California QSO Party
Call: W6ML
Operator(s): W6KC
Station: W6ML
Class: Cnty Exped HP
QTH: Mono
Operating Time (hrs): 19
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band CW Qs Ph Qs
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160:
80: 121 95
40: 279 167
20: 243 179
15: 5 10
10:
6:
2:
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Total: 648 451 Mults = 57 Total Score = 162,222
Club:
Comments:
This was my 14th consecutive year doing a CQP county expedition from Mammoth
Lakes in Mono County. After so many years with the same wire antennas in the
same tall pine trees, everything went up pretty easily. I?m sure the high
performance sling shot I borrowed resulted in some really extra high locations
for my antennas. This year my 80 meter dipole was higher than ever...probably
about 90 feet, right at the very tops of a couple of tall trees.
This was my first attempt at SO2R. I recently purchased a TS-850 and Ameritron
AL-80B 1KW amp to replace my old TS-450 and Ameritron AL-811 500 watt amp. But
rather that sell my old rig right away, I decided to keep it for a while to try
my hand at SO2R during CQP. I implemented my SO2R by setting up a second PC
networked with the primary rig so I could log and transmit on either on either
rig. It worked quite well. I used it mostly on Sunday morning when I
alternated calling CQ on 20m CW and 40m CW to keep up a better rate during a
slow stretch.
I sure missed 15 meters...usually my best band for CQP. I put up my 3 element
15 meter wire beam at 50 ft in the pine trees for a total of only 5 QSOs. I had
a few more 15 meter QSOs with my 40 meter dipole on Sunday after I had already
taken down the wire beam. I sure missed ID too for my first non-sweep in many
years.
As it turned out I had a family emergency and needed to shut down early on
Sunday so I wasn?t able to complete a full-time effort this year. I was hoping
to make my first appearance in the top 20 single ops this year...but since I was
only able to operate less than 19 hours, it?s a real long shot. However, I did
notice that several of the usual CQP big guns were at K7C and not doing CQP this
year, so maybe I can back-in to a higher spot on the list after all.
Thanks to all!
73, Jim, W6KC at W6ML
http://www.vistasierra.com/w6ml
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