The Loudoun Amateur Radio Group
Operating From Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve, Loudoun County, Virginia
K4LRG's FD-2005 Station # 5  NC4S - Gary Quinn Captain
20M CW

        Station #5 was a Ten-Tec Ommi VI HF Transceiver, laptop computer operating TR Log, a separate monitor, a 3-element 10-15-20 meter tri-band yagi, 12-volt batteries provided by Gary Quinn - NC4S of Lovettsville (pictured above) and the LARG mobile tower. Like the 40M set up, this was a cool station that racked up plenty of contacts on CW.

        This station operated on 20-Meters. There were several great hourly rates at sunrise and sunset including 52 at 21Z, 61 at 22Z, 74 at 23Z, 49 at 01Z, and 44 at 13Z. Guess we ran out of operators or the band just folded for we only had 27 Qs between 05 to 11Z. Gary reported, "the 20 meter band died around 0830Z, I know because I was there." Gary Quinn also confirms: "The 20 meter Q's could have been higher between 0300Z and 0400Z or there about's since I jumped over to the 40 meter station until Tom - NA4MA arrived to operate 40M CW - the Q rate was better on 40 than on 20 at that hour. And then, I went back to 20-meters. Our goals for next year are to raise tower to full height and use a monoband 20-meter yagi. We had great CW ops at the 20-meter station this year to help us keep it operational longer than last year which is why we had a higher Q count. Thanks to Bill - W3EMH, Tom - NA4MA, and Mike - WØYR. I hope I did not forget anyone."

        This station turned in some great numbers: 617 QSOs for 1234 contact points - A Super Job !!!

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