North American QSO Party, CW
Call: N8II
Operator(s): N8II
Station: N8II
Class: Single Op LP
QTH: WV
Operating Time (hrs): 7.5
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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160: 107 38
80: 128 38
40: 116 41
20: 169 39
15: 49 17
10: 3 3
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Total: 571 76 Total Score = 100,496
Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club
Team: PVRC #1
Comments:
I was feeling none too peppy or motivated all day Saturday, so the end
result wasn't up to what it could have been, but respectable. My first
QSO wasn't until 1830 after spending a lot time in the kitchen
cleaning up other's crud and walking the dog. 15 was about as expected
to a bit better, but CA was weak enough that some around S1-3 couldn't
even hear me and everyone on backscatter was deaf or busy on the 2nd
radio. Condx were better to CA thru WA around 20Z but activity was sparse
by then. 20 was OK for about an hour, but rate dropped; I did manage a few
backscatter Q's there and the skip zone was as short as MN and LA. I went
to 40 at 21Z which seemed to be a good time with the skip zone as short
as OH, NC, and NY. Once the skip lengthened, my running on 40 was over,
but I made a good S&P pass across the band working several mults and
lots of CA. 80 was good for a nice rate running for about 1.6 hours
at 2315Z. I hit 160 a bit too early around 0230Z, but the rate/mults
were good enough to keep at it. Around 03Z, 160 was a hummin'.
Thanks for the Q's and sorry for the less than full time effort and
somewhat low score. NS3T, put me over 100K right at the end with a
QSY up the bands, thanks Jamie! Until then, I had only worked MD on 80M
and 160M. Total actual operating time was about 7.1 hours; best hours
were 90 Q's in 19Z hour on 20, 99 Q's in 00Z hour on 80, and 98 Q's
from 0232-0331 mainly on 160. One of the most pleasurable parts of the
NAQP is running into contest friends that I've worked many times.
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