[3830] NA Sprint CW NN7SS(K6UFO) QRP

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                    NA Sprint CW Contest - September

Call: NN7SS
Operator(s): K6UFO
Station: NN7SS

Class: Single Op QRP
QTH: WA
Operating Time (hrs): 4.

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Op Time
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   80:   16        
   40:   83        
   20:   38        
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Total:  137    Mults = 37  Total Score = 5,069

Club: Western Washington DX Club

Team: Corner Pocket

Comments:

Awful, just awful. I did better than this QRP in the Thursday 
and Friday night practices. Speaking of which, my new 20m antenna 
was working Thursday and Friday night, but for Saturday its an 
open connection, and no time to trouble shoot, Sprint starts in 5 
minutes, so use the old low tribander for 20m. At least the new 
40m and new 80m are working even though they are on the same remote 
switch as the one not working...

Also, electric fence noise bursts from the neighbor, even though I 
talked with her on Wednesday and she said she'd turn it off. Another 
call just gets the answering machine... live with it.

Ohhh what a terrible QRP rate on 20m, I was getting beat out, and no 
answers to CQs, but at least I discovered the wireless router makes 
birdies on 20m, and I turned it off. I stuck around for 90 minutes 
because I was getting mults, and I knew it would only be worse when 
I got to 80m later. 

Finally, I got a little speed going on 40m, the rate more than doubled. 
Another blow when  I worked a known QRPer - and he was far ahead of me... 
but I kept moving along pretty well on 40m.

OK, finally it was the last half hour, and time for 80m.  No wins 
calling people, even the strongest stations would CQ back at me.  
Of course, no answers to CQs - expected when QRP on 80m.  Finally I 
managaed to work a string of CA, OR and WA to make it less than a 
total washout. 

I barely topped my QRP score from Feb Sprint, and I had been hoping 
for a BIG increase, what with all that Thursday night practice.  Well, 
if I fix the 20m antenna, and get rid of the electric fence noise, I'll 
have a chance next time.

Thanks for the CW practice, and congrats to the good ears that worked me.

NN7SS Burt WA (op K6UFO)

80m: Half-sloper from 60ft  
40m: Force 12 Delta 240 at 78ft  
20m: Force 12 C-3 at 50ft
Yaesu FT-1000MP turned down to 5 watts
Writelog software

QSO by hour and band.
           80M     40M     20M    Total   Cumm
0000Z    ---+-   ---+-     22       22     22
0100Z       -      14      16       30     52
0200Z       -      52       -       52    104
0300Z      16      17       -       33    137
Total:     16      83      38


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