[3830] NAQP SSB K5KG Single Op LP

[Jim White, K4OJ]

FWIW

Sometimes on near in Caribbean stuff I have had luck using the following 
- I have no idea how it works but somehow

Pointing the beam North will work - again I am no propagation person 
other than a user (victim) of its quirks...

ALSO on CW I find it is easier to get attention in these situations by 
sending VERY fast...

If anyone knows why pointing N seems to work sometimes ( successful on 
15/15/20 into Caribbean and sometimes N4BP) lemme know.

Tnx

OJ



webform at b4h.net wrote:
>                     North American QSO Party, SSB
> 
> Call: K5KG
> Operator(s): K5KG
> Station: K5KG
> 
> Class: Single Op LP
> QTH: FL
> Operating Time (hrs): 6.5
> 
> Summary:
>  Band  QSOs  Mults
> -------------------
>   160:    0     0
>    80:    7     5
>    40:  101    34
>    20:  206    45
>    15:   81    31
>    10:   62    27
> -------------------
> Total:  457   142  Total Score = 64,894
> 
> Club: Florida Contest Group
> 
> Team: 
> 
> Comments:
> 
> Contest condx were reasonable.  It was nice to see 10m and 15m open.  There were
> thunderstorms in the area, so QRN and rain static were a problem at times.  One
> humorous incident: I was callling and callling John, W4IX, on 10m who only lives
> about 100 miles away (Fla), and he could not get my call.  5T4SA, over 4,000
> miles away, called me and gave me a 5/9.  From that John understood that it was
> me who was calling him, and we were able to exchange reports. In another case of
> being too close together, we called VP5/IK2SGC on 20m time and time again, but
> never did work him.  We finally worked on 80m.
> 
> We trial ran a new Icom 746Pro for a friend to see how it compaired with the IC
> 756ProII.  On SSB, the receiver certainly seemed to be on par with the 756ProII,
> and on the transmit side, we got good audio reports.  The only things the 746Pro
> lacks for a SSB contest are a voice keyer and a separate rx antenna input, both
> of which the 756ProII has.
> 
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