[3830] NewEngQP N1DC Single Op LP

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                    New England QSO Party

Call: N1DC
Operator(s): N1DC
Station: N1DC

Class: Single Op LP
QTH: Braintree MA
Operating Time (hrs): 13

Summary:
 Band  CW-Dig Qs  Ph Qs
------------------------
   80:    123        
   40:    159        
   20:    187        
   15:      2        
   10:      0        
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Total:    471       0  Mults = 56  Total Score = 52,752

Club: Yankee Clipper Contest Club

Comments:

Great fun again. 

Listened many times to both 10 + 15M hoping against hope that I could build my
score with a nice run on 15. Heard K1GU/4 calling CQ on 15 and worked him. He
was the only station I heard on 15M all weekend. Figured there would be a few
ground wave QSO’s with mobiles but no results.  10 was 100% dead right from
the start.  

So it was 20, 40, and 80 only from here. My Omni 7 worked flawlessly and the
noise reduction circuitry works very well to kill the persistent QRM and QRN on
40 and 80. 

I exceeded my QSO count from last year 471 vs. 463, but only found 56
multipliers, down from 65 last year. Didn’t hear much DX even with the ARI
contest running. I put the beam on EU several times but heard very little. 
Probably spent about 30 minutes calling CQ beaming EU with no results.

However, I was pleasantly surprised by calls from DX stations while running
stateside stations. 

I do not understand why this contest doesn’t generate more DX activity. Very
surprised to hear nothing from the Caribbean.

I hope my score holds up in the Single Op low power category. Trying to defend
my MA low power title for the past 2 years. 

Thanks to all that answered my CQ.  It was a blast again!

Statistics:
States = 44   Missed  DE, ID, MT, AK, SD, ND
Provinces = 4    DX = 8

73 de  Rick  N1DC   
QTH  Braintree MA (Norfolk County)  EMA section


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