[3830] NAQP CW N6WG Single Op QRP

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                    North American QSO Party, CW

Call: N6WG
Operator(s): N6WG
Station: N6WG

Class: Single Op QRP
QTH: Newark CA
Operating Time (hrs): 10

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
-------------------
  160:   33    13
   80:   14     5
   40:   48    20
   20:   76    31
   15:   55    31
   10:   85    30
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Total:  311   130  Total Score = 40,300

Club: Northern California Contest Club

Team: NCCC #5

Comments:

This was my first serious run at the NAQP.  Previous times out
were just hunting for new states toward WAS.
Now I have a benchmark for future runnings, so I can measure my
progress.  I feel I did rather well, thanks to a new addition to
my WimpyWire antenna system.  I now have a high (40 ft) 40m dipole
with tuned feeders, a Lazy H for 10-15-20m (it actually worked
rather well on 40m at night also), and my top-loaded 50 ft 160m
vertical.  Still have a big hole in my 80m antenna coverage, though.
I noticed others complaining about the shortness of multipliers
this time.  I checked my mults by band and found that they came
easiest on 15m (1.8 QSO/mult) and hardest on 80m and 10m (2.8 Q/M).
Being antenna challenged on 80m (just my 60-ft 40m dipole), I worked
a number of left coasters, but only 5 mults.  On 10m, I noticed
that I worked large numbers of stations in the same state, so there
must have been some very specific paths open at that time.  I totally
missed other states right next to them.
Anyway, I had a great time.  TR Log worked great on my ancient 33 MHz
laptop, and I enjoyed watching the score ramp up.  It was fun pointing
to it when the XYL would come out and ask how I was doing.
See you all in the CQ 160m test coming up.
Station:  K2 at 5w
          Lazy-H for 10-15-20-40m
          40m dipole
          50 ft top-loaded vertical for 160m
73, Bob N6WG


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