[3830] NAQP SSB WX3B(@N3HBX) M/2 LP

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                    North American QSO Party, SSB - January

Call: WX3B
Operator(s): WX3B K3WI
Station: N3HBX

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

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
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  160:  123    35
   80:  266    41
   40:  684    56
   20:  617    50
   15:  325    42
   10:  267    42
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Total: 2282   266  Total Score = 607,012

Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club

Team: 

Comments:

A big thank you to John Evans N3HBX for inviting us to his Poolesville super
station for our first ever attempt at a competitive score in NAQP's M/2
category for SSB!

Mark KD4D saved the day by taking a (long) ride to Poolsville to set up our
network and teach us how to use the station.  I was convinced it would be a
waste of Mark's time, fortunately Mark came anyway and saved the day!!

Bill K3WI is a good friend a great M/2 team-mate.  We had a fun time using the
stellar antenna arrays of John's well appointed Poolesville station.

My favorite operational activities were on 20 and 160, I had an impossible time
getting anything going on 75 (though the conditions were excellent and the delta
loop beam super quiet). I also LOVE the new Yaesu FT-5000 and Bose aviation
headsets John recently purchased.  

Bill K3WI ROCKED on 40 meters - definitely our best band performance.  We had a
good time during the start of the contest "racing" each other - me on 10, Bill
on 15.  It was neck and neck; eventually I was left in the dust and abandoned
ship to QSY to 20, which was met with fantastic bursts of activity.  Bill got
on 40, and as you can see, STAYED on 40 for a long time.

For our next M/2 effort (if I am smart enough to re-read these notes) I need to
understand the new radios to do SO2V for in band pouncing, learn N1MM's SO2?
mode so we can use the bandmap correctly, and learn how to do SO2R effectively
so I can pounce like crazy while running.  

The actual run rates, in general, were slow.  There are fun bursts, however the
average was less than 100/hour per person and that leaves plenty of time for 2nd
radio pounces.

I also confess that my passing during this particular contest was horrible. 
Sorry Bill!  Our entire score was generated almost exclusively by running
stations.  

I printed out team NX5M's (Bob, Colin KU5B and friends) results from last year
thinking if we could beat that score we would be in the running.  We didn't
beat it, and NX5M had an award winning performance with OVER 3,000 QSOs and far
more multipliers than we did.  Great job guys - amazing score!

Fun contest, and now it's time to watch the Ravens whip up on those guys up on
Foxborough.

73,

Jim    WX3B


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