North American QSO Party, SSB
Call: NK7U
Operator(s): NK7U, K7MJR, K7ZO
Station: NK7U
Class: M/2 LP
QTH: Oregon
Operating Time (hrs): 12
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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160: 16 8
80: 114 40
40: 223 48
20: 584 55
15: 72 27
10: 0 0
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Total: 1109 178 Total Score = 179,602
Club:
Team:
Comments:
NK7U, K7MJR, and K7ZO did a three operator M/2 this year. And, as many of you
have noticed most M/2?s this year were really M/1.5?s. Except for the first 90
minutes and the last 4 hours this year?s edition was really just a single band
affair on 20M. For more than half of the contest we only had one band to play
with. Sure we tried the usual tricks of calling CQ on 40M at 12:30 in the
afternoon local time. And, we got the usual results, about 1 QSO every 10
minutes. (That is the way it works out west, in the east your results may be a
bit different.)
Thing started off pretty well for us when the contest began at 11AM local time.
15M was open pretty nicely and K7ZO had a 64 first hour on 15M while NK7U ripped
off 110 on 20M for a decent first hour of 174. From there 15M really started to
slow down and only 8 more QSO?s were made before it went flatline about 30
minutes later. For the next 6 ½ hours NK7U and K7ZO traded off time on 20M,
which at times was slow as molasses. K7ZO once went 10min without a QSO. Hours
5, 6, and 7 had QSO totals of 39, 31, and 33 respectively. Finally around 0200Z,
about 45 minutes before sunset, 40M started to open up for us and we had two
bands again to play on. About the same time 20M started to perk up again and in
the 0200 hour we had a 170 hour. 20M stayed strong into the 0300 hour but we had
to QSY to 80 before it got to late. Our usual experience is we go to 80M too
soon, can?t get a rate going, and end up moving back to another band. This time
however we called it about right and NK7U was able to get a good run going
fairly quickly. About this time NK7U?s son, K7MJR dropped by to see how things
were going. Joe has been trying to get him into ham radio and contesting for
years. Mike did a stint on the GOTA station during field day and did some S&Ping
on 40M during NAQP. After he scanned the band once he was told ? ?OK time to
call CQ?. He found a clear frequency and after being helped through the first
couple of QSO?s was off to the races. He put in a good 30 minutes or so at the
mic, learning quickly that these things called ?Voice Keyers? are a pretty neat
thing.
The last couple of hours were spent on the usual mix of 40, 80, and 160M. We had
a lot of fun in the last 10 min when many of the Pacific NW stations all made
one last trip to 160M and there was quite a flurry of QSO?s. At one point I
think we had 5 stations all show up on the same frequency and exchange reports
with each other.
When it ended we were pleased with our score. We hoped for more when the contest
started and thought we were going to get less during the afternoon doldrums.
This was a contest for those south and those east. Without strong 10 and 15M
openings for the NW, the contest plays out on 40, 80, and 160. This will always
be an advantage for the more densely populated and more closely packed
multiplier areas in the east. Of course there are exceptions, one of whose
callsign is K7RL. Mitch, though located in western Washington, seems to get his
station to behave as if it was located several thousand miles farther east. He
essentially matched our M/2 score as a single op. Well done Mitch.
Finally, during the 40M run K7ZO had KG6KTP call in. Ron proudly announced he
was making he very first HF QSO! That is my kind of ham ? making his first HF
QSO in a contest. I congratulated Ron, wished him the best and told him I would
get a QSL card off to him pronto. Let?s hope he comes back in more contests. We
certainly could use more new blood.
Until next time..
Visit NK7U on the web at www.nk7u.com
Scott/K7ZO
QSO/MUL by hour and band
Hour 160M 80M 40M 20M 15M 10M Total Cumm
D1-1800Z - - - 110/37 64/26 - 174/63 174/63
D1-1900Z - - - 47/5 8/1 - 55/6 229/69
D1-2000Z - - 2/2 59/3 - - 61/5 290/74
D1-2100Z - - 2/2 42/2 - - 44/4 334/78
D1-2200Z - - - 39/1 - - 39/1 373/79
D1-2300Z - - - 31/0 - - 31/0 404/79
D2-0000Z --+-- --+-- 7/5 26/4 --+-- --+-- 33/9 437/88
D2-0100Z - - 11/8 59/2 - - 70/10 507/98
D2-0200Z - - 78/22 92/0 - - 170/22 677/120
D2-0300Z - 19/13 38/1 79/1 - - 136/15 813/135
D2-0400Z 1/1 66/20 41/7 - - - 108/28 921/163
D2-0500Z 15/7 29/7 44/1 - - - 88/15 1009/178
Total: 16/8 114/40 223/48 584/55 72/27 0/0
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