[3830] NAQP SSB KM7N Single Op LP

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                    North American QSO Party, SSB - August

Call: KM7N
Operator(s): KM7N
Station: KM7N

Class: Single Op LP
QTH: 
Operating Time (hrs): 3

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
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  160:   0      0
   80:   0      0
   40:  15      9
   20:  30     16
   15:   0      0
   10:   0      0
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Total:  45     25  Total Score = 1,125

Club: Arizona Outlaws Contest Club

Team: Arizona Outlaws - Biscuits

Comments:

Wow!  What crappy conditions!  At least it looks like I'm not the only one whose
performance took a hit from the CME...

One station in TX tried to push me to 10 for a Q, but 10 was deader than a
doornail, so needless to say, that didn't happen.  I checked 15 a couple times
out of youthful optimism (Even at 40, I still consider myself a youth), but
that also didn't pan out, so I stuck to 20.  For the first hour and a half, 20
was really hard going.  Tough to find stations, and when I did, the QSB was
horrific--S9 to ESP in 30 seconds or less!  I had to take a break for family
time, but came back and checked 40, since I had already worked everyone I could
hear on 20.  Finished the night on 40, though one station asked me ( and a few
others) to go to 80, where he sounded great, but by the sounds of his constant
"CQing in our faces", he wasn't hearing a thing.  Though 40 isn't a
strong band for me (HOA-friendly antennas do NOT equal 40M-friendly antennas),
I managed to not only log a handful of QSOs, but I even decided to try a run
for the last 20 minutes.  This is something I have NEVER done in a contest thus
far.  Yes, I said it--I've never attempted a run.  Why not?  Well, as I
mentioned earlier, I have HOA-friendly antennas--no tower, no beam, and no
amplifier.  I haven't thought that I had any OOMPH to manage a run or hold a
frequency.  I made a calculated wager tonight that with conditions the way they
were today, points would be comparatively scarce, and even some big guns may be
tempted to S&P to find some new ones near the tail end of the contest.  So,
I picked an open freq, and started CQing.  Granted it was only a 20 minute run,
and I only picked up 3 stations, but I now know that feeling you get when a
booming signal comes out of the noise answering YOUR CQ!!  How awesome!  Made
me wish this was a longer contest!!

Thanks for all the Qs!


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