North American QSO Party, RTTY - February
Call: W6YX
Operator(s): K6UFO ND2T N7MH W6LD KZ2V W6RK
Station: W6YX
Class: M/2 LP
QTH: CA
Operating Time (hrs): 12
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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80: 177 54
40: 323 55
20: 368 59
15: 200 48
10: 9 1
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Total: 1077 217 Total Score = 233,709
Club: Northern California Contest Club
Team:
Comments:
Wow! Our highest QSO total ever (1,077 QSOs) and back above
200 Mults for the first time since 2005. Our Highest Score yet
(and maybe a new record?)
It came together in the last week, as K6UFO realized we had won
this six times in a row,and this was no time to slack off! We
could only setup three radios (two run, one for local spotting)
instead of our usual four (two for local spotting). A few of
our usual ops couldn't make it, so we were a bit short, and
during midday had only the two run operators and no spotting!
With more spotting we could have added another 30 to 50 QSOs.
We worked 11 DXCC entities, and when the DX (outside NA) started
calling, we knew the band was "too-long" and it was time to move
to the next lower band.
We monitored 10m before the start and weren't enthusiastic, but
picked up 5 local QSOs in the first 10 minutes. We monitored 10m
a lot during the day, but never heard a real opening outside CA.
We more than doubled our QSOs on 15m compared to last year.
Signals were weak to average, and fading up and down, but there
were consistently people calling, and who could be found, so we
stayed and milked it as long as we could, until the JAs called at
22Z and we new it was time to break into 40m.
20m was good right from the start, and despite the crowded QRM,
Tom ND2T ran on 14.083 for four straight hours! Finally, the lure
of Search-and-pounce (and some new Mults) moved him around the
band.
As usual 40m was tough at first 22Z when K6UFO had to fight to
get heard, turned great at sunset 02Z when W6LD ran it hard, and
then tapered off until almost nothing at the end, giving W6RK as
relaxing finish.
We moved from 20m to 80m without losing any rate, and 80m really
picked up an hour after sunset, and provided KZ2V ran it well
right to the end, especially with the strong spotting help by N7MH.
Ops: K6UFO ND2T N7MH W6LD KZ2V W6RK
One 15m antenna was broken, and one rotor indicator not working.
Another rotor got stuck - but was manually unstuck.
10m: Force 12 C-31XR tribander at 60ft
15m: Force 12 C-31XR tribander at 60ft
20m: 6 el yagi at 60 ft & 5-el at 36 ft
40m: 4 el yagi at 60 ft & inverted V-dipole
80m: inverted vee at 50 ft
Spotting: Mosely Pro-57 tribander at 40ft and 2 x listening beverages
One Yaesu FT-1000MP 100 watts
Two Yaesu FT-1000MkV turned down to 100 watts
Writelog and MMTTY plug-in
QSO/MUL by hour and band
Hour 80M 40M 20M 15M 10M Total Cumm
D1-1800Z - - 92/32 67/32 5/1 164/65 164/65
D1-1900Z - - 60/9 60/12 - 120/21 284/86
D1-2000Z - - 49/5 41/2 - 90/7 374/93
D1-2100Z - - 50/7 28/2 1/0 79/9 453/102
D1-2200Z - 16/14 31/2 4/0 3/0 54/16 507/118
D1-2300Z - 39/16 41/1 - - 80/17 587/135
D2-0000Z --+-- 58/12 30/2 --+-- --+-- 88/14 675/149
D2-0100Z 10/10 59/3 15/1 - - 84/14 759/163
D2-0200Z 31/19 72/5 - - - 103/24 862/187
D2-0300Z 56/15 47/4 - - - 103/19 965/206
D2-0400Z 43/4 18/0 - - - 61/4 1026/210
D2-0500Z 37/6 14/1 - - - 51/7 1077/217
Total: 177/54 323/55 368/59 200/48 9/1
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