Virginia QSO Party - 2019
Call: K4HQK
Operator(s): K4HQK
Station: K4HQK
Class: SOAB/CWFixed HP
QTH: Alexandria (ALX), VA
Operating Time (hrs): 7
Summary:
Band CW Qs Ph Qs Dig Qs
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160:
80: 122
40: 69
20:
15:
10:
6:
2:
UHF:
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Total: 191 0 0 Mults = 67 Total Score = 25,460
Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club
Comments:
All CW operation. Saturday morning: Slow to start but 40m activity picked up as
the hours passed. That afternoon, as 40m "went long," other contests
began to interfere (Russian, RTTY, etc.) so I switched to 80m at 2130Z and found
plenty of activity, increasing as the sun went down with no QRM our own. Busy
evening.
Sunday we took a major hit from an ionospheric event that sent the A index to 12
and K index to 3. All bands were tagged "poor" during daytime. Started
in the a.m. on 80m for a few more QSOs. By midday all bands seemed dead. Nothing
on 20m, either. Then tried 40m around 1900Z but it was awful; almost no activity
thanks to other-contest interference and very poor band conditions. (Strong RTTY
QRM had ruined the Virginia 40m frequencies.) Stations 30 and 50 miles away
could barely hear me on 40m. I went back to 80m at 2000Z and stayed there the
rest of the contest.
This was a fairly slow-speed contest. To maximize my QSO rate, I CQed at 21-23
wpm, midway between the straight-key and keyer operators.
John K4HQK
400w to dipoles
Icom 7410
Ameritron ALS-600 amplifier
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