NA Sprint CW Contest
Call: NK7U
Operator(s): KL2A
Station: NK7U
Class: Single Op HP
QTH: OR
Operating Time (hrs): 3.5
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band QSOs Op Time
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80: 114
40: 107
20: 70
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Total: 292 Mults = 46 Total Score = 13,432
Club: Northern California Contest Club
Team:
Comments:
Thanks again to Joe & Sharon for allowing me to operate at NK7U!
I love this contest & FUN it was!
It's the best of the best & I just can't get enough of it. Like most of you, I
was so pumped & very ready for battle with the boys however the unthinkable
happened, which I was not prepared for...
In mid Q on radio A (20m), I look over to Radio B's amp (40m) & see smoke!
Immediately I flip the electricity off, open the door & fan the room. After a
few mins I call Joe, he clears my health, & with no delay says "get back in the
game!"
Radio B checks out fine with 100w, I'm back in the race, but soon I realize my
rhythm is shot and needs a boost. (the next 20 mins I = 12 Q's)
It's obviously time to focus on 40, 20 is done producing (my last 20m Q is
0139), 40 was surging at the time of the off-time so I decide to take 2 mins and
swap 40 to the good amp on Radio A, and run 100w 80m Radio B.
It's not long and I see it's time to swap again as 80 quickly (and early) seemed
the rate band.
The 1st hour wasn't even close to what I was hoping for at 84, but I purposely
held off the 2nd radio to focus on 20m longer in hopes for possible mults and
those Q's I wouldn't be able to make up on 40-80. *This theory has big holes
that need work. My thinking was then to hit 40 for a rate fest & close the gap,
then hoping the yagi on 80 would continue to shrink the gap further... a theory
for next time.
*The big experiment for me is: Which is better?
1. Being "fresh meat" at the start of the 40m rush (when the masses exodus)
Meaning NO 40m Q's until the Exodus
2. SP 40 from the start while running 20, then focus 40 ONLY after 20 dies
3. SP 40 from the start while running 20, as soon as the exodus goes 40, focus
40, SP 20
WHAT DO YOU THINK? email me: KL2A at yahoo.com
73 KL2A
:: F A C T S ::
K1KI 579 80m 2350z before the start!
Last 20m Q: 0139
1st 40m Q: 0033
1st 80m Q: 0205
Congratulations to N2NL! A 1st Class op, and performance. I felt like I had a
front row seat, incredible sigs.
Thanks to J79WI, XE1NTT/2, VE9DX, K5GO (AR). Unexpected mults.
Missed: NH RI VT AL SC ID MT UT IA ND SD SC VE2 VE5 VE6 VE7
KL9A & K7SS too! Just never heard you guys, but heard guys who did.
-------------- Q S O R a t e S u m m a r y --------------
Hour 160 80 40 20 15 10 Total Pct
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0000 0 0 25 59 0 0 84 28.8
0100 0 0 52 11 0 0 63 21.6
0200 0 50 25 0 0 0 75 25.7
0300 0 64 6 0 0 0 70 24.0
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Total 0 114 108 70 0 0 292
Gross QSO's=292 Dupes=0 Net QSO's=292
Unique callsigns worked = 157
There were 50 bandchanges and 16 probable 2nd radio QSO's.
Callareas Worked
Area QSOs Pct
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0 26 8.9
1 17 5.8
2 26 8.9
3 21 7.2
4 54 18.5
5 41 14.0
6 36 12.3
7 18 6.2
8 19 6.5
9 34 11.6
The following stations were worked on 3 bands:
K1EA N3BB AA3B K5GA N5OT K4RO
N6ZZ W4PA N9CK K3WW K4LTA VA3NR
K4ZW KO7AA W4NZ W9RE K3CR N4ZR
K5OT N9RV KU8E K4FXN K4QPL K0AD
K9NW K4BAI K6LL AG9A W2ID W1NN
XE1NTT/2 W5JAW KW8N W0BH N2IC W0YK
K0RI
----- S i n g l e B a n d Q S O ' s -----
Band 160 80 40 20 15 10
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QSOs 0 29 25 5 0 0
80M 40M 20M Total
J7 1 1
K 109 100 65 274
KL 1 1 2
KP4 1 1
LZ 1 1 2
VE 2 3 1 6
XE 1 1 1 3
YS 1 1
ZF 1 1
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