California QSO Party
Call: W6C
Operator(s): WQ6X N6GEO
Station: WQ6X
Class: M/MCntyExp LP
QTH: Modoc County
Operating Time (hrs): 20
Summary:
Band CW Qs Ph Qs
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160: 1 0
80: 103 38
40: 91 69
20: 201 127
15: 188 119
10: 101 91
6: 0 0
2: 0 0
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Total: 685 444 Mults = 56 Total Score = 164,584
Club: Northern California Contest Club
Comments:
This was the 3rd collaborative expedition from Modoc county by WQ6X & N6GEO,
running and ICOM 7000 & Yaesu FT-897 into a multiplexed TH3-jr 8mh, along
with a pair of phased cobra dipoles (for 40-meters), an HF2-V Vertical (for
80-meters) and a Buddipole (for 10-meters), all powered by a Honda generator.
We both ran Cw & SSB, making contacts on all bands from 160 to 10 meters.
While we listened for 6-meter openings nothing came our way so N6GEO replaced
the 3-el 6-meter beam with the Buddipole so we could take advantage of the
surprising 10-meter opening on Sunday.
The TH3 made possible super 15-meter openings to Europe on both days and an
incredible opening to Europe Sunday morning on 10-meters. We successfully ran
the 8JK Cobra dipoles as phased inverted V's for 40 meters. For 80-meters, the
ground mounted HF2-V was outstanding, producing an opening to the east coast at
the unheard of time of 02:45z. Careful tuning of the HF2-V with an old Dentron
jr. tuner allowed WQ6X to make a single contact on 160; enough to say that we
were there.
Missing in this year's CQP were stations from Africa and Oceania. We also
missed a sweep by 2 sections; QC (VE2) and Vermont (VT), which we are told
produced 5 stations.
Our proposed QSO count of 1,129 easily surpassed our 807 QSO record from
previous Modoc expeditions.
You can see our CQP page at: http://WQ6X.Info/CQP/CQP2013
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