[3830] NAQP SSB AA4LR Single Op LP

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                    North American QSO Party, SSB

Call: AA4LR
Operator(s): AA4LR
Station: AA4LR

Class: Single Op LP
QTH: GA
Operating Time (hrs): 8.0

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
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  160:    3     3
   80:   36    20
   40:  115    38
   20:  188    50
   15:   60    25
   10:   52    17
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Total:  454   153  Total Score = 69,003

Club: South East Contest Club

Team: SECC #1

Comments:

Antennas:
A3S at 15m (10-15-20m)
40m half-sloper at 12m (40m)
80m doublet at 10m (80m, 160m)

Equipment:
Kenwood TS-430S, running 100 watts
Kenwood AT-430S
K1KP-style homebrew voice keyer (1 message)

Comments:

I had planned a full-time effort, but when my wife came down with pneumonia, I
had to fill in where I could. In the first half, I was only able to log about 2
hours operating time, in between taking my eldest daughter to a birthday party
and back, making dinner, and waiting out a local thunderstorm.

Still, I managed to have some fun. A good run on 10 and 15m. Best moment was
having KH6VV call in on 15m and go "Oh Wow!" when I turned the beam in his
direction.

Back on at 0000z, I thought I had missed the meat of the contest. 20m had gotten
quiet and in about 50 minutes I had worked it out. Down to the low bands for the
rest of the evening. Or so I thought.

Back up to 20m at 0225z to catch the far west mults I had missed. 20m had that
special quality it sometimes gets. Signals aren't terribly strong, but they were
rather short, mostly straight north in 8, 9 and 3-land. So, I thought I'd try a
CQ and see what happens. I would stay on 20m for the next hour and a half,
working 104 stations in the 0300z hour. I came within six states of WAS, missing
only CT, RI, AL, KS, MO and NE, all on 20m.

Last two  hours were split between 40m and 80m, with a fruitful 5 minute
excursion to 160m. Bands get real quiet after 0530z, I suppose since just about
everyone was out of time.

Worked lots of SECC members, as well as a bunch of TCG and FCG members. Good
show, guys!


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