West Virginia QSO Party
Call: N8II
Operator(s): N8II
Station: N8II
Class: Single OpMixed HP
QTH: JEF,WV
Operating Time (hrs): 8.3
Summary:
Band CW Qs Ph Qs Dig Qs
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80: 13 10
40: 31 110
20: 62 619
15: 1 15
10: 0 31
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Total: 107 785 0 Mults = 74 Total Score = 74,000
Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club
Comments:
Exactly 1000 QSO points! No, I didn't stop early. The XYL still needs help;
almost all time off was for fixing and eating meals with her. I think I got the
mult right, N1MM counts VE provinces as mults which is not correct per rules, so
I deducted 5 mults.
The sporadic E clouds were pretty kind to me. There was some direct ionospheric
propagation on 20 to every state except WV, DE and MD. I think I may have worked
PA on 20, not sure. From the start until around 20Z, there was nearly constant
Es into NY, all of New England, and ON (never heard a Quebec surprisingly). And
for most of that time and into the evening most of the 4th call area was covered
well by Es (worked many NC all over the state and as close as Roanoke, VA about
160 miles SW of me). To the west many MI and IN were worked with a few western
OH. Beyond those areas, prop was decent almost all of the time, but few 6's and
7's were worked before 20Z and best west coast conditions were from 2300-0130Z.
KH6RC called in with a good signal at 1906Z, and I added about 5 more HI
stations on at least 3 islands. I had a big surprise being called by a VK2
SHORT PATH on 20 SSB in the 23Z hour, a first on that path around that time in
46 years on the air! The Es finally faded except to AL/FL around 24Z, but the
western USA kept 20 phone run going until around 0045Z with small runs after
that. Needless to say, 20 phone activity was fantastic for a low activity QSO
party; I was surprised/amazed that so many called in to get a WV QSO or help me
out, MANY THANKS!
15 and 10 were open to many areas on Es and I worked PR on 10 with a strong
signal (double hop Es), but activity was very poor on 15 and most of the 10M
Q's were 4th call area with a few 5's, 9's and 0's. I worked VT as well on 15.
So, if you needed WV on 10/15 and were not on, you missed an opportunity.
40 and 80 were fine with relatively low noise for this time of year, but 40 and
80 CW yielded few Q's/runs after one at the start on 40 CW. I heard two WV
stations calling CQ on 40 and 80 CW in the evening and getting very few
answers.
Phone is definitely the mode for today's casual QSO party op. Quite a few WV
counties called me on 40 phone, thanks!
Many thanks for all of the casual op help. I think this was my 2nd highest QSO
total (maybe 3rd) in the WVQP and my highest mult total ever. Please stop by
next year.
73, Jeff
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