[3830] NAQP SSB N8SBE Single Op LP

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                    North American QSO Party, SSB - January

Call: N8SBE
Operator(s): N8SBE
Station: N8SBE

Class: Single Op LP
QTH: 
Operating Time (hrs): 10

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
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  160:   33    18
   80:    0     0
   40:   22    12
   20:   76    23
   15:  120    26
   10:   90    13
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Total:  341    92  Total Score = 31,372

Club: Mad River Radio Club

Team: MRRC - Full

Comments:

A couple of good runs on 15 and 20.  Still at a big disadvantage on 40 and 80,
due to ground-mounted GAP Titan DX.  Tried to tune into the 160M W8AMZ
shortened sloper on 40/80, signals came up from the vertical, but so did local
power-line noise.  Made a couple of contacts on 40 using the sloper, but soon
moved to 160M, likely too early.  I have 'RF in the shack' issues on 160M,
though (I'm going to try a ferrite bead UNUN choke to see if it calms that
down).  Sometimes the K3 would display KPA500 status messages (and I don't have
a KPA500!).  I think it was due to RF getting in to the AUX bus connecter,
because I have a daisy-chained connector chain on that bus, connecting my 2M
and 70CM transverters, and a KRC2 which I use to control my tower-mounted
remote antenna switch for my 6-band 2-el spider-boom quad (it's a thing of
beauty) which is up 40 feet.  On 10-15-20, I'm told from time to time I have
the loudest signal on the band, barefoot at 100W.


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