[3830] NAQP CW K4QPL Single Op LP

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                    North American QSO Party, CW - August

Call: K4QPL
Operator(s): K4QPL
Station: K4QPL

Class: Single Op LP
QTH: NC
Operating Time (hrs): 4

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
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  160:    0     0
   80:   14    12
   40:  104    34
   20:   78    32
   15:   40    17
   10:    0     0
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Total:  236    94  Total Score = 22,420

Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club

Team: 

Comments:

Limited time available but NAQP is always fun. Operated /4 from our beach place
on Topsail Island, NC. Spent time before the contest trying to tune the traps
on a 5BTV vertical on the dock with only a small stainless steel cable thrown
in the water as a ground. With several miles of salt water north and west to
the mainland it worked pretty well 40-15. Later in the evening I discovered
that although the SWR bridge said low SWR, there is a BIG difference between
"loading" and "getting out" on 80M with a short top loaded vertical! Very noisy
with QRN but that didn't matter much since no one could hear me anyhow. Was
great to work a lot of northern CA ops I had met in person as a visitor to
their joint club meeting just a week ago.


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