NA QSO SUMMARY SHEET
Contest Dates : 21-Aug-99, 22-Aug-99
Callsign Used : N4VI
Operator : N4VI
Default Exchange : Chris CO
Name : Chris Adams
Address : 8494 Stoneridge Terrace
City/State/Zip : Boulder, CO 80302-9355
Country : United States
Team/Club : TCG#1
BAND Raw QSOs Valid QSOs Points Mults
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160SSB 1 1 1 1
80SSB 41 41 41 24
40SSB 66 66 66 30
20SSB 241 239 239 45
15SSB 39 39 39 19
10SSB 1 1 1 1
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Totals 389 387 387 120
Final Score = 46440 points.
Antennas:
160m: inverted L
80m: inverted vee, ladder line feed
40m: see 80m
20/15/10m: Cushcraft D-3 rotatable dipole, fixed E/W
Commments:
10m was basically dead as a doornail. 15m was only a tad bit better.
This left the daylight hours as a single band contest. I like to
alternate running and S&Ping. Well, I had already worked everyone I
could S&P on 20m early into the test so I kept trying out 15 and 10m.
Not a very fruitful effort!
Thunderstorms came in around 5pm and it was bad news after that (and
probably before). Heck I was even tuning my inverted L on 40 and 80
trying to get something going.
The static was so bad that twice in the evening I had to take a few
breaks just to clear my head. I took the first 1/2 hour of the last
hour of the test off. I was rewarded with 12 new mults in the last 1/2
hour and a mini-run on 80m. Thinks did quiet down some and it was
possible to actually hear people calling me.
I guess the highlight was working N0AH in Wyoming on 4 bands.
To summarize, it looks like my results were at least in the ballpark
with others on 20/15 but I fell way behind on the low bands.
chris, n4vi
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