North American QSO Party, SSB - January
Call: VA7BEC
Operator(s): VA7BEC
Station: VA7BEC
Class: Single Op LP
QTH:
Operating Time (hrs): 9
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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160:
80:
40: 42 26
20: 277 47
15: 108
10:
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Total: 427 100 Total Score = 42,700
Club: Orca DX and Contest Club
Team:
Comments:
Haven't participated in NAQP for several years but I decided to give it a try
for a couple of reasons, the most important one being that I needed to get an
idea of what I might be facing during the British Columbia QSO Party, which
takes place very soon -- Feb 4!
CONDX was bad from this neck of the woods, with 10m and 80m impossible. Nothing
heard but noise. I did try running, because you never know if you don't try,
right? Alas, it was futile. 20m was my go-to band. 15m was OK until about
2030z. The low bands were a real struggle, with 80m a complete blank. Didn't
even attempt 160m. Happily, 40m produced a few new mults. TU!!
Names were hard to pick out of the noise. Tom, Don, John and Ron -- and there
were a lot of you! -- can sound very similar, so when OPs spelled out their
names phonetically, it was a help.
I set unrealistic goals of 400 Qs and 100 mults, but somehow I managed to
achieve both targets. I guess the old adage is true -- perseverence pays off.
And with that in mind, I will persevere as the sponsor station VA7ODX in the
upcoming BCQP. I'm hoping, too, that if antennas are pointing toward BC,
signals will come through better than during NAQP.
For anyone who likes QSO parties and enjoys collecting wallpaper for the
shack,do consider participating in BCQP 2017. It coincides with several
state-side events, including QSO parties MNQP and VTQP as well as 10-10 Winter
and NA Sprint (CW), so if you're on the air anyway, do listen for VE7/VA7s.
We'll be taking calls from everyone near and far. Details at
bcqp[at]orcadxcc[dot]org.
Hope to hear you.
73
Rebecca VA7BEC
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