[3830] NewEngQP W3UA Single Op HP

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                    New England QSO Party

Call: W3UA
Operator(s): W3UA
Station: W3UA

Class: Single Op HP
QTH: NH
Operating Time (hrs): 

Summary:
 Band  CW-Dig Qs  Ph Qs
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   80:     77        0
   40:    289       72
   20:    313       33
   15:    161      104
   10:     17        4
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Total:    857      213  Mults = 104  Total Score = 200,408

Club: Yankee Clipper Contest Club

Comments:

I never planned this contest (I'm no good at all in non-DX contests... I can't
say I'm good at DX contests, just so-so; but QSO parties is just not my type at
all); but K1KI sent an e-mail, suggesting get out of bed and made a few Qs...
and as former Soviet, when Party orders, I obey ;) . Indeed, it was fun. Even
my infamous power line noise was quite moderate, thanks to the good "bad"
weather. The major problem was with my main amplifier, which refused to work; I
reconnected the cables to the second op's amp, but thus completely messed up
with antenna switching. As a result, I couldn't use stacks and 4SQ, and was
limited to rotary beams. In contest where bulk of Qs is coming from the "wrong"
direction, it is a big nuisance...

Another thing -- I jumped to my shack 15 minutes before the test, and didn't
even read the rules completely... so countless tactical mistakes were made all
contest long ;) . For example, I discovered that CW Qs are twice the points
only on the second day; and for some reason I thought that contest runs till
2AM Zulu. Some good Samaritan advised me about 12 minutes after GMT midnight
that the contest is over... I was so sure that the test runs till 10PM EST, so
initially couldn't realize, how wrong I am... Anyway, short look at the rules
and ... 10 unclaimed QSOs ;)

Overall, it was a good contest to warm up before the WPX. Thank you Tom for
convincing me to play this game.


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