AB6FO - Team: SCCC#1
band QSOs points mults
160 7 7 5
80 52 52 30
40 188 188 50
20 237 237 51
15 48 48 27
10 14 14 11
TOTAL 546 546 174 SCORE: 95,004
Comments: This was a very frustrating contest for me. I couldn't get it
going on 20 to start. I worked a few guys on 15 with the 2nd radio, so I
figured I'd CQ on 15, but couldn't get it going there. Signals on 10 &
15 were really in and out on the west coast and I made many fewer QSOs than I
thought I would there. More than I remember in prior NAQPs guys I tried to
pass to 10 & 15 couldn't be heard. Sometime in going between 10, 15 & 20 on
the 2nd radio I used the wrong bandpass filter and fried the 15 meter
filter. It took a while to figure out what was wrong. First time Murphy has
visited in a while.
I didn't really have fun until the 00, 01 & 02 hours when 20 & 40 were hot
and I got to put the 2nd radio to good use. Those were the only hours
I was able to break the 60 rate. Wound up with about 85 QSOs on the second
radio.
I went through the trouble of running the 160 balloon vertical up, but was
only able to make 7 QSOs on 160. And that was everyone I heard. I'm
wondering if the other west coasters had the same experience.
73. Ken, AB6FO, KWIDELITZ@DELPHI.COM
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