[3830] NAQP CW W1NN Single Op LP

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                    North American QSO Party, CW

Call: W1NN
Operator(s): W1NN
Station: W1NN

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

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
-------------------
  160:  106    32
   80:  256    45
   40:  138    40
   20:  106    38
   15:   54    18
   10:    5     3
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Total:  665   176  Total Score = 117,040

Club: Mad River Radio Club

Team: Mad River Radio Club #1

Comments:

That sure was fun!  

This was the first time I've been able to operate this contest in three or four
years.  Activity seems to have increased and this has become one of the busiest
contests around.  CW is alive and well, at least for contesting.

This was my first full contest from my new QTH.  It was a very basic operation
with one wire antenna and one radio.  The antenna - a half wave dipole for 160
fed with ladder line - just went up on Friday so it was untested until five
minutes before the contest.  The middle is only up about 30 feet so I'll have
to relocate it later, but at least I have something that allows me to operate
all bands.   

The first half of the contest was a real struggle but things got much better
once 40 started heating up.  My rate for the first five hours was 51/hr.  This
increased to 77.6/hr for the last half of the contest, mainly due to nearly
three hours on 80 meters at an average of 92/hr.  I took one 30 minute break at
2345 and then operated straight through to 0430.  In retrospect, it probably
would have been better to have taken at least part of my breaks during the
first three hours of the contest.  I think I reached the same conclusion years
ago but I forgot the lesson.  Reviewing previous results and soapbox comments
before a contest would seem to be a good idea.  

I did very little mult moving.  Having to mess with the tuner for each band
change makes QSYing very slow.  This is not the contest to operate with only
one radio and one antenna.  Hopefully I'll be better prepared for the next
one.

I'm hoping to be on for CQ 160 in two weeks.

73, Hal W1NN


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