[3830] NAQP SSB AL9A Single Op LP

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                    North American QSO Party, SSB - January

Call: AL9A
Operator(s): AL9A
Station: AL9A

Class: Single Op LP
QTH: Wasilla, AK
Operating Time (hrs): 5:15

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
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  160:    0     0
   80:    4     3
   40:   13     6
   20:  261    43
   15:   97    34
   10:    0     0
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Total:  375    86  Total Score = 32,250

Club: Society of Midwest Contesters

Team: SMC Team 0001

Comments:

This one was tough! Bummer prop for most of the day with many stations barely
audiable.  But the big problem was a sudden wind storm that ripped through here
Friday night with 40 mph gusts.  Apparently that did something to a nearby power
pole to loosen a ground, an insulator or a pole pig.  As soon as I turned on the
radio this morning the IC-7600 dsiplay screen was alive with interference spikes
dancing from side to side.  The S meter stayed firmly pegged at 20 - 30 over S9,
depending upon which band I selected.  During the day it would disipate slightly
making me think there was some hope only to return in a short while to once
again ruin any hope of making a run with a bunch of weak stations calling.

Of course this happened on a weekend so there was nobody at the local power
company office to register my complaint so I had to just sit there and get beat
up by outrageous fortune all day.  I want to tell ya that puts new meaning on
how tiring a SSB contest can be.  Any chance of a do over on the CW event?


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