NA Sprint SSB Contest - September
Call: WQ8RP
Operator(s): N8XX
Station: N8XX
Class: Single Op QRP
QTH: MICHIGAN
Operating Time (hrs): 2
Summary:
Band QSOs Op Time
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80: 16 1:15
40: 8 :30
20: 0 :30
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Total: 24 Mults = 14 Total Score = 336
Club: Mad River Radio Club
Team: MRRC/NCC
Comments:
Wow! 20 was a big fat zero - no "really loud" stations, and when I called, I
lost out to a cacophony of KW callers. Or else I screwed up on N1MM - though I
was sure I had 14200 for the frequency and it showed USB.
First (and probably ONLY) time I'll try WQ8RP for a call during a SSB contest.
It's a tongue twister - besides running <5 watts PEP to a low wire antenna,
which put me at a ERP disadvantage, many folks had a very hard time with the
call, and I had a hard time getting it through. It probably wouldn't have
helped much to have wav files to allow the computer to send the call -
repetition was often needed. (Parenthetical note - it was even worse than
using N1L as a call on the CW event, with N1LN in at the same time!)
Several folks told me that QRP in this SSB event was an exercise in masochism -
I now see why. Perhaps with a "reasonable beam" in a super location it would be
different.
Thanks to all who dug me out of the mud. I hope I didn't screw up the log with
N1MM. Score is nothing about which to write home, yet it shows that even a
modest setup, operating <5 Watts, CAN make a few Q's amongst all the "gallons"
who "b**ch & moan" about "losing the the 'jump ball.'"
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