[3830] NAQP CW K3STX Single Op LP

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                    North American QSO Party, CW

Call: K3STX
Operator(s): K3STX
Station: K3STX

Class: Single Op LP
QTH: MD
Operating Time (hrs): 6

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
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  160:   61    24
   80:  125    40
   40:   87    31
   20:   67    22
   15:   36    17
   10:    1     1
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Total:  377   135  Total Score = 50,895

Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club

Team: PVRC #2

Comments:

What a blast!! I made a serious tactical error with my limited time. I was only
on for 2 hr of the first 4 hr of the contest, and spent 1 full hour of that on
15 M. I should have been on 20 M. I did not get in the chair again for good till
0213 UTC, and by then missed all of 20 M and lots of the 40 M crowd.

I was DELIGHTED with my 160 M antenna. I threw-up an inverted L, about 50'
vertical and the rest sloping down to 20' or so, with one 135' radial and my 80
M vertical radial bed (all 8 radials). This took my (and my 9 year old daughter)
about 1 hour to put up, and I was amazed at how it worked. I wish there was more
160 M activity, but this is inspiration for the 160 M test.

Thanks for all the QSOs, and to my PVRC teammate, Jay, NS3T, for shuffling me
around for MD on all 6 bands! This contest, and the NA Sprints, are the
highlight of my contesting year. Maybe by next time I will get the TS-520S fired
up and try some SO2R for the first time!!

paul K3STX 
Antennas: 40 M wire vertical, 80 M wire vertical, 160 M inv. L, and 110' dipole
up 60' for the high bands.


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