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California QSO Party Summary Sheet
Contest Date : 10/02/99
Callsign Used : WL7KY
Operator : WL7KY
Category : SOAB HP
Default Exchange : # AK
Name : Christopher Hurlbut
Address : 2003 Roosevelt Dr.
City/State/Zip : Anchorage, AK 99517
Country : United States
Club/Team :
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QSOs Points
Band CW/SSB Total CW/SSB Total Mults
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10 23/33 56 69/66 135 7
15 43/40 83 129/80 209 31
20 47/89 136 141/178 319 20
40 39/50 89 117/100 217 --
80 2/-- 2 6/-- 6 --
160 --/-- -- --/-- -- --
6m --/-- -- --/-- -- --
2m --/-- -- --/-- -- --
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Totals 157/209 366 471/418 889 58
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Final Score = 51,562
Operating Time = 12:33 (off times shown in log)
Rig : TS-570DG, Heathkit Warrior
Antennas : TH7 at 50 feet, 3 elem 40, 80m dipole
Soapbox :
Was it me, or was participation way down from the CA boys? As I remember,
last year condx were a lot worse, I operated a lot more casual, and for
less time. Yet I had almost 200 more q's. I missed 2 counties last year
(Lassen and Colusa) and got those fairly early this year which was nice. I
felt loud on all bands, but CA was either pointed at EU, East Coast, or JA.
The only time I could really work anyone was when they were working JA's.
So I had to yell and scream "ALASKA ALASKA" then I would get, "Oh wow,
Alaska, hang on, let me turn the beam" then they would be loud instead of
s2.
If that wasn't frustrating enough, I think I CQ'd most of the time getting
1 station every 10 minutes. That gets real boring. So I took a lot of
breaks. I was mostly going for the sweep, since breaking my old AK record
didn't seem plausible. 69 q's in the first 3 hours is not exactly
blistering rate. After the first day I was missing Glenn and Sierra
counties. I FINALLY got SF thanks to AJ6T/M. I was his nr 20. So I
didn't feel too bad :)
The second day I was concentrating on getting rate on 10m ssb. Those tech
pluses HAD to be on. Not so. 10m was packed, but I had worked everyone.
So after a 10 min cq with only 2 stations in the log, I S'd and P'd again.
After what seemed like an eternity, I heard KM6RH cqing. BANG! New county.
If that wasn't good enough, I heard K6PJ/M cqing. BANG! Last county! By
that time I was about to fall out of the chair, and I felt I had gone as
far as I could in the 1999 CQP.
After checking every band/mode for new stations, I hung it up.
No wine, er.... sparkling apple cider for us under 21... for me this year.
Oh well, the shirt should be nice.
I would like to thank the propagation gods for bringing back 10m, it has
not quit for the past 2 weeks.
Now if it would just open to EU........
CU in the next one
-Chris WL7KY
wl7ky@gci.net
I have observed all competition rules as well as all regulations
established for amateur radio in my country. My report is
correct and true to the best of my knowledge. I agree to be
bound by the decisions of the Awards Committee.
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