Amateur Radio Station KI7F Contacting Stations In The North American QSO Party Contest (1080p HD)

This is a video I recorded of me operating my amateur (ham) radio station here at my apartment in Englewood, Colorado near Denver during the North American QSO Party Contest (NAQP) on August 21, 2011 (UTC Date) and contacting stations in the contest and the contest exchange was the station call sign, name of operator and US State or Canadian province. I operated on 20 meter SSB voice and I only made 25 contacts in 11 different states or Canadian provinces. My total score was only 275. I could have had a much higher score if I would had spent more time operating on some of the other HF ham bands as well. I was transmitting at a power level of 90 watts and was using a 20 meter 1/4 wave end fed wire antenna hung above my top 3rd floor apartment balcony and was using a 20 meter 1/4 wave length wire for a counterpoise inside my apartment.

I have had this Yaesu FT-950 HF rig now for just over a year and have been quite happy with it! It has all kinds of features built in! This is my first HF transceiver I have had since I sold my older Kenwood TS-520S back 1985.

The camera I used was a Sony Cyber-Shot DSC-HX1 used in 1080p HD video mode. This video is best viewed in 1080p HD mode here on Youtube if you have a high speed broadband internet connection.

Thanks for watching my video and if you are a licensed amateur radio operator, I hope to contact you on the air sometime. 73, Bill, KI7f

My home page is at http://www.ki7f.com
Blogging page is at: http://ki7f2.blogspot.com/
E-mail is: ki7f@yahoo.com

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[KW7XX]

Well I guess you never know what you will find surfing You Tube late at night. Quite surprised to find a recording of myself working a few guys including you Bill. Thanks for the contest Q!!

73 de KW7XX Dean in WA

[Philovideo]

@KW7XX Hi Dean

That is really awesome! You really did have an outstanding signal, that's for sure and it is always interesting to see what your signal and audio sounds like on the other end!

Anyway, it is great to see an increasing number of amateur radio related videos showing up on YouTube as it gives more exposure and public awareness of our great hobby!

73 and the best of DX!

Bill, KI7F

PS: I am now residing in Utah.

[FlyBoy276]

..and now I know what a notch filter does. You learn something new every day. :P 73 de K7RAG

[Speeddbuggy]

Hi Will,Im curious ive been looking at alot of other hams setup of the 950 and i just received mine about 2 weeks ago,ive been tryin to setup psk31 and ive tryed both sideband and pkt sideband adjusting the settings for the waterfall and transmit and receive,i see you also use an signalink thats what i use and i was just wondering if you could share your settings on the rig,i dont seem to be receiving as well as my old rig, Nice setup you have there btw thanks 73 joe n1ghi

[newtownards1]

hi Bill,great video,also you have agreat looking shack,73s from your friend,william,N.Ireland.