New England QSO Party
Call: W3UA
Operator(s): W3UA
Station: W3UA
Class: Single Op HP
QTH: NH
Operating Time (hrs):
Summary:
Band CW-Dig Qs Ph Qs
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80: 77 0
40: 289 72
20: 313 33
15: 161 104
10: 17 4
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Total: 857 213 Mults = 104 Total Score = 200,408
Club: Yankee Clipper Contest Club
Comments:
I never planned this contest (I'm no good at all in non-DX contests... I can't
say I'm good at DX contests, just so-so; but QSO parties is just not my type at
all); but K1KI sent an e-mail, suggesting get out of bed and made a few Qs...
and as former Soviet, when Party orders, I obey ;) . Indeed, it was fun. Even
my infamous power line noise was quite moderate, thanks to the good "bad"
weather. The major problem was with my main amplifier, which refused to work; I
reconnected the cables to the second op's amp, but thus completely messed up
with antenna switching. As a result, I couldn't use stacks and 4SQ, and was
limited to rotary beams. In contest where bulk of Qs is coming from the "wrong"
direction, it is a big nuisance...
Another thing -- I jumped to my shack 15 minutes before the test, and didn't
even read the rules completely... so countless tactical mistakes were made all
contest long ;) . For example, I discovered that CW Qs are twice the points
only on the second day; and for some reason I thought that contest runs till
2AM Zulu. Some good Samaritan advised me about 12 minutes after GMT midnight
that the contest is over... I was so sure that the test runs till 10PM EST, so
initially couldn't realize, how wrong I am... Anyway, short look at the rules
and ... 10 unclaimed QSOs ;)
Overall, it was a good contest to warm up before the WPX. Thank you Tom for
convincing me to play this game.
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