North American QSO Party, CW - January
Call: K8BKM
Operator(s): K8BKM
Station: K8BKM
Class: Single Op LP
QTH: MI
Operating Time (hrs): 10
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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160: 124 38
80: 252 43
40: 171 48
20: 100 24
15: 23 8
10: 1 1
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Total: 671 162 Total Score = 108,702
Club: Mad River Radio Club
Team: NCC/MRRC Team 2
Comments:
Wow, it was a sprint finish to beat my previous for a new PR in NAQP CW, but
only by about 300 points. This year I had fewer Q's and more mults that my
previous best in 2017.
Started out on 20 again because prop seemed good, but I did mostly S&P the
first hour or so. 20 was open to the south (FL) and west (CA) but lots of holes.
Tried 15 but was only able to work a few handfuls of CA. Ran into a local on 15
and we ran the bands including 10 on ground wave - my only six band station,
NA8V - thanks Greg, and my only Q on 10. Moved to 40 early before the pack and
worked local / regional before band went long. The remaining strategy was
similar to previous years - trying to be very band agile and going back to the
higher bands as the prop moved west and longer. This year 80 was my best band by
far. I held a run frequency and produced high rates for a long time before
taking my second 30 minute break. Came back and started on 160 before most of
the crowd arrived. By the end of the night I was flipping between 80 and 160
trying to run and also hunt for mults.
I was really worried about the forecast for "icemageddon" in Michigan,
and prepared for a power outage. Turns out all we had was rain all day - no ice.
Thankfully. However, I'm pretty sure that the weather nationwide had a negative
impact on participation. I saw on the news many reports of ice, snow, wind,
tornadoes and all kinds of bad weather which probably kept many off the air.
I still think there's room for improvement in my score, so I'll try to beat it
next time ;)
Thanks for the Q's
73, Tom
K8BKM
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