North American QSO Party, SSB
Call: W4BW
Operator(s): W4BW
Station: W4BW
Class: Single Op LP
QTH: Stockbridge, GA
Operating Time (hrs): 10
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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160: 2 2
80: 155 39
40: 280 44
20: 96 31
15: 5 2
10: 0 0
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Total: 538 118 Total Score = 63,484
Club: South East Contest Club
Team: SECC #1
Comments:
The NAQP is a great contest both times it is run each year, but August does pose
the usual summer challenges with conditions. I really like the format of the
NAQP, scoring, length, required off-times, etc..
Unfortunately, I learned a valuable lesson this session...check all your
antennas before the 'test. At 10 pm I learned that my 160m dipole was VERY
bad...so bad that I only made 2 Q's on a poor substitute antenna. Today, I
found one leg lying on the ground. If only I had checked yesterday, 5 mins of
repair in the daylight would have made it usable. This certainly cost me some
valuable Q's and mults! Lesson learned - check ALL the antennas before the
'test!
And I really need to get a Tri-Bander up soon...Wires in the trees only go so
far!
See ya'll in Jan...
Bob Wilson - W4BW
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