[3830] NAQP SSB K7RL Single Op LP

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                    North American QSO Party, SSB

Call: K7RL
Operator(s): K7RL
Station: K7RL

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

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
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  160:   18    10
   80:  102    33
   40:  242    49
   20:  485    56
   15:   20    16
   10:    3     2
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Total:  870   166  Total Score = 144,420

Club: Western Washington DX Club

Team: SCCC #1

Comments:

I knew conditions would be tough, and I wasn’t disappointed.  Qs are only down
3 from last year, but mults are down a whopping 38, for a total of 33,672 less
points.  Every Q on 10m and 15m was a struggle.  On 15m, I’d tune past N4PN,
W5WMU, or XE1KK, and they were busy running stations I couldn’t hear.  They
were also the loudest signals on the band out of the very few heard.

20m was a roller coaster.  One hour it was 130+, the next hour it was 70. 
Maybe it was conditions, or maybe it was another station underneath me I
couldn’t hear – probably both!  Aurora flutter on some of the W1, W2 and W3
signals throughout the day was a constant reminder of the ongoing disturbance. 

40m was terrible until 03:00z when the curtain finally opened and stations in
the Midwest and East Coast could hear me.  Up to that point, even with a 4/4
stack, I felt like a SWL.    

With so little time left on the low bands to make-up so much ground, 160m
became a low priority.  A local S9 buzzing noise didn’t help either.  The
only stations heard and worked farther East than Montana was W9RE and KT0R -
both with good signals.  BTW, congrats to W9RE on a huge score.  

Thanks to all the great operators that make this contest so much fun!  

73 de Mitch, K7RL


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