[3830] NAQP RTTY W6YX M/2 LP

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                    North American QSO Party, RTTY - February

Call: W6YX
Operator(s): K6UFO ND2T N7MH W6LD KZ2V W6RK
Station: W6YX

Class: M/2 LP
QTH: CA
Operating Time (hrs): 12

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
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   80:  177    54
   40:  323    55
   20:  368    59
   15:  200    48
   10:    9     1
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Total: 1077   217  Total Score = 233,709

Club: Northern California Contest Club

Team: 

Comments:

Wow! Our highest QSO total ever (1,077 QSOs) and back above 
200 Mults for the first time since 2005. Our Highest Score yet 
(and maybe a new record?)

It came together in the last week, as K6UFO realized we had won 
this six times in a row,and this was no time to slack off!  We 
could only setup three radios (two run, one for local spotting) 
instead of our usual four (two for local spotting).  A few of 
our usual ops couldn't make it, so we were a bit short, and 
during midday had only the two run operators and no spotting! 
With more spotting we could have added another 30 to 50 QSOs.

We worked 11 DXCC entities, and when the DX (outside NA) started 
calling, we knew the band was "too-long" and it was time to move 
to the next lower band. 

We monitored 10m before the start and weren't enthusiastic, but 
picked up 5 local QSOs in the first 10 minutes. We monitored 10m 
a lot during the day, but never heard a real opening outside CA.

We more than doubled our QSOs on 15m compared to last year.
Signals were weak to average, and fading up and down, but there 
were consistently people calling, and who could be found, so we 
stayed and milked it as long as we could, until the JAs called at 
22Z and we new it was time to break into 40m.

20m was good right from the start, and despite the crowded QRM, 
Tom ND2T ran on 14.083 for four straight hours! Finally, the lure 
of Search-and-pounce (and some new Mults) moved him around the 
band.

As usual 40m was tough at first 22Z when K6UFO had to fight to 
get heard, turned great at sunset 02Z when W6LD ran it hard, and 
then tapered off until almost nothing at the end, giving W6RK as 
relaxing finish.

We moved from 20m to 80m without losing any rate, and 80m really 
picked up an hour after sunset, and provided KZ2V ran it well 
right to the end, especially with the strong spotting help by N7MH.


Ops: K6UFO ND2T N7MH W6LD KZ2V W6RK

One 15m antenna was broken, and one rotor indicator not working.
Another rotor got stuck - but was manually unstuck. 

10m: Force 12 C-31XR tribander at 60ft
15m: Force 12 C-31XR tribander at 60ft
20m: 6 el yagi at 60 ft & 5-el at 36 ft
40m: 4 el yagi at 60 ft & inverted V-dipole
80m: inverted vee at 50 ft
Spotting: Mosely Pro-57 tribander at 40ft and 2 x listening beverages
One Yaesu FT-1000MP 100 watts
Two Yaesu FT-1000MkV turned down to 100 watts
Writelog and MMTTY plug-in

QSO/MUL by hour and band

 Hour      80M     40M     20M     15M     10M    Total     Cumm  

D1-1800Z    -       -     92/32   67/32    5/1   164/65    164/65  
D1-1900Z    -       -     60/9    60/12     -    120/21    284/86  
D1-2000Z    -       -     49/5    41/2      -     90/7     374/93  
D1-2100Z    -       -     50/7    28/2     1/0    79/9     453/102 
D1-2200Z    -     16/14   31/2     4/0     3/0    54/16    507/118 
D1-2300Z    -     39/16   41/1      -       -     80/17    587/135 
D2-0000Z  --+--   58/12   30/2    --+--   --+--   88/14    675/149 
D2-0100Z  10/10   59/3    15/1      -       -     84/14    759/163 
D2-0200Z  31/19   72/5      -       -       -    103/24    862/187 
D2-0300Z  56/15   47/4      -       -       -    103/19    965/206 
D2-0400Z  43/4    18/0      -       -       -     61/4    1026/210 
D2-0500Z  37/6    14/1      -       -       -     51/7    1077/217 

Total:   177/54  323/55  368/59  200/48    9/1


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