North American QSO Party, CW - January
Call: N8SBE
Operator(s): N8SBE
Station: N8SBE
Class: Single Op LP
QTH: MI
Operating Time (hrs): 9.5
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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160: 11 7
80: 108 35
40: 97 41
20: 68 23
15: 25 6
10:
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Total: 309 112 Total Score = 34,608
Club: Mad River Radio Club
Team: NCC/MRRC Team 5
Comments:
The local and remote QRN gods smiled on me, and I enjoyed typical S3 or lower
noise on all bands except 160m, which was plagued by the neighbor's plasma TV.
Otherwise, no discernible static crashes, a distinct change from typical
spring/summer atmospherics. Still plugging away in S&P mode on CW. Never
have the nerve to try to run when my code speed is still hovering in the 25 wpm
area, when every one else is running 30-35 wpm or higher. 2 el. spider boom
quad on 20-6m up 40 ft, and ZS6BKW dipole up 35 ft. for 40-80m. I tried it on
160m, and couldn't get the SWR below about 3:1, so the K3 was running only about
50W, but I did manage to make a handle of contacts on 160m, most of them
multipliers for that band, so all in all, not bad. My goal was to make 300+
contacts, so that worked out fine from my viewpoint.
NAQP is among my favorite contests, because it favors the 'little pistol' that
doesn't have a linear, and who's low band antennas favor regional coverage vs.
DX.
73,
-- Dave, N8SBE
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