[3830] ARRLDX CW N6RO M/M HP

[N6RO@arrl.net]

                     ARRL DX Contest, CW
                    
Call: N6RO
Operator(s): N6RO, K3EST, K6RC, WA6O
Station: N6RO

Class: M/M HP
QTH: CA
Operating Time (hrs): 48-
 

Summary:
 Band     QSOs  Mults
----------------------
  160:     58     20
   80:    219     47
   40:    848     88
   20:   1459    112
   15:   1368    110
   10:   1035     97
----------------------
Total:   4987    474  =  7,065,918

Club: RIVER CITY CONTESTERS

Comments:

This was one of the most fun operations we've had at Radio Oakley, considering 
that one week ago, there were no plans for a major multi effort.  Many of the 
heavy hitters on  our team were not available, so the first plan was for WA6O 
to do a SOAB.  When I learned that K3EST would interrupt his honeymoon to 
operate, and K6RC (President of River City Contesters) was available, I decided 
M2 might be a way to go.  After reviewing the rules, I said nuts to the MS and 
M2 restrictions, let's just go MM with a small crew of old-timers.  So we four, 
with an average age around 60, went at it with 4 radios, and had a good time.  
K3EST (Bob the Master), K6RC (SO3R Dave), and WA6O (Iron Mike) each put in 
about 44 hours.  I only did about 38 hours due to having a jazz gig Saturday 
night (It's hard to find a sub for a band-leader!). 

 What is SO3R?  When the other three ops  crashed early Sunday AM, K6RC was 
operating three rigs, rolling his chair between the  80-40-20 positions, trying 
to keep two headsets anchored on his head and listening to the third radio by 
speaker.  A better nickname would be Dave- the juggler.  BTW, he's also a 
musician.

We had a solid network on CT this time, and had pretty good local packet 
connection success.  Here in the boondocks I do not have a reliable, 
uninterrupted  internet connection for 48 hours - guess I'll have to invest in 
two way satellite service.  Evidently, most of the feeds to UHF packet were 
down,  so there was not much input, other than from W6OAT, K6NO, and a few 
other NORCAL actives.  We had many small problems:  loss of three antenna 
rotator indicators, failure of a stackmatch transformer, smoke from an unknown 
source in the shack, rain static on  Sunday AM, etc.   But we survived it all 
and managed to exceed all previous W6 MM scores by a small margin.  ARRL 
log-checking will determine the final score, but it's our own record at stake.  
East coasters and black holers are invited to visit us and see what its like on 
the left coast - but wait 'til the next sunspot minimum!

Thanks to station manager K6AW (who was OH0R this weekend) for setting up the 
network and brewing a vat of excellent BIG BEAN soup which fed the crew all 
weekend.  Also tnx to the DX for the Qs, we will be slightly more serious on 
SSB in two weeks.

N6RO


Posted using 3830 Score Submittal Forms at: http://www.hornucopia.com/3830score/


--
FAQ on WWW:               http://www.contesting.com/FAQ/3830
Submissions:              3830@contesting.com
Administrative requests:  3830-REQUEST@contesting.com
Problems:                 owner-3830@contesting.com