Struggle to Europe, with better results early on Saturday and Sunday mornings to the Pacific.īoth the Kenwood and Icom rigs have excellent laboratory numbers, and performed as expected. Virtually all operation was S&P (search and pounce), as it was very difficult to establish a run on 15, let alone 20 meters. On 15, and only 70 Qs on 40m made with the Icom. Only after 20 meters was dead did I move to 40 meters.Īs expected with the current sun spot cycle, 20 meters was the “money band”, with 293 Qs on 20, 178 Qs No contacts were attempted on 160m.ġ5 meters was used as long as the band was open, and the QSO rate was good, before moving to 20 Kenwood on 15 and 20 meters, assigning the Icom to 40 meters and a minimal effort on 80 meters. Since the Icom had been used in four previous contests, both SSB and CW, it was decided to use the new Operating position #3 with an IC-7300 and Acom 1000 was setup to cover 10 meters, but no contacts were made on that band during CQWW. Operating position #1 was an Icom IC-7610, driving an Alpha 99 linear. The initial setup parameters were saved to the program.

No setup problems had to be resolved, and the 890S and N1MM+ worked perfectly after Kenwood was at operating position #2 with an Alpha 89 linear, and was operational the weekend before the contest. The Kenwood TS-890S was picked up at HRO Denver 10 days before the October CQWW SSB contest. Icom IC-7610 & Kenwood TS-890S Contest Comparisons Oct/Nov/Dec

Ts-990s vs ic-7800