North American QSO Party, RTTY - July
Call: WQ6X
Operator(s): WQ6X N6GEO
Station: N6GEO
Class: M/2 LP
QTH: Brentwood, Ca
Operating Time (hrs): 12
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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80: 20 7
40: 40 14
20: 106 39
15: 88 34
10: 1 1
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Total: 255 95 Total Score = 24,225
Club: Minnesota Wireless Assn
Team:
Comments:
This was another Multi-2 operation with WQ6X (Ron) & N6GEO (George) from
Brentwood Calif. Ron ran 20-meters exclusively, while George covered 80, 40,
15 & 10. Our participation allowed us to test-drive a pair of FLEX-1500
installations in preparation for an upcoming RTTY contest expedition.
We had to sort out a number of Windoze Vista "blue screen" events as
part of our computer preparation. Once the contest got under way luckily
there
were no further blue screens.
Radios: (2) FLEX-1500 radios into a pair of Tokyo HyPower 50 watt amplifiers.
Antennas: a TH-3 Jr. (6mh) and a Hygain 8-BTV laden with radials.
Band conditions we so-so with some serious atmospheric noise at several
points.
Our money bands were 20 & 15, with some success on 40 & 80. 10 meters
never really did open up for the SF bay area and we were not equipped this
weekend for 160.
So typical of competitions lately is stations not checking to see if
frequencies are in use before jumping in. We may not have had the loudest
signal around, however we were noticeable enough that we were obviously
hearable and yet stations moved in on us anyway.
I also noticed a lack of breathing room around the NCDXF beacon on 14.100;
which to me is inexcusable. If you don't know about the 14.100 beacons then
you should not be operating 20-meter RTTY in the first place.
Overall, this event was a lot of fun. It's nice to get to know people on a
"first name basis" in this contest. Look for WQ6X in the upcoming
NAQP contests.
Ron
WQ6X
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