North American QSO Party, CW
Call: AA4LR
Operator(s): AA4LR
Station: AA4LR
Class: Single Op LP
QTH:
Operating Time (hrs): 8.8
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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160: 24 13
80: 70 29
40: 125 37
20: 160 38
15: 58 23
10: 8 7
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Total: 445 147 Total Score = 65,415
Club: South East Contest Club
Team: SECC #3
Comments:
Equipment:
K2/100 w/ KAT100 running 100 watts
Kenwood TS-430S / AT-250 running 100 watts (160m only)
CQPWin 10.01 software
Antennas:
Cushcraft A3S @ 15m (10, 15, 20m)
1/4 wave sloper @ 12m (40m)
80m doublet @ 10m (40, 80, 160m)
Shunt-fed 15m tower (80m)
Comments:
Hadn't planned a huge effort, but had so much fun that this
snowballed into nearly a full-time run. Had a few interruptions in
the afternoon, as my wife chose to paint the interior of some kitchen
cabinets.
Found few pickings on 10m. It was open, but not strongly, at the
start. Kept going back to check it, but nothing new heard in several
trips. I think 10m and 15m are suffering from the "mental" sunspot
low -- People figure it isn't open and don't spend enough time there
to realise that it is.
Had good runs on 20m, 40m and 80m. Probably spent more time running
stations than S & P. (which is a pretty strong statement for this
op's CW skills)
Big money bands were 80m, 40m and 20m, in that order. I usually have
trouble holding my own on the lower bands, but managed a really great
run when I moved to 80m at 0200z. Rate meter quickly pegged 100 for
20 mnutes. The shunt-fed tower works well on this band, now that I
have 25 radials down.
160m was a complete gift. Made one quick pass early and worked five
stations and thought that would be it. At 0400z, felt up for another
pass and found 19 more stations in 21 minutes.
Only passed one station the entire contest - that was K4BAI from 80m
to 40m for the GA mult. Seems a lot of "easy" multipliers went
missing on 40m - like AL.
While this isn't a personal best for NAQP CW in August, I did feel
like I was playing on a whole different level by being able to run
stations effectively. The practice with MorseRunner and FD are
starting to pay off.
Sorry to KU8E for asking for so many name repeats. I kept copying PFF
over and over for some reason. Sorry, Jeff.
Go SECC!
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Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL Mail: aa4lr at arrl.net
Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!"
-- Wilbur Wright, 1901
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