North America QSO Party - CW
Call: K5OY
Operator(s): K5OY
Station: K5OY
Class: SO LP
QTH: AR
Operating Time (hrs): 2
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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160:
80:
40:
20: 9 8
15: 8 6
10: 11 7
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Total: 28 21 = 588
Club/Team: Ozark Contest Club #2
Comments:
It has been six months since my last confession...No, wait...it has been six
months since I made a radio contact. A new job, a new child and a new
(temporary) QTH in a new town has all but put ham radio in the closet.
Actually, I set up my TS-850 in a back closet, next to the water heater.
Running a piece of coax through a PVC exhaust vent, it connects to a 33 foot
inverted V that resonates quite nicely on 14.010! With layers of rust adhered
to my synapses, I decided to S & P for familiar calls, thus making copying CW
easier. Great!! There's K4OJ. He's loud. I send. He responds.
D........U........what the heck is going one here!!! I listen to his next few
Qs, embarassed that my copying skills have gone completely down the toilet.
Then, I realize and chuckle at what is going on. A cozy feeling wraps around
me like an old, favorite blanket. The fun of ham radio and contesting!
Running 10 watts and numerous errands limited my totals. And a rare date with
my wife to go see a movie ended my day at 2330, but what a great time!!!
Conditions seemed great and I even got a few nice mults like MT and VO1. Also,
since this is the first sunspot peak I've operated since being licensed, I have
now experienced, first hand, what the "old timers" had been telling me. You
can work 10 meters with 5 watts and a wet noodle!!!
Thanks for the Qs.
This is fun!!!
steve
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