[3830] NAQP CW N4VI Single Op LP

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                    North American QSO Party, CW

Call: N4VI
Operator(s): N4VI
Station: N4VI

Class: Single Op LP
QTH: CO
Operating Time (hrs): 10

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
-------------------
  160:    1     1
   80:   64    25
   40:  202    47
   20:  174    43
   15:  121    33
   10:   15    11
-------------------
Total:  577   160  Total Score = 92,320

Club: Grand Mesa Contesters of Colorado

Team: GMCC #4 Rough Riders

Comments:

Antenna farm:

80m:  linear loaded dipole not high enough   40m:  dipole @ about 35'
20/15/10:  Cushcraft D3 dipole @ apx 30'
15m:  Switched 2 element inverted vee wire yagi @ apx 25 - 30' 

Can you spell torture? 


As I've read in other writeups, the contest opened up the 15m band.  10m was
pretty dead but did try to open at one point with a handful of weak signal. 
Managed to snatch 11 mults out of the deal.

I had big hopes for 40m but obviously need more of an antenna and a higher one
at that.  I knew the 80m antenna was poor and it didn't disappoint!  Picked up
K0RF for the lone 160m qso.

To sum it up, the high bands were in poor shape and the low bands were noisy! 
Don't know if I'm ready to do it again tomorrow, but should be ready in two
weeks for SSB!


73 and tnx for all the QSO's.

Chris, n4vi


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