North American QSO Party, CW - January
Call: KT8K
Operator(s): KT8K
Station: KT8K
Class: Single Op QRP
QTH: EN82ch SE Michigan
Operating Time (hrs): 8:38
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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160: 11 9
80: 173 34
40: 124 37
20: 60 29
15: 69 17
10: 31 9
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Total: 468 140 Total Score = 65,520
Club: Mad River Radio Club
Team: NCC/MRRC #2
Comments:
Thanks to all. What great fun!
I hit my previous best total with 2 hours yet to go, and turned in a personal
best by >10%. I also did it in spite of N1MM+ (my first contest using the
"+" version), which kept sending my rig into spontaneous splits and
other hijinks right in the middle of QSO's (I think some of the hot keys must
have changed). I may have sounded a bit herky-jerky once in a while because of
it.
I knew this is the best contest for us little pistols, and I took advantage of
it, and had the great but rare experience of running for significant periods of
time (4 runs brought 124 Q's!). I also saw the rate meter in triple digits a
bunch of times, highest was 142/hr. What a gas!
During the mandatory break time I also wrote another ham radio song titled
either "See Ya On Down the Log" or "If You Ain't Runnin', You
ain't Winnin'", thus combining my hobbies. I don't know if it will ever
see youtube like my song "I Want a Big Tower", and I'm still fussing
with the lyrics and arrangement, but possibly I'll have it on line for everyone
to see after NAQP SSB.
I am hoping to put you all in the log next weekend in the SSB portion. Thanks
for all the Q's and good reception! I am constantly amazed at what 5 Watts to
wires in the trees can do. 73 de kt8k - Tim
rig, etc. - Tentec Orion at 5 Watts, MFJ Grandmaster keyer w. Bencher paddle,
ancient XP laptop "gasping under the strain"
antennas -
- 20/40/80m inverted vee ('W') at about 50 feet
- 10/15/20 trap dipole (Cushcraft A3 driven element) hanging vertically w. feed
point at about 60 feet
- 500 foot horizontal (somewhat) loop zig zagging through the trees w. Z-11
autotuner
- K9AY loop (might have helped this time on 160m)
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