Congratulations guys! Great effort but alas, propagation is one of the
fickle things we have to live with.
Lee Weaver
email: wi4r at comcast.net
web page: http://home.comcast.net/~wi4r
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Date: Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 8:56 AM
Subject: CQWW CW NQ4I M/M HP
To: 3830 at contesting.com, rick at nq4i.com
CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW
Call: NQ4I
Operator(s): W4SVO,W4IX,VE7ZO,N4XL,W8ZF,KY4F,WW4B,K4TD,W1MD,K1XX,AG4W,NQ4I
Station: NQ4I
Class: M/M HP
QTH: Griffin, Georgia
Operating Time (hrs): 48.0
Summary:
Band QSOs Zones Countries
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160: 229 21 72
80: 821 29 109
40: 1757 37 142
20: 1878 39 150
15: 1763 38 134
10: 933 33 134
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Total: 7381 197 761 Total Score = 18,885,054
Club: South East Contest Club
Comments:
I had one of my op's to read my comments and he suggested I edit them...so
this is the "lite" version of my earlier comments.
One must use a yard stick with which to measure one's performance.
2012
NQ4I 18.88 mil 7381 q's 197 zones 761 countries
2011
NQ4I 26.8 mil 9329 q's 207 zones 834 countries
K3LR "HF Radio conditions were quite good, which allowed some big fun on the
higher bands."
NQ4I comment inserted ...."Conditions were not what they were in 2011, and
definately were not realized equally in different parts of the country."
K3LR's score was down from last year by approximately 8.7% W3LPL'S score was
down from last year by approximately 11% NQ4I's score was down from last
year by 29.6%
This was a contest with which we were really proud of the way we approached
the contest. One operator cancelled the morning of the contest and left us a
little short handed. Won't happen again. The station had the least
inter-station interference we have ever had. There has been a massive
prorgam in place to replace all coax cables with 100% shielded cable and to
use generous amounts of ferrite beads on all cables entering and leaving the
station. The next round of improvements will address audio ground loops and
improvements in transmit audio.
Stations were manned around the clock...skimmers were monitored....reverse
beacons were constantly interrogated and viewed...score posting sites were
in full view across the station...there are many other stations in our
category who have the technical abilites to post their scores, can't see why
they refuse to engage.....
I want to thank the many operators at NQ4I who gave up their Thanksgiving
weekend with their family to fly and drive the long distances to middle
Georgia and be a part of our team...a real fun time was had by all....
160 M...Op W4SVO...Mr 160 Meters...had some illness related problems but had
some serious BIS time. Score way down for us with huge atmospheric noise
most of the weekend. EU was unworkable Sat night. We have always been very
competitive on 160 in the past...conditions play a large part in our success
and they did not favor us in the least. We did not get any skimmer spots
from EU in this contest.
80m...The Drubber, W4IX was stuck working without a Mult op...he still
managed a very decent showing. The off duty guys would filter by and fill in
all through the night to help out. The 12 element LPDA remains
un-fullfilled. It is still not at it's design height due to the tower that
fell in early Sept. As soon as the tower is removed from the trees and
salvaged, it will be rebuilt and the fromt end of the LPDA will go up to 145
ft.
40m...VE7ZO and team mate Kevan N4XL really synched to produce a very decent
score on 40m. They manned the station many more hours than I felt was
necessary. It is amazing to look at reverse beacons in EU and track the
opening of the band. We are approximately 1 hour and 20 minutes behind the
rest of the east coast in making it to EU...so we have roughly 2.5 hours
less propagation during the contest on this band. Nothing left on the table
here.
20m...Dean W8ZF, Doug KY4F, and Glen WW4B teamed up and did a marvelous job.
They scoured the band...there were numerous times that they had worked
everything that skimmer was reporting and that we could hear. I studied the
reverse beacon network and the NE US stations had nearly 3 hours each night
into EU and we could not generate a single skimmer spot...thats 6 hours less
propagation into EU that we could not make a single qso. Not for not trying.
15m...Rick K4TD and Marty W1MD made up "Team Delta Force". These two guys
had so much fun as they cleaned the band. Not a single qso or mult escaped
their eagle eyes. Nothing left on the table here either. Rick Had a 183 Q
hour on Saturday morning. Not shabby!! Last year K4TD and W1MD worked a
world high 162 countries on 15m. This year we were unable to replicate the
numbers.
10m....Charlie K1XX and Steve AG4W spent countless hours working this band.
They really mopped up every possible qso. Nothing left here either.
On a sadder note, my youngest sister Janet age 54 passed away Wed before
Thanksgiving and the services were Friday before the contest. So little
attention to contesting leading up to the contest. Everything started up on
autopilot so to speak.
I was real happy with the equipment...no failures...some minor repairs by
W4DD the first day..thanks Jeff.....your contributions are really
appreciated...
Our Chief Operator Jim VE7ZO had to leave early Sunday morning for a
business trip to EU and was missed at then end of the test...
Of course the post contest Mexican Food Fiesta, cerveza's and margarita's
was enjoyed by op's staying the night on Sunday. Our annual trips to El
Charro are enjoyed by all!
This contest, the CQWW CW is without a doubt the greatest contest there is.
To participate as a group is really an honor....I have been doing this
contesting thing since 1962....we started the M-M in 1983 or so...over the
years I have participated as Single Op All Bands, Multi-Single, Multi-Two,
and Multi-Multi.
To all who worked us this past weekend...Thank You very much...we could not
do it without you....as always QSL via LOTW.
73, Thanks, and Happy Holidyas from NQ4I
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