[3830] TBDC CE1/K7CA Single Op HP

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                    Stew Perry Topband Challenge

Call: CE1/K7CA
Operator(s): CE1/K7CA
Station: CE1/K7CA

Class: Single Op HP
QTH: Huasco, Chile
Operating Time (hrs): 10

Summary:
Total:  QSOs = 290  Total Score = 5,139

Club: 

Comments:

The contest started out fairly quiet here but after a couple of hours the
summertime thunderstorms started up to my east and the band was full of 20 over
9 crashes.  This is my 5th SP from CE1 and it seems like QRN is the norm.  Two
days ago the band was almost quiet and I could hear a pin drop.  But not last
night.  Thanks for putting up with all my QRZ? and GRID? transmissions.  I
worked 60 fewer stations than last year so was the activity down or just my qrn
worse this year?  Please remember to send around 
24 wpm or so to stations that have heavy qrn so they can get a few letters in
between crashes and please don't change speeds.  Several stations started
slowing down when I would ask for repeats.  Believe me, its not because I can't
copy fast but if you slow down I only get parts of letters between crashes.
Sometimes it seems that a stations call is in sync with the crashes.  For
example, KM1E called in.  It seemed like I copyied the KM1 a dozen times but
every time he sent the E a crash would take it out. I had fun as usual and even
managed to work a dozen Europe and the same number of Asian stations.  Hope to
see you all again in the CQ160 CW contest next year.  73 and Merry 

Christmas.  Al CE1/K7CA
Rig:
Elecraft K3 w/ diversity RX
Ten-Tec Titan 1200 W output
42' top loaded vertical matched only with 4:1 UNUN, 32 1/4 wave radials
Broadside/Endfire RX vertical phased array pointing north
1 wavelength beverage 330 degrees running down the middle of the B/E array


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