North American QSO Party, CW - January
Call: W5MX
Operator(s): W5MX
Station: W5MX
Class: Single Op LP
QTH: ky
Operating Time (hrs): 10
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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160: 155 37
80: 176 38
40: 450 55
20: 169 40
15: 60 11
10: 0 0
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Total: 1010 181 Total Score = 182,810
Club: Kentucky Contest Group
Team: KCG Beam
Comments:
Had a lot of fun, great running pace for most of the contest kept things
interesting.
As I have seen most comment, the higher bands not so good. This is especially
true here in KY with most of the NA population so close, within 500 miles or so.
Vowed not to repeat previous years mistakes by waiting too long to move down the
ladder to the lower bands. However, the lure of mults still kept me on the
higher bands longer than I had wanted (and still didn't end up with that many!).
My 40m delta loop used primarily for domestic contesting was out of commission
for a high SWR condx, so used a 2 el 40 meter beam fixed on EU for all the 40 m
Q's.
80 and 160 were great, but only spent last bit of the contest on those bands. I
could hear a number of west coast stations very well as the bands were so quiet.
Called a number of them with no reply. I assume they were either higher power,
noisy band condx or not as good on rx antennas. Missed a number of mults on 80
and 160 that way.
Thanks to all for the Q's!
Bryan "Tom"
W5MX
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