North American QSO Party, SSB - January
Call: ND0C
Operator(s): ND0C
Station: ND0C
Class: Single Op QRP
QTH: MN
Operating Time (hrs): 9.75
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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160: 4 3
80: 27 16
40: 78 36
20: 129 31
15: 52 18
10: 0 0
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Total: 290 104 Total Score = 30,160
Club: Minnesota Wireless Assn
Team: MWA Blizzard
Comments:
I really enjoy the NAQP, but to do well, you really need good low band antennas.
I don't have good low band antennas. So I take a beating when 20 finally gives
out and I have to move back and forth from 40 and 80.
40 and 80 really seemed noisy here and it seemed like there weren't very many
consistently loud stations. QSB was nasty. I had several loud stations CQ in
my face, but then weak stations can right back to me. Weird.
It was nice that 15 had a decent opening but it behaved a lot like 10 meters.
The only thing I heard on 10 was a ZL.
Thanks to everybody for the good ears on 40, 80 and especially 160!
The ND0C Super-Station:
Rig: Yaesu FTDX3000 running 5 watts out - Heil mic, N3FJP logging software
Antennas: Cycle 24 TX38 triband Yagi (2 elements on 20 and 15) at 40 feet;
Inverted vee with apex at 39 feet; 40M rotatable dipole at 45 feet
73,
Randy, ND0C
"You don't have to be crazy to operate in a SSB contest with QRP ... but
it helps."
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