Stew Perry Topband Challenge
Call: KL7RA
Operator(s): KL7RA
Station: KL7RA
Class: Single Op HP
QTH: Alaska
Operating Time (hrs): 14
Summary:
Total: QSOs = 353 Total Score = 3,165
Club:
Comments:
Started at 1500z a few hours before my sunrise but very few could hear me which
is the usual case. Loud Europe but no luck getting anyone's attention. Kind of
a waste of a few hours of the 14 total. Once we were past sunset I had some
good runs but there were spotty and doing the S/P thing I would find most
stations would CQ in my face. Then they would start to hear me and I could go
back to the run mode for another mini-spurt of rate.
Best JA run was when they were coming in from the North. I was pretty sure I
was loud there as I worked a lot of very weak JA stations for the DX log that
were not in the contest.
Nice USA Eastcoast opening for about a hour around 1200z and their sunrise
which cuts off the noise from their east and they can work us in the west. I
was able to log many who I had called off and on earlier. W1BB was a nice
surprise, thanks to the LZ team.
Worked K7RAT running one watt and W7DRA not running too much more. Worked a lot
of weak ESP stations when the band was the best to the lower 48 but I know I
missed some as they drift back down in the topband soup before we can get the
exchange sent or acknowledged. W7EW was pounding in all night. He may be the
guy to beat in our part of the world. Whatever he used for butt glue held tight
for sure.
When we do have the rare propagation of three directions at the same time it
gives the beverage switch, and my hand, a real workout trying to hear who is
calling. Usually I can stay on the vertical for receive but it was very noisy
all night with those loud static crashes from the Pacific storms.
NAQP's next, see everyone in the CQ 160 end of Jan 2011. 73 Rich KL7RA
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