North American QSO Party, CW - January
Call: W1DYJ
Operator(s): W1DYJ
Station: W1DYJ
Class: Single Op LP
QTH: ME
Operating Time (hrs): 5
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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160: 12 8
80: 19 14
40: 30 17
20: 12 8
15: 3 3
10: 0 0
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Total: 76 50 Total Score = 3,800
Club: Yankee Clipper Contest Club
Team: YCCC Sporadic F
Comments:
RIG: TS590S
ANTENNAS:
160, 80, 20, 10 - fan dipole at 30'
>> 4 wires: 160-trap-80 / 30 / 20 / 10
40, 15 >> 1/4 lambda vertical, 4 elevated radials at 10'
100% S&P
Logger: N3FJP NAQP Contest Log Ver 4.7
My first NAQP CW, and my first CW contest unassisted. I do "OK" in CW
contests when I can see the spotted station and exchange beforehand,
but not so well when I have to hear it and copy it. I averaged about
15 Qs/hour or 4 minutes a Q: tune up to find a caller, listen a number
of times to get the call, again a number of times to get the name and
state. I do think it was taking me about half the time by the end of
the contest -- the only way to improve is to just do it!
Not having touch-typing ability is also a barrier as I have two mental
links to be made: ear to brain (and translate the letter) and then brain
to fingers (and find the keyboard key.) Sometimes I think learning to
type would be a far better investment of time for contesting overall
than learning how to hear CW! (Not typing is a problem for running
in general.)
But it was fun, and both 80 and 160 were full at night. I finally
was just too tired by 11:30 to keep going, even with taking ample
breaks plus watching most of the game.
73 -- Larry -- W1DYJ
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