California QSO Party
Call: W6ML
Operator(s): W6KC
Station: W6ML
Class: SOCntyExp HP
QTH: Mono County
Operating Time (hrs): 24
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band CW Qs Ph Qs
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160:
80: 145 160
40: 217 151
20: 320 334
15: 134 180
10:
6:
2:
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Total: 816 825 Mults = 58 Total Score = 237,684
Club:
Comments:
This was my 15th consecutive year doing a CQP county expedition from Mammoth
Lakes in Mono County. Again I used all wire antennasâ?¦dipoles for 40m & 80m
and 3 element wire beams on 15m & 20m. Usually during CQP I have some kind of
bear encounterâ?¦this year it was one bear and a lot of bees. When I was
putting up the 20m wire beam, I didnâ??t notice that my sling shot guy line
came down right above a beehive that was in a log on the ground. I was
standing right on it for a few minutes until I noticed all the bees flying
around my feet. I was wearing shorts and one of the bees bit me in the back of
my legâ?¦ouch! At least it didnâ??t swell up. I proceed with extra care while
I finished pulling up the antenna from that area. Later in the day I had my
bear sighting, but he was a little one and was too busy eating pine nuts to pay
me much attention.
All of the equipment & antennas preformed well and I kept a pretty good rate
going most of the time. I even added a handful of QSOâ??s by using my second
radio in S&P mode. I had over 50 DX calls logged, mainly in Europe plus almost
200 VEâ??s including about 100 VE3â??s...thanks for great turnoutâ?¦Eh.
The last two sections I needed were SK and HI. VE5XD found me Sunday morning
and literally with one minute left in the contest I found KH6GMP for the sweep!
It was nice to beat my previous Mono County CQP record from 2004 by over 200
QSOâ??s and maybe I can even break into the top twenty for the first time this
year.
73, Jim, W6KC at W6ML
http://www.vistasierra.com/w6ml
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