[3830] CQ WPX SSB N0KE SOAB QRP

[pfkski at vail.net]

                     CQ WW WPX - SSB
                    
Call: N0KE
Operator(s): N0KE
Station: W0TM

Class: SOAB  Power: QRP
QTH: CO
Operating Time (hrs): 32

Summary:
 Band     QSOs
-------------------------------
  160:     15
   80:     32
   40:     26
   20:    204
   15:    145
   10:    346
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Total:    768 x    452  =  897,672

Club: Grand Mesa Contesters

Comments:

      Congradulations to Doug, KR2Q, for what is surely a record setting QRP performance. I heard him running Europeans (from his NJ hilltop) up high on 10m  on Sunday and I could not hear most of the stations that he was working from out here in western Colorado.            I lost about 4-5 hours of operating at prime time on Saturday to loss of the ability to rotate the KT34XA. I finally figured that power is on to the xfmr in the control box when ever it is plugged in as there is no on/off switch and it looks like there is no signifigant load on the PS. As I remember from a previous experience, xfmrs arn't happy in this condition. The thermal cutoff in the xfmr put me out of business until I put the control box out in the snow to cool off. The xfmr was getting quite warm! I then used the switch on a power strip to turn on the power only when I wanted to rotate. As I was operating QRP, I was giving the rotor much more of a work out than the station owner Gary, W0TM, would do when he is QRO contesting and running. I was about 99% S&P. Condx absolutely amazing! JA and EU in all night on 20m. Hardly anyone on 40, 80 or 160. Low bands were quite noisey the 2nd night. It was difficult to pick the 12 hrs of off time. At the bottom of the cycle this is not a problem!  All time new QRP DXCC worked were XW2A 20m, A41LZ 10m, and E41/OK1DTP. New on SSB were XX9TRR and 3V8BB. TX0DX was worked for a new SSB country about 2 hrs afterwards on 15m.      Rig: FT1000MP @ 5 Watts, KT34XA, 2 el KLM 40m. Located at the W0TM mountain top station west of Vail Colorado. Thanks to W0TM for letting me use his fine station while he was otherwise obligated on a contest weekend. Thanks to my boss for letting me have the weekend off from ski school at a very busy time. See you from TI5N in the CW weekend. 73 Phil N0KE


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