North American QSO Party, CW - January
Call: W5WZ
Operator(s): W5WZ WM5H W5LA K5TS KD5YS
Station: W5WZ
Class: M/2 LP
QTH: LA
Operating Time (hrs): 12
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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160: 0 0
80: 318 54
40: 250 60
20: 449 62
15: 307 54
10: 172 36
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Total: 1496 266 Total Score = 397,936
Club: Louisiana Contest Club
Team:
Comments:
With the improving band conditions, we have been looking forward to the 2023
spring series of NAQP contests. About a week ago, I got sick and didn't feel
like doing anything at the station all week. A few items are on the maintenance
list, including stringing out the feedline for three "non-mowing
season" beverages for NW, SE, SW; replacing the balun on the KT-34 used for
Run2 in-band S&P radio; after recent heavy rains, the 160 Inv-L is
non-functional, cause unknown; middle C-31XR TicRing position pot needed
replacing (finished 1.5 hrs before contest start); need new cable between EA4TX
Interlock and K3 at position C; west beverage is deaf, either shorted
transformer or open termination resistor.
As for the NAQP CW contest, we gather a few more ops than normal: station
regulars W5WZ, WM5H along with W5LA, KD5YS, and first time guest op K5TS. We
knew we wanted to open on 10 and 15 meters, although many times from our
location if those bands are open they are too long to sustain good rates for
us.
So, with that in mind, we began.
-------------- Q S O R a t e S u m m a r y ---------------------
Hour 160 80 40 20 15 10 Rate Total Pct
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1800 0 0 0 0 92 47 139 139 9.3
1900 0 0 0 0 93 57 150 289 19.3
2000 0 0 0 101 9 38 148 437 29.2
2100 0 0 0 74 31 30 135 572 38.2
2200 0 0 0 85 74 0 159 731 48.9
2300 0 0 72 112 8 0 192 923 61.7
0000 0 18 38 66 0 0 122 1045 69.9
0100 0 82 43 0 0 0 125 1170 78.2
0200 0 62 39 11 0 0 112 1282 85.7
0300 0 60 32 0 0 0 92 1374 91.8
0400 0 51 21 0 0 0 72 1446 96.7
0500 0 44 5 0 0 0 49 1495 99.9
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Total 0 318 250 449 307 172 1496
Although we didn't make as many QSOs as we hoped, I think this was as much fun
as we've ever had in an NAQP CW, and also our highest score, due to the mult
counts on the 10 & 15 bands that haven't been good in several years.
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