[3830] NAQP CW N3BB Single Op LP

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                    North American QSO Party, CW

Call: N3BB
Operator(s): N3BB
Station: N3BB

Class: Single Op LP
QTH: Austin, TX
Operating Time (hrs): 10
Radios: SO2R

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
-------------------
  160:   43    24
   80:  124    40
   40:  370    58
   20:  309    45
   15:   75    31
   10:    7     6
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Total:  927   204  Total Score = 189,108

Club: Central Texas DX and Contest Club

Team: Austin Powers Rustlers

Comments:

N3BB NAQP CW 1/2006

Very difficult on 15 and 10.  I spent too much time trying to maximize the three
High Freq bands, and then had to stay on at sundown as 40 was hot and the rates
were around 100/hr, and I couldn't take a break then.  I finally made myself
stop at 0255!!!  So at that point, I was hardly on 80 at all, and not on 160 at
all.  Thus there were three  hours to go, and I had to take two of them as off
times!  I used my one hour calling CQ on 80 and S&Ping 160.  really did a poor
job of time management.  As a result of insufficient time on 160 (and 80), I
missed many easy mults including MS and CA and...darn!  I should have followed
my own plan of taking at least 30 minutes off in the afternoon.  Oh well.

Some high-lights were VY1JA on 40, and VE9DX and his rock crusher 50 watter on
80 and 40 and one of the high bands.  I'm afraid I have hurt myself badly with
the poor mults on 160 and 80.

I tried to move a lot of stations.  Most failed as 15 and even 20 were poor.  I
actually moved some people to 10 meters early, and scratched out a few QSOs
there.  For some reason, there is an abundance of VE6s these days.  Nice!

My station worked well-no problems with the gear.  The bands were very quiet,
and it was easy to hear on the LF bands.  It was harder on 20 ands 15 and 10.

I ran at 32 WPM for the most part, and QRSed for all callers that were slower.

HOUR  160CW    80CW    40CW    20CW    15CW    10CW    TOTAL   ACCUM
  ----  ------  ------  ------  ------  ------  ------   -----   -----
   18       0       0       0      20      44       7      71      71
   19       0       0       0      47      23       0      70     141
   20       0       0      24      71       1       0      96     237
   21       0       0       0      67       8       0      75     312
   22       0       0      32      75       0       0     107     419
   23       0       0      63      27       0       0      90     509

    0       0       1      96       2       0       0      99     608
    1       0      26      87       0       0       0     113     721
    2       0      31      68       0       0       0      99     820
    3      18      47       0       0       0       0      65     885
    4      25      19       0       0       0       0      44     929

  TOTAL    43     124     370     309      76       7  

Many excellent sounding signals and good operators.  The NAQP is one of the best
toughest CW contests. The strategy element (and I botched it here) goes to show
how interesting it makes a contest to have to take off times.  It reinforces my
feeling that contests should have required off times for S/Os.

Jim George N3BB


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