Darrell Penrod, K9MUG is HODARS Contest Coordinator

At the November meeting of HODARS, Darrell Penrod, K9MUG was appointed to head up the contesting effort of W4HOD, after he agreed to become the contest coordinator for the club. Thank you Darrell for all of your contest efforts in putting W4HOD on the air and for heading up the club’s future contest participation.


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Darrell Penrod, K9MUG

Sweepstakes CW Contest

Call: W4HOD
Operator(s): K9MUG
Station: K9MUG

Class: Single Op HP
QTH: Alabama
Operating Time (hrs): 12

Summary:
 Band  QSOs
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  160:     
   80:  153
   40:  277
   20:  229
   15:   19
   10:     
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Total:  678  Sections = 80  Total Score = 108,480

Club: Alabama Contest Group

Comments:

Always fun! Condx Sat. nite were horrific QRN 20 over on 40 and 80. 
Quit early and slept. Also lost the last 5 hrs of the contest.

Thanks to all who qso'd and special thanks to the rare sections for being
there. I want to single out VE8EV for calling me and sticking with 
me for many repeat requests--- you were better than I deserved.

The good ones make up for the many #@$%%%###'s who send QRL 
and CQ in the same macro!!! Why do they bother?

Oh well tis almost the season to be jolly, so 73 to all and to all a good
night!

Darrell
W4HOD(K9MUG)

WAE RTTY Contest

Worked All Europe (WAE) RTTY contest is this month, the second full weekend. Saturday, November 14, 2009, 0000 UTC until Sunday, November 15, 2009, 2359 UTC. This will be a new contest for W4HOD. It should be lots of fun.

darc

4th Call Area Results for RTTY Sprint

At least I wasn’t last!

AD4EB HP JIM TN 51 71 30 151 39 5,989
N4ZZ HP DON TN 46 53 29 128 34 4,352
WF7T LP BRAD TN 40 44 3 87 31 2,697
K1GU LP NED TN 0 52 26 78 31 2,418
W4HOD(AA4YL) LP CHER AL 0 20 14 34 16 544
KM4RK LP MARK SC 10 18 3 31 16 496

2009 CQ WW DX SSB Contest

Call: W4HOD
Operator(s): AA4YL
Station: W4HOD

Class: SOAB LP
QTH: Loachapoka, AL
Operating Time (hrs): 20

Summary:
Band  QSOs  Zones  Countries
——————————
160:
80:
40:  10      7        7
20:  31     14       29
15:  20     53       20
10:
——————————
Total:  61     30       56  Total Score = 13,244

Club: Alabama Contest Group

Comments:

My first experience with a big SSB DX contest. Great fun and
thanks for the contacts. Looking forward to more power and better antennas next year!

2009 Makrothen RTTY Contest

Call: W4HOD
Operator(s): KA4PKB AA4YL
Station: W4HOD

Summary:
Band QSOs
————
80: 1
40: 47
20: 65
15:
10:
————
Total: 113 Total Score = 4,106,455

Club: Alabama Contest Group

Comments:

First time for W4HOD in this one. The different
scoring made for a very interesting contest.
Thanks for all the contacts.Class: MO/Single Xcvr LP
QTH: Alabama
Operating Time (hrs): 12

QSL Cards

On a recent visit to the Loachapoka post office to check the W4HOD mail, there were a stack of QSL cards waiting. KA4PKB and AA4YL spent a couple of hours filling out cards and stuffing envelopes. We mailed 17 DX cards though the ARRL outgoing bureau. It cost $2.50 and the postage on the envelope, not a bad deal at all.

There should be a stack of cards coming in from the CQ WW RTTY contest soon. Plus, there are two RTTY contests next weekend, the NCJ RTTY Sprint and the Makrothen. Both of them should be fun!