North American QSO Party, CW - January
Call: K7RL
Operator(s): K7RL
Station: K7RL
Class: Single Op LP
QTH: WA
Operating Time (hrs): 10
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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160: 92 31
80: 232 47
40: 168 43
20: 507 55
15: 180 35
10: 1 1
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Total: 1180 212 Total Score = 250,160
Club: Western Washington DX Club
Team: WWDXC Corner Pocket #1
Comments:
Wasn't sure about starting on 15m, but glad I did. Once the opening bell rang,
the band opened nicely and it was off to the races. That lasted about an hour
before it was time to QSY to 20m.
Decided to take my break in one big two hour chunk. The master plan was to
arrive on 40m as fresh meat around sunset with 20m starting to fade in the late
afternoon and the east coast moving to the low bands. Felt like a solid plan.
What could go wrong?
40m was unusually bad stateside - that's putting it mildly. Static levels were
abnormally low and the band appeared almost completely empty. It was so
pronounced that I had to check I was on the correct antenna. Adding insult to
injury, W1 and most of W3 was completely absent, including the eastern Canadian
provinces. I can't ever remember hearing the band so bad. It never did bounce
back. What a huge disappointment.
After reading some of the other comments, it appears only ops in Washington and
British Columbia were affected? More Qs and mults on 80m versus 40m? That tells
the tale.
Aside from an absent 40m band, this was a blast. Great operators and great fun.
Thanks to all for the Qs and another outstanding NAQP!
Congratulations to N2IC on a monster score! Wow! Well done Steve. The bar has
been set!
Special thanks to fellow WWDXC members and N7WA for organizing four teams this
year. Great showing!
73, Mitch, K7RL
-------------- Q S O R a t e S u m m a r y ---------------------
Hour 160 80 40 20 15 10 Rate Total Pct
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1800 0 0 0 0 168 0 168 168 14.2
1900 0 0 0 163 6 0 169 337 28.6
2000 0 0 0 142 4 0 146 483 40.9
2100 0 0 2 141 2 0 145 628 53.2
2200 0 0 19 61 0 0 80 708 60.0
2300 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 708 60.0
0000 0 0 37 0 0 0 37 745 63.1
0100 0 31 80 0 0 0 111 856 72.5
0200 0 37 29 0 0 0 66 922 78.1
0300 25 66 1 0 0 0 92 1014 85.9
0400 27 69 0 0 0 0 96 1110 94.1
0500 40 29 0 0 0 1 70 1180 100.0
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Total 92 232 168 507 180 1 1180
Gross QSOs=1183 Dupes=3 Net QSOs=1180
Unique callsigns worked = 806
The best 60 minute rate was 174/hour from 1904 to 2003
The best 30 minute rate was 184/hour from 1907 to 1936
The best 10 minute rate was 204/hour from 1927 to 1936
The best 1 minute rates were:
5 QSOs/minute 5 times.
4 QSOs/minute 42 times.
3 QSOs/minute 148 times.
2 QSOs/minute 193 times.
1 QSOs/minute 157 times.
U.S. Call Areas Worked
Area QSOs Pct
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0 120 10.2
1 67 5.7
2 76 6.4
3 104 8.8
4 218 18.5
5 93 7.9
6 96 8.1
7 82 6.9
8 104 8.8
9 138 11.7
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Total 1098 93.1
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