[3830] N6O M/M CQP 97 (Long)
Tony and Celia Becker
becker at SPRINTMAIL.COM
Sun Oct 19 14:48:32 EDT 1997
CAL QSO PARTY SUMMARY SHEET
Contest Dates : 04-OCT-97, 05-OCT-97
Callsign Used : N6O
Station Used : N6RO
Operators : N6RO, K6AW, K3EST, K2KW, N0BBS, AE0M
Category : M/M
Default Exchange : N6O Contra Costa
BAND Raw QSOs Valid QSOs Points Mults
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160CW 44 44 132 0
160SSB 24 24 46 0
80CW 245 245 723 0
80SSB 112 112 224 0
40CW 531 531 1581 2
40SSB 490 490 970 4
20CW 403 403 1194 5
20SSB 919 919 1826 30
15CW 325 325 957 1
15SSB 849 849 1668 15
10CW 43 43 129 1
10SSB 232 232 462 0
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Totals 4217 4217 9912 58
Final Score = 574896 points.
######## Soapbox:
What a FUN contest! An experienced team with a balance of skills, a 1x1 callsign,
lots of high antennas and improving propagation overcame the hardware and software
challenges and continuous line noise. We set a new record for CQP Multi-Multi thanks
to our 1591 CW Qs and three bands with over 1000 Qs. 1200 DX QSOs gave the antennas and
rotators a shakeout and we now know what work is needed for the upcoming season. Things
look good for SS. Too bad we don't have these conditions for WPX.
The previous record of 493,928 / 4258 / 58 was set by Rich, N6KT, Jim, N6IG, Gary,
VE7NTT, and all those other young guys (then) at the infamous Hotel DeMille (aka
N6RO San Jose) while Ken was visiting PVRC stations CQP weekend in 1977. There was
no CW incentive back then, all QSOs counted 2 pts. 10 SSB was the big band, > 2000 Qs.
We had a number of European stations say that there were large pileups of Europeans
(and others) calling us on 20m (and 15m), but we heard nothing at N6O! In fact, Kenny
called K1DG on the phone to confirm this, and sure enough, heard strong EU stations
calling us on K1DG's radio, but there was just receiver hiss on our side. Our apologies
to those we could not hear and a promise from Ken to give PG&E no rest until they clean
up their arcing equipment. If you feel that we should have heard you, please send a note
to Kenny, ken.silverman at airtouch.com, describing your station, as we want to understand why.
N6O was a special commemorative callsign for the 100th aniversary of the founding of
the town of Oakley, CA. Special mention to N0BBS for hot food, and of course, extra
special thanks to Ken and Jean for the famous Radio Oakley hospitality.
We ran TRLog v6.11, set for the serial number by band option and Steve set up 4
computers networked, 4 interfaced radios, 3 DVPs and 1 SBDVP.
######## Band summary:
160 -- Dipole @ 120' -- FT990, Alpha 76PA two-holer (Babo needs a new TR relay)
AE0M + K6KW, K2KW
Worth the trip, but thats all. We need some beverages.
80 -- 2 el Quad EU/ZL @ 70', 4 el wire Yagi to JA @ 100'/2 el to Carib.
FT990, MLA2500
K6AW + AE0M
Steve banged them out on CW and it shows. We had a nice JA run at 1230Z.
Tony banged heads with the usual suspects on SSB for a bit just to keep it
from being a total CW rout.
40 -- 4/4 @ 135'/65' -- FT1000MP, Alpha 76PA three-holer
N6RO + N0BBS, AE0M
The EU pileup on Saturday night at 7005 was the best in recent memory; guess
they thought N6O was a very rare IOTA! Hope the QSLs don't bring too much
disappointment. Ken was tough but couldn't stay even with Bob. Newbie Celia
kept the DVP busy during the day. Tony ran the only JAs in one 30 min. stretch
at 0700Z.
20 -- 5/5 @ 130'/50' -- TS950SD, Alpha 76PA three-holer
K3EST + N6RO, K2KW
CQP became what IARU should be as EU stations surprisingly common. Bob did his
usual masterful job, leading the effort again despite a dearth of JAs, and so
was only allowed short breaks for food, drink and nature. We need to add another
5 el at 90'
15 -- 6/6/6 @ 135'/90'/45' -- FT990, Alpha 76PA two-holer
K2KW + K6AW
Working nearly 200 EU stations on 15m was a thrill! Kenny gave Bob some serious
competition as EU was louder than the right coast for several hours. Despite the
noise, we had the same number of EU QSOs on 15 as we did on 20m. We also had a
great JA-VK-ZL run both days at 2100Z. Steve filled in with some CW.
10 -- 6(-2.5)/5 @ 100'/67' -- FT990, MLA2500
AE0M + K2KW, K6AW, N0BBS
Occasional openings to SA and W4, despite the missing elements on the high antenna.
Being on the band throughout daylight hours also paid off with a few quick openings
into W1-2, (Three VT Qs in 5 min!) and we made some late VK-ZL contacts as well.
S6-9 power line noise made it real work, though.
######## Continent List N6O CQP 97
160 80 40 20 15 10 ALL
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USA calls = 62 318 805 990 601 235 3011
VE calls = 5 13 39 78 36 0 171
N.A. calls = 1 2 8 9 14 6 40
S.A. calls = 0 0 1 0 3 20 24
Euro calls = 0 1 114 187 191 0 493
Afrc calls = 0 0 2 4 6 0 12
Asia calls = 0 2 4 10 31 2 49
JA calls = 0 21 43 18 259 0 341
Ocen calls = 0 0 5 26 33 12 76
Total calls = 68 357 1021 1322 1174 275 4217
######## Rate Sheet N6O CQP 97
HOUR 160CW 160SSB 80CW 80SSB 40CW 40SSB 20CW 20SSB 15CW 15SSB 10CW 10SSB TOTAL ACCUM
- ---- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ----- -----
16 0 0 0 0 10 23 15 70 0 82 1 2 203 203
17 0 0 0 0 6 24 59 36 59 18 1 1 204 407
18 0 0 0 0 1 18 39 59 26 48 8 10 209 616
19 0 0 0 0 1 27 29 67 42 10 3 8 187 803
20 0 0 0 0 0 16 18 65 0 89 0 8 196 999
21 0 0 0 0 0 21 30 46 32 10 2 9 150 1149
22 0 0 0 0 11 9 15 50 1 84 1 7 178 1327
23 0 0 0 0 37 3 5 90 0 103 0 28 266 1593
0 0 0 0 0 27 31 39 47 31 8 0 41 224 1817
1 0 0 1 0 50 52 22 76 0 113 0 7 321 2138
2 0 0 15 15 45 34 0 56 0 45 0 0 210 2348
3 12 0 56 0 32 32 0 13 0 0 0 0 145 2493
4 7 19 56 0 9 35 0 3 0 0 0 0 129 2622
5 25 5 23 28 45 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 131 2753
6 0 0 24 40 66 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 130 2883
7 0 0 14 0 37 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 57 2940
8 0 0 4 4 8 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 2960
9 0 0 5 3 17 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 2997
10 0 0 6 6 31 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 55 3052
11 0 0 13 6 26 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 57 3109
12 0 0 23 0 22 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 58 3167
13 0 0 5 5 29 6 9 34 2 0 0 0 90 3257
14 0 0 0 5 13 5 29 28 15 10 0 0 105 3362
15 0 0 0 0 0 25 29 37 0 63 0 3 157 3519
16 0 0 0 0 5 5 10 50 37 37 2 5 151 3670
17 0 0 0 0 3 18 21 8 25 22 3 49 149 3819
18 0 0 0 0 0 10 12 13 27 15 17 29 123 3942
19 0 0 0 0 0 10 14 23 14 27 1 6 95 4037
20 0 0 0 0 0 10 4 16 8 27 0 16 81 4118
21 0 0 0 0 0 18 4 26 6 38 4 3 99 4217
TOTAL 44 24 245 112 531 490 403 919 325 849 43 232
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