NCCC Sprint Ladder - Feb 10
Call: N6ZFO
Operator(s): N6ZFO
Station: N6ZFO
Class: Single Op LP
QTH: CA
Operating Time (hrs): 0.500
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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160: 2 2
80: 11 8
40: 15 13
20: 11 8
15:
10:
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Total: 39 31 Total Score = 1,209
Club: Northern California Contest Club
Comments:
Maybe I won't be last this week although it's a miracle after an eventful trip
to Wednesday night's annual joint Redwood Empire DX Club/NCCC meeting in
Petaluma . . . xyl and I set out a 1500 hours, plenty of time for shopping
along the way (her shopping, of course). After scaling and descending the
tricky Mayacamas Mountains toward highway US 101 on a road well-known to the
Locust, the car was showing low coolant (Audi A4). Of course that's super bad
news. . .limped into a gas station, noting the "cement mixer" noise out of the
engine, suggesting water pump failure, despite a recent replacement of the
unit. So . . 60-mile 3A tow back to our mechanic [ah. . but this is CA . there
was winery tasting room across the highway!]; then into a rented car to try
again. This time we made it, and in time for dinner and to hear most of K6TU's
great talk on SDR/remote, and, in another high point, to have Tom N3ZZ's xyl and
mine meet - - they are both gardening enthusiasts and, it turns out, Audi
sufferers. Ironically the 2nd purpose of this trip was to pick up a new car
in Napa, a 2011 Subaru Outback which will fare much better on our tricky
roadways. So overall a successful trip, including an overnight stay in an
outstanding small French Hotel/B&B in Petaluma.
Then back home in time for NS Ladder. Decent but not great score; again 20 was
the surprise. And great to work WJ9B on 80m(?) in ID for an new multiplier
for NS. Post NSL, I made two RTTY contacts on 80m, my first ever, in
preparation for a limited efort in CQ WW RTTY this weekend [as NC6CC].
73 Bill n6zfo
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