[3830] 7QP K7IA Cnty Exped SO LP

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                    7th Call Area QSO Party

Call: K7IA
Operator(s): K7IA
Station: K7IA

Class: Cnty Exped SO LP
QTH: AZAPH/GLE
Operating Time (hrs): 14:27

Summary:
 Band  CW Qs  Ph Qs  Dig Qs
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  160:                   
   80:    92             
   40:   356    54       
   20:   490    54       
   15:   226   156       
   10:                   
    6:                   
    2:                   
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Total:  1164   264      0  Mults = 63  Total Score = 253,260

Club: 

Comments:

Above figures are for two Arizona Counties:  Apache and Greenlee.  Divide by two
for single county results.

Single county comparisons:

               2011       2010
Total QSOs     726        644
Dupes           12         11
DX              42         41

Best DX:      HZ1PS
Shortest DX:  KK7AC, 6 miles +/-

Unlike last year's event, which I worked from a single county spot only a few
miles away, this year:

a county line QTH was accessible and not snowpacked by record accumulation in
2010 (26 feet total);

the weather was perfect (cloudless, warm, and no winds rather than continuous
snowfall in 2010;

15 meters was wonderful; and

there was so much CW activity that I worked very little SSB and had no reason
to try RTTY.

Murphy's glitches:  The spinning reel I use for launching monofilament line
into trees for wire antennas fell apart.  Too many portable ops, I guess.  A
quick trip to town produced a better reel having less line drag and increased
my tree limb reach from 60 to 70 feet.  Also, the trusty 1 KW Yamaha generator,
used in many, many portable ops, failed moments before the event started on
Saturday AM.  Fortunately, I carry a backup for everything (generator, radio,
computer, keyer, but not a spinning reel), so the backup 3 KW Honda went into
service and, surprisingly, used the same paltry amount of gasoline as its
smaller cousin.

Equipment:

Tall Ponderosa Pines for wire antennas (already supplied, no backups needed)
K3 
laptop & N1MM logger

40 & 80 meters:    vees, apex at 70 feet
20 & 15 meters:    homebrew Moxon rectangles at 70 and 60 feet, respectively
10 meters:  apex-down delta loop, inspired by article in April 2011 QST at 60
feet.

Antennas went up on Thursday.  Vees and Moxons were veterans, and the delta
loop was two days old, untested.  Worked "right out of the box" on Thursday and
Friday, making good DX QSOs including real ragchews on CW and SSB to VK-land
(loop "pointed" towards NE, like the Moxons, so VK was "off the back).

On Saturday, 10 meters was dead each time I checked it.  What a difference a
day makes!

The National Forest was extremely dry, as it has been at the home QTH in SW New
Mexico (and all points in between).  En route to the 7QP site, Hwy 180 passed
THROUGH two major (and recent) burn areas.  Cigarettes, no doubt.  Therefore,
wife, Erin, and I practiced fire safety and awareness, and we looked for and
found a second (potential) escape route--just in case.

As always, thanks to all for their support and interest in the 7QP.  I wouldn't
be surprised if 2011 marks the year of the highest number of log submissions and
total QSOs.  Special thanks for the QSOs that went beyond the minimal exchange
of signal report and state/county.  Those short chats turned an event into a,
well, a "party."

73, dan, k7ia


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