[3830] K6LA CQP Score and Comments

[KWIDELITZ at delphi.com]

                      California QSO Party -- 1997

      Call: K6LA                     County: Los Angeles
                                     Category: Single Unlimited

      MODE      QSO    QSO PTS  MULTS

      CW       836     2508        0
      SSB     1342     2684        0
      -----------------------------------------
      Totals  2178     5192       58  =   301,136

       Band Breakdown
           CW      SSB
     160     0       0
      80    85      80
      40   249      87
      20   300     799
      15   188     357
      10    14      19
     VHF     0       0
     ALL   836    1342

Equipment Description:

TS-950SD, TS-950SDX, Alpha 87A (2)
DuneStar Bandpass Filters, TopTen Automatic Stub Selection  Boxes
and Band Decoders, DuneStar antenna phasing boxes for stacks.

160 Meters:   Balloon Vertical (ran out of gas)
80 Meters:    Force 12 EF180S rotating dipole @ 77'
40 Meters:    Force 12 EF340 3 element monobander @ 72'
20 Meters:    Force 12 EF420 4 element monobanders stacked at 85'/53'
15/10 Meters: Force 12 EF515/410 5 element on 15 / 4 element on 10
              interlaced on one boom, stacked at 53'/33'

Comments:
Conditions  on  20 & 15 were just terrific. I had my  best  hours
ever in CQP at 140 and 137. 10 even opened up for 1/2 hour. 40  &
80  were a different story. On 80 I only made 1 QSO east  of  the
Mississippi  (N8UM  in TN, not far east.) I only  made  165  QSOs
total  on 80 compared to over 300 last year. Was I an  alligator?
Let  me know if you called me on 80 and I CQ'd in your  face.  40
seemed  squirrelly.  And 160 didn't happen for me as  my  balloon
vertical had a leak and I ran out of gas.

As  a sign of the good propagation coming back, I worked  194  DX
stations  as opposed to 167 last year. The difference was that  a
lot  of DX called in on 15 and a lot called in on phone. Maybe  I
should have used the lower antenna by itself, as often the DX was
louder than the domestic stations.

I was pleased to break the LAX record, taking the crown away from
that  devil  AB6FO. The LAX record should belong to  K6LA!  Going
over 300k points for the first time in CQP was a big kick, as was
handing  out  serial numbers over 2,000 for the first  time.  The
last section to call in for the sweep was UT at 0539. Usually  it
is WY or VE8 that makes me sweat it out.

73. Ken, K6LA - Ken Six Los Angeles, KWIDELITZ at DELPHI.COM
                ex-AB6FO

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