Alabama QSO Party
Call: NV4B
Operator(s): NV4B
Station: NV4B
Class: SOMixed LP
QTH: FRNK
Operating Time (hrs): 9:47
Summary:
Band CW Qs Ph Qs
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160:
80: 22
40: 89 111
20: 96 77
15:
10:
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Total: 207 188 CW Mults = 43 Ph Mults = 37 Total Score = 48,160
Club: Alabama Contest Group
Comments:
This is a tale of two contests. I started out on 20m phone as usual, and
although I've never had a problem getting a fairly decent rate for at least the
first couple of hours, I made just 4 20m phone Qs in the first 16 minutes!
Conditions didn't seem all that great, and I'm sure weather was keeping a lot
of folks QRT. I finally managed a decent hour at 19Z after switching to 40m,
but WX took me off the air for an hour at 2030Z. The first 4 1/2 hours were
generally miserable.
Returning at 2130Z, things finally started looking up and feeling more like the
AQPs I'm used to! After a modest 20m CW run, I finally had a decent hour-plus
run on 20 phone around 2230Z. I went to 20m CW again, and then to 40 phone
around 0030Z, and the floodgates really opened. I don't ever recall getting
such a good rate on 40 phone, and I was surprised to find so many people on
with as much QRN as there was. Of course, it would be in the middle of this
run that I had to QRT another hour for weather. I was able to pick the run
back up somewhat when I returned a little after 0200Z, but since it was getting
late and the threat of another thunderstorm loomed, I decided to switch to 40m
CW since I hadn't spent much time there yet. I spent the remainder of the
contest switching between 40 and 80 CW. Signals on 80 were surprisingly good
given the noise level.
At the halfway mark, I thought a total of 400 was totally out of the question,
but things really turned around, and I almost made it. Without the weather
breaks, I believe I would have had a QSO total comparable to recent years. The
mult total ended up being fairly on-target, although I was surprised to not work
a single Georgia station on CW!
Thanks again to all who called. It was great to get a number of familiar calls
in the log again. I was also pleased to work a number of enthusiastic new hams
-- this is very encouraging! Thanks also to Jim Johnson, KC4HW for all of his
hard work directing the AQP and to the members of the Alabama Contest Group who
help promote the contest. Participation from Alabama seemed very good this
year.
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