just trying in the next week to crank those last states out. Then I will work on 5 Band. 73 de Doug / NA1DX [hidden email] ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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Doug,
The individual QSO Parties are great to pick up contacts with the various states, and also the more rare counties in those states. From your list, the New Mexico QSO Party is this coming Saturday. Three weeks from this weekend is the 7th District QSO Party with your needed states of Idaho, Montana and Nevada being out in force on all bands along with all the rest of the 7th District states. And that same weekend the New England QSO Party will also be running so you will have the chance at many Maine stations. So nearly half your needed states will be out in force and LOOKING for contacts with guys like you within the next 25 days. Go to the web pages for each of those QSO Parties to read the rules for the exchanges, etc. For a look at how we do it for the 7QP, go to http://www.ws7n.net/7QP/new/PicPage.asp?content=2012_7QP and click on the K7EAR tab. Note the K3 radios in the CW Bus photo. Also see http://www.ws7n.net/7QP/new/PicPage.asp?content=7QPFOTOS_2009 73, and good luck with the quest. Congrats on getting back into the hobby. Milt, N5IA 7QP Chairman for K7EAR Eastern AZ Amateur Radio Society, Inc. -----Original Message----- From: Doug Ellmore Sr. Sent: Wednesday, April 10, 2013 10:45 AM To: [hidden email] Subject: [Elecraft] Hello from K3 Owner In January 2013, I started my return to the hobby (and contesting sport) of amateur radio focused on QRP. With the help of some friends, I moved quickly. In March 2013, I aquired K3 #7232. I sold my ICOM 706MKII and a triathlon bike to get the rig. The K3 arrived in time for WPX SSB and I made close to 200 contacts in less than 19 hrs. I worked 45 countries. WOW! I've been really amazed how well 5 watts does with my OCF Dipoles. I am working DX and getting 55-59 reports consistantly. I have erected an set of Buckmaster OCF dipoles which I have put together with a WX0B Stack Match at my QTH. I have also put up delta loops for 40, 20, and 15m. Check QRZ for the info. I am getting really good results. I had been keeping up on some of my basic opoerating skills up the last 3 years with my QRP buddies on the NA3DX Field Day Team. From 1996 to 2001, I was mostly SSB LP and HP. Now, I am working more CW because of the features of the K3 and will likely expand into RTTY and PSK after I get better at CW QSOs. I am amazed with how much CW is going on. It seem significantly more now than prior to 2001. In January/February, I uploaded my prior 1998-2001 contest logs and in LOTW and got 70 countries confirmed imediately. I have chased down WPX 300 and DXCC is in the queue for approval with over 120 confirmed via LOTW and QSLs. I have worked 80+ countries since January, all QRP. I am looking for help to get WAS completed. I am looking for anyone using LOTW from the following states: Hawaii Idaho Louisiana Maine Montana Nevada New Mexico North Dakota Oklahoma South Dakota Tennessee West Virginia I work 6:30 am to 3:00 pm M-F with my day job, then coach HS track until 7pm EDT. Weekends I am more flexible. If you would be interested, send me an email at [hidden email] and we can try to setup a schedule. It would be great to make some K3/KX3 contacts. 73 and GUD DX, Doug / NA1DX P.S. I am looking to sell my ICOM 703 to put towards a KX3. If you know anyone, send them my way. Doug Ellmore, Sr. - Head Coach, Southern HS Cross Country, Track and Field / www.southernathletics.org - Pancreatic Cancer Action Network Purple Swim Race Director / www.purpleswim.org [hidden email] / [hidden email] 301-807-2193 ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.3272 / Virus Database: 3162/6236 - Release Date: 04/10/13 ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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On Apr 10, 2013, at 1:45 PM, Doug Ellmore Sr. <[hidden email]> wrote: > I am looking for help to get WAS completed. I am looking for anyone using > LOTW from the following states: Fastest way to get WAS is to get involved in one of the many domestic contests. The North American QSO Party (NAQP) is tailor-made for low-power work, since the rules require everyone to use 100 watts or less. Field Day is great, as is the ARRL Sweepstakes. But the NAQP is twice a year, and is only 12 hours at a whack. You are already on LOTW, so that's great. I already have Basic, Phone, CW, Digital and 6-band WAS from Gwinnett county, and in a little more than a year, I worked Basic WAS from Floyd county using LOTW. 299 of my 300 confirmations for 6-band WAS came from LOTW. Only one, a 15m SC QSO, was on a card. Just get into the contests and operate, upload your logs and you'd be surprised how quickly those confirmations come in. You may find WAS so easy, that you move on to 5-band WAS. Good luck. Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL Mail: [hidden email] Web: http://boringhamradiopart.blogspot.com Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!" -- Wilbur Wright, 1901 ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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I must agree the State QSO Parties and the NAQP are the way to go IMHO for
WAS. But some use the spoon fed nets like the 3905 they are on every band now to do so even the WARC bands. I feel about the same way about the "DX Nets" where they help each other to complete the calls or signal reports where they continue for up to 5 min till finally the DX contact gets all the info on the caller (with help). There are 2 bands that they aren't on though and those are the 2 bands I'm working on WAS on 160m SSB (using only the 160m contest) need 9 now and 6m still need a whole bunch there 8>). The more you work for an Award of any kind the more it means to YOU at least it does to me. I'm getting close to 5BDXCC and that is a goal at my age and health conditions anything more is gravy. 73, Fred/N0AZZ K3 Ser #'s 6730/5299--KX3 # 2573--K2/100--KAT100 P3/SVGA--KPA500--KAT500--W2 -----Original Message----- From: [hidden email] [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Bill Coleman Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2013 2:15 PM To: Doug Ellmore Sr. Cc: [hidden email] Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Hello from K3 Owner On Apr 10, 2013, at 1:45 PM, Doug Ellmore Sr. <[hidden email]> wrote: > I am looking for help to get WAS completed. I am looking for anyone > using LOTW from the following states: Fastest way to get WAS is to get involved in one of the many domestic contests. The North American QSO Party (NAQP) is tailor-made for low-power work, since the rules require everyone to use 100 watts or less. Field Day is great, as is the ARRL Sweepstakes. But the NAQP is twice a year, and is only 12 hours at a whack. You are already on LOTW, so that's great. I already have Basic, Phone, CW, Digital and 6-band WAS from Gwinnett county, and in a little more than a year, I worked Basic WAS from Floyd county using LOTW. 299 of my 300 confirmations for 6-band WAS came from LOTW. Only one, a 15m SC QSO, was on a card. Just get into the contests and operate, upload your logs and you'd be surprised how quickly those confirmations come in. You may find WAS so easy, that you move on to 5-band WAS. Good luck. Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL Mail: [hidden email] Web: http://boringhamradiopart.blogspot.com Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!" -- Wilbur Wright, 1901 ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2013.0.2904 / Virus Database: 3162/6237 - Release Date: 04/10/13 ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[hidden email] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html |
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