North American QSO Party, CW - January
Call: W6YX
Operator(s): N7MH
Station: W6YX
Class: Single Op LP
QTH: CA
Operating Time (hrs): 10
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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160: 62 23
80: 150 37
40: 274 52
20: 276 55
15: 224 43
10: 232 39
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Total: 1218 249 Total Score = 303,282
Club: Northern California Contest Club
Team: NCCC #1
Comments:
I always feel like I don't spend enough time searching for mults on 10 meters in
NAQP so this time I started SO2R with both radios on 10. I chose a run
frequency very low in the band, 28020, so that I could S&P on 10 with the
other radio. With the high run rates the S&P was very slow so I didn't get
the second radio to 15 until 80 minutes into the contest.
Dual CQing on 15 and 10 gave a much higher rate, with a best 60-minute rate of
177 and best 10-minute rate of 228. I dual-CQed about half of my operating
time and did conventional run/S&P SO2R the other half.
I had frequent problems with the K3s locking up with ERR_KEY, requiring a power
cycle to be able to transmit again. My apologies to those who had to wait for
my late response when this happened, usually when I needed to send TU.
For me the memorable moments of most contests are the ones that got away.
While running on 20 I heard a weak station calling and didn't get the callsign
while working someone on the second radio. Then he called again and I realized
it was VY1AAA. It took a second or two to get in the right window and type in
the callsign to respond but he never came back. When I was called by VE4EA
later on 80 something similar happened.
Thanks for all the Qs.
73,
-Mike, N7MH
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