North American QSO Party, SSB
Call: NA1QP
Operator(s): W1CTN
Station: NA1QP
Class: Single Op LP
QTH: CT
Operating Time (hrs): 4.5
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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160: 3 2
80: 21 16
40: 82 28
20: 300 46
15: 0 0
10: 0 0
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Total: 406 92 Total Score = 37,352
Club: Tennessee Contest Group
Team:
Comments:
TCG - CORVETTES
Just a very casual effort this year due to summertime obligations. I always
enjoy this contest and like to take the NA1QP callsign out for a whirl around
the bands.
QRN was just murder for me up on all bands as a thunderstorm front was in my
area for the entire contest. The QRN on 20 meters rivaled 160 meters. I had to
shut down repeatedly due to nearby lighting strikes.
I did not hear any activity on 15 and 10 meters, 20 was the moneymaker band. I
was running on 20 meters for most of the contest, but the QRN made receiving a
nightmare and it ate up quite a few stations. I just could not copy them.
I plan to install a few beverages to enhance my receiving ability, not just on
the low bands but also to help of the high bands.
My station is as follows:
FT1000 mp mkV @ 100 watts
160 - inverted L w/35 radials
80 - dipole @ 40'
40 - dipole @ 40'
20-10 T10 log periodic @ 43'
Ant Farm projects:
Receive: 2 290 ft beverages for 160/80/40
2 145 ft beverages for 30/20 and above
Transmit: 160 m cage inverted L to gain bandwidth (40 kc 2:1 now)
2 - 80 m 2 el phased inverted L arrays - 1 on West Coast and
the other on Europe
2 - 40 m 2 el phased vertical arrays - 1 on West Coast and
the other on Europe
Anyone using 80 or 40 meters phased arrays or a cage on 160 meters? I would
like to hear your comments.
Conditions, good or bad, it's always good to be on the radio!
73 from Radio Ansonia
Dave NA1QP (a.k.a. W1CTN)
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