My first attempt at SO2R...amazing. Don really knows how to make things work
the right way! Too bad for the ugly noise situation from his QTH. 73's and
thanks for all the Q's and hope everyone had a blast like I did.
Drubber
North American QSO Party, SSB - January
Call: W4IX
Operator(s): W4IX
Station: W4OC
Class: Single Op LP
QTH: SC
Operating Time (hrs): 10
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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160: 68 27
80: 310 41
40: 386 50
20: 287 49
15: 95 29
10: 27 13
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Total: 1173 209 Total Score = 245,157
Club: South East Contest Club
Team: SECC #1
Comments:
First I want to thank Don, W4OC, for giving me the opportunity to command his
awesome station for this contest. This was my first ever SO2R operation also.
Everything worked flawless but there was a S7-8 noise level from a very close
by high power lines due to the dry air we have had for the past couple of days.
Don gave me the choice before we started to operate or go back and operate from
my home station, I decided to stick it out. The noise definitely had an impact
on the overall score, as many stations were not heard on the high bands due to
the noise. Surprise was VE8GER calling in on 20 meters and then moving to 15
and 10 for me and completing the 3 band sweep, thanks. I noticed as the night
went on, the low bands got worse and 160 was pretty crappy from 0400 on.
Definitely should have taken off times later but who knew. Thanks for all the
Q's. 73's
John Colyard
Tandem Communications
Lead Project Coordinator Installations
MAIN 772.216.6700
EMAIL jrcccd at aol.com
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