California QSO Party
Call: AD1C
Operator(s): AD1C
Station: AD1C
Class: M/SFixed LP
QTH: CO
Operating Time (hrs): 10
Summary:
Band CW Qs Ph Qs
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160:
80:
40: 66 53
20: 120 111
15:
10:
6:
2:
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Total: 186 164 Mults = 58 Total Score = 51,388
Club: Grand Mesa Contesters of Colorado
Comments:
Radio: ICOM 756 Pro III (100W)
Antenna: half-G5RV in attic
Software: WriteLog 10.73
My first SWEEP! But I had the DX Cluster and the County Hunters' mIRC channel
helping me. I think that except for Yolo, I would have worked all the rest
without help.
Once again, "I wasn't going to operate this contest" but sat down for a few
minutes shortly after 1700z, and 3 hours later, I had 53 counties in the log!
So then I became compelled to look for the remaining 5 (SHAS, RIVE, NAPA, YOLO,
STAN) on and off Saturday night into Sunday.
I wanted to watch the New England Patriots play football Sunday morning, so I
set up the laptop on the couch next to me. As I was setting up, about 10
minutes before game time, W6OT was spotted in Yolo, so I ran downstairs and got
that one. About an hour later, K6CSL was spotted in Stanislaus, so I paused the
game and had a marginal QSO. After returning to the game, about 5 minutes
later, W6XK was spotted in Stanislaus with a booming signal. I worked him
later on phone.
I was especially happy to work the last two CA counties I needed on 40 meters -
Napa and Sierra - Saturday night.
Here's a table showing the number of unique callsigns worked in each county.
COUNTY TOTAL
SDIE 16
LANG 14
SCLA 12
NEVA 11
ALAM 7
CCOS 7
SJOA 7
SONO 7
ORAN 5
SBAR 5
ELDO 4
MONO 4
MONT 4
PLAC 4
SACR 4
SBEN 4
SBER 4
SOLA 4
VENT 4
ALPI 3
AMAD 3
COLU 3
HUMB 3
KERN 3
MEND 3
SCRU 3
SMAT 3
TULA 3
YUBA 3
FRES 2
IMPE 2
KING 2
MADE 2
MARN 2
MERC 2
NAPA 2
PLUM 2
RIVE 2
SFRA 2
SHAS 2
SIER 2
SISK 2
SLUI 2
STAN 2
BUTT 1
CALA 1
DELN 1
GLEN 1
INYO 1
LAKE 1
LASS 1
MARP 1
MODO 1
SUTT 1
TEHA 1
TRIN 1
TUOL 1
YOLO 1
Thanks to all the fixed, portable and mobile activity that makes this contest
so successful. My "cloud warmer" must have just the right take-off angle for
W6, as almost all signals were S9 or better (some were 20 to 35 over S9!)
73 - Jim AD1C
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