7th Call Area QSO Party
Call: K6OK
Operator(s): K6OK
Station: K6OK
Class: SOMixed LP
QTH: Sacramento, CA
Operating Time (hrs): 17.5
Summary:
Band CW Qs Ph Qs Dig Qs
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160:
80: 8 0 0
40: 70 36 3
20: 63 5 0
15: 22 1 0
10:
6:
2:
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Total: 163 42 3 Mults = 103 Total Score = 38,522
Club: Northern California Contest Club
Comments:
Okay, so I decided to do a full effort for 7QP. It's only a one day contest, so
not a big deal, right? LOL, by late afternoon it sank in that 6 AM to midnight
does indeed make for a long day. The good news is that, except for a couple of
lulls, there is enough activity on the bands to keep it interesting and
engaging.
A major part of the fun of 7QP are the mobiles and portables. The geography of
7 land is unique with so many counties that are sparsely populated and so
spread out. After working a mobile I'd ask myself "Wow, where is THAT?" and
pull up Google Maps to see where they were. And I thought 18 hours of radio at
home was a long day... I have nothing but thanks and appreciation for the
mobiles and portables who traveled long distances to activate such rare and
interesting counties!
10 meters disappointed. I heard some 10-10 operators from Dixie but did not
hear any 7-landers.
Anyone who worked me on 80 meters deserves a medal. I have no 80 meter antenna
so I just use a tuner in the shack and feed my 40 meter dipole. I estimate an
SWR of 1200 and a coax loss of 16 dB, turning my 100 watt signal into 2.5 watts
out. QRP via warm coax :-)
FT-990, 100 watts, wire dipoles.
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