Alabama QSO Party
Call: N4ZZ/M
Operator(s): AD4EB N4ZZ
Station: N4ZZ/M
Class: Mobile Multi-OpCW LP
QTH: AL
Operating Time (hrs): 12
Summary:
Band CW Qs Ph Qs
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160:
80:
40: 644
20: 623
15:
10:
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Total: 1267 0 CW Mults = 50 Ph Mults = 0 Total Score = 126,700
Club: Tennessee Contest Group
Comments:
This was our 6th mobile adventure in the ALQP, and it was another exciting one.
Melody KI4HVY, our trusted driver/navigator, was not able to make it this year,
so Don and I split the driving duties. We found it is certainly much more
challenging without her at the wheel. We did not score as high as usual, most
likely due to low participation during the first half of the contest.
We drove thru rain for a good portion of the contest, at times they were the
heaviest downpours we had ever experienced in a mobile contest. In the past,
rain caused high SWR issues, but we were able to eliminate the effect by
extensive grounding of the roof rack and antenna supports on top of the Montana
van. The van now has 240k miles on it, and is still going strong ready for the
next one.
Band conditions were exceptional, and even with the local thunderstorms the QRN
for us was not bad. 20m was wide open the entire contest, so we did not bother
exchanging it with the 80m Hustler vertical for the last few hours. DX was
booming in on 20m, we worked 17 countries including ZL2AGY. And the short skip
was also booming at over S9 at times. Totally amazing for this time in the
sunspot cycle, and with just a couple of little Hustler verticals on a van (Don
thinks we may need to use these at our home stations during the next DX contest
HI).
Here are the top 10 stations based on number of times worked:
N8II (38)
DL3DXX (36)
ZF2DO (32)
VE3NBJ (31)
AD4RE (24)
VE2FK (24)
WB5JID (24)
K4YT (21)
K6MR (21)
VA3ATT (21)
N8II Jeff - Had the loudest signal, sounded like you were in the van!
DL3DXX Dietmar - What a pro, you always find us quick and have a great signal.
The XX really comes thru the pileups.
ZF2DO David - Nice job from the Cayman Islands
We worked all but 5 of the 50 states, missing ND, VT, DE, LA, and WY.
Thanks to all of you who worked us. Lots of new calls in there, which is a
good sign. And to Jim KC4HW, thanks again for all you do to make this contest
happen, and hope you enjoyed the contest as well. We sure did.
73 from the N4ZZ/m team:
Jim - AD4EB
Don - N4ZZ
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