WQ5L (@N5FG) S/O NAQP score:
Band QSOs Mult
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160CW 0 0 (No antenna)
80CW 87 28
40CW 220 45
20CW 229 53
15CW 78 33
10CW 4 4
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Total 612 x 163 == 99,576 points
Radios: one, FT1000
Hours operated: 10:00 (1830-0429Z)
Disappointing result after a fast start: 37 Qs in the first 15 minutes.
After working down the initial pile on 20 meters and making an S&P pass,
things got REAL slow. The right thing to do would have been to take
the rest of the off time early. I had other plans for the evening,
though, and had to get the contesting done ASAP.
15 meters was open nicely to W6 but up and down to everywhere else.
Signals from the Midwest and Northeast were in and out. Couldn't
get much attention by CQing though many QSYs to 15 were successful.
10 meters was just abyssmal. Many requested QSYs were tried, but
W4AN was the only one I could work on scatter. My other three 10m Qs
were with PR, VI, and HI.
In contrast to reports from the Midwest, 80 meters was pleasantly quiet
here, with unusually stable wx settled over the Gulf South. Was weird
to make it through a summer contest with no lightning-forced QRT!
Would have been nice to have an antenna for 160 this time.
Observation: too many people use xx060 as a mult-moving freq.
Several times when moved to 21060, I had to dig through the QRM
of other pairs of stations doing the same thing. At least once
I did hear the guy who moved me but could not complete the QSO.
73,
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Ray Rocker WQ5L
rocker@ametro.net
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