Georgia QSO Party
Call: VE9AA
Operator(s): VE9AA
Station: VE9AA
Class: Single OpCW HP
QTH: NB
Operating Time (hrs):
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band CW-Dig Qs Ph Qs
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160: 1
80: 15
40: 40
20: 45
15:
10:
6:
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Total: 101 0 CW-Dig Mults = 50 Ph Mults = 0 Total Score = 10,100
Club: Maritime Contest Club
Comments:
An hour here, 10 mins there.
Was able to work a handful of GA stns by CQing, but surprised by the number of
out of state fellas (& EU's) that called me. I can't imagine that when my
CQ was usually something along the lines of:
'CQ GA CQ GA VE9AA GQP' that they thought I was really in Georgia? (The VE
prefix should've been a real big hint, hi hi !)...but it's all good. Just
havin' fun, so whatever.
Looks like the W4AN/m operation didn't take off, but I did work John and Jeff
separately.
Sorry I could not QSY to 160m for a sked John, but I had to QRT.
Did manage 1 GA QSO on 160m near the end, and not in total darkness either.
At roughly 1300miles, GA is just about at the limits of what I can do on 40m
during full sun, but even so, mostly only home stations were workable until an
hour or so before sundown and then I did have fun hunting the mobiles.
20m was OK, but not a peep on 15m. I even alternated/dual CQ'd both
afternoons, but only lit up the PJ2A skimmer on 15m and lots of others on 20m
of course.
80m was a struggle (QRN + SUN), but there were a few home stns and a couple
mobile Q's made at the end.
All in all, I felt activity was down from previous years, but I didn't put in a
full time effort.
Thanks to all the GA stns for getting on !
Worked all the 1x1 special event N4-single letter callsigns.
Notable mobiles: N0G, N4N, KN4Y....home stn John, K4BAI in here most of the
contest.
WTG Guys
Antennas for Radio 1:
10m = A3S ()what's 10m?()
15m = Wire 5el K1WA/K3LR SVDA (100% parasitic + homebrew)
20m = Wire + Aluminum 4-square (Comtek)
40m = Wire 4-square in the trees (Comtek)
80m = Wire 4-square in the trees (Comtek)
160m = Wire 2-el array of inverted L’s in the trees (Comtek w/ homebrew
controller)
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Antenna for Radio 2
ZS6BKW w/ 15m inv vee add-on (@avg height ~15ft due to recent ice storm)
No RX antennas
Rigs: 2 x IC-7410’s, YCCC SO2R+ box, N3ZN ZN-9 paddle, Yamaha CM500 headset,
N1MM+ logger
(Usually LP but have 2 small 600w amps when doing HP in select contests)
CU (all of sudden) in the next one!
dit dit
-Mike VE9AA in NB
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