North American QSO Party, SSB - January
Call: W1DYJ
Operator(s): W1DYJ
Station: W1DYJ
Class: Single Op LP
QTH: Massachusetts
Operating Time (hrs): 6
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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160: 11 5
80: 17 9
40: 70 19
20: 85 33
15: 18 11
10: 11 4
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Total: 212 81 Total Score = 17,172
Club: Yankee Clipper Contest Club
Team: YCCC Phone Fanatics
Comments:
NAQP contests have landed on my list of favorites. As a low
power, little pistol "senior" ham, they fit my need for
relatively short and "level-field" events. Yes, I say this
even though NN1C (great job Marty) beat me by a factor of
about 24! (And sorry Marty, I never found you when we moved
to 15.)
This was my seventh Jan SSB NAQP, and a personal best for me.
I have complained in the past about my old TS-2000. Replaced
with a TS-590SG, I really heard the difference in selectivity.
My antennas on 10 and 20 are really the only ones that are
sort of competitive here in MA, so I use them when it makes
sense, and I had a (very) short run on 10 at the very beginning.
(Where was everyone at 1815 UTC?) I only had one more Q on 10.
Mostly an S&P contester, I noticed that 20 was very quiet
around 8pm local and gave out a CQ. FUN, FUN, FUN! (But I
didn't have the T-bird -- sorry to those who don't know the
reference...) Between 0054 and 0129 UTC I had 45 Qs, with
a peak of 105/hour. Adrenalin. This could make me a real
contester!
Seriously, this was a fun contest and I look forward to more.
I was even happy with my 160 results, with my "any-antenna-
is-better-than-no-antenna" dipole(?).
Glad to see more YCCC activity on NAQP.
Rig: TS-590SG
BIC = 6 hours (Official "30-minute" time = 8 hours)
Antennas:
10 HB 5el yagi @ 30ft
15 HB Rotatable Dipole @ 33ft
20 HB Moxon @ 36ft
80/40/160 Modified AD DX-CC fed at 30'
with 160 added "zig-zag" around back yard
(160 avg height ~ 15')
Logger: N3FJP NAQP Contest Log Ver 5.2
73 -- Larry -- W1DYJ
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