[3830] W4AU - NAQP CW, 1/99

[John Unger]

                              NA QSO SUMMARY SHEET


    Contest Dates : 09-Jan-99, 10-Jan-99


    Callsign Used : W4AU
        Operators : JOHN UNGER

         Category : single op

 Default Exchange : JOHN VA

             Name : John Unger
          Address : P.O. Box 95
   City/State/Zip : Hamilton, VA 20159
          Country : United States



   BAND   Raw QSOs   Valid QSOs   Points   Mults   
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  160CW        8           8          8       7 
   80CW      102         101        101      33 
   40CW      152         149        149      45 
   20CW      177         175        175      46 
   15CW       96          95         95      34 
   10CW       19          19         19      13 
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 Totals      554         547        547     178 


    Final Score = 97,366 points.


Rig 1: TenTecOmni VI+, KT-34A @ 40' (10-20M)
Rig 2: TenTec Corsair II, 180' end-fed Zepp @ 35' (40-160M)

This contest was my first one where I _tried_ to use two rigs. The good
news is that I had about 25 legitimate 2nd-rig QSO's; the bad news is that
I probably lost at least as many main rig QSO's due to my inefficiency in
using the 2nd rig...  I was much better prepared,  thanks to TRLog's great
2-rig integration and the switch/listening box that I built, and towards
the end of the contest was actually having fun with the 2-radio setup. The
2nd rig helps a lot in keeping up interest when you are CQing at relatively
low rates on the main rig. I have to get my brain trained to hearing two
different CW sigs at once, though. For the first time, I felt as if I may
someday get the hang of this two-radio thing!

Big surprise was getting average 10-minute rates >100 QSOs/minute when
SPing on a band for the first time; next time I'll go through the whole
band that way rather than stopping at the first "hole" I find to CQ.

Lessons learned: The end-fed Zepp stinks on 80 and 160; I'm going to put my
Windom back up. I had many more Q's on those two bands last year with the
Windom. Zepp not too bad on 40, though. I forgot about 10-meters at the
start of the contest and was content to stay on 15; missed out on 10 almost
completely - big mistake!

Thanks for all the Q's, guys, and sorry for all the fumbling around when I
was confused by the two-radio business; I'll get better, promise.

73 - John, W4AU


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