[3830] PaQP NO3M Single Op CW QRP

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                    Pennsylvania QSO Party

Call: NO3M
Operator(s): NO3M
Station: NO3M

Class: Single Op CW QRP
QTH: CRA
Operating Time (hrs): 
Radios: SO2R

Summary:
 Band  CW Qs  Ph Qs  RTTY Qs  PSK31 Qs
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  160:   49                        
   80:  191                        
   40:  294                        
   20:   95                        
   15:   12                        
   10:    1                        
    6:                             
    2:                             
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Total:  642     0       0         0  Mults = 123  Total Score = 316,664

Club: North Coast Contesters

Comments:

QRP is not my cup of tea, but based on past observations, it is the only way to
"win" the CW only category with the 2x QRP multiplier.  However, it
worked out better than expected.  Broke three score records: CW-only, QRP, and
Crawford County SO.

It was actually pleasant to not have the usual K3 thumping when running LP or
HP.  Got ignored on numerous occasions, only had my CQ freq clobbered a couple
times, and lost hope in a few pileups for the "rare" counties. 
Luckily had second chances on all the needed counties and worked all those I
heard on.

Sunday's rate was kept up by moving as many stations as possible to other
bands, just like moving guys in NAQP for mults.  Second radio was always
active, either dueling CQs on the most productive bands, S&P, keeping track
of the mobiles and rovers, or moving stations.  BTW, the mobiles and rovers do
an awesome job!  There are just a lot of counties lacking regular CW activity,
so they really fill in the gaps. 

QRP next time?  Probably not unless the overall band conditions are better. 
10M was shot, 15M had a nice opening to the west and SW Sunday afternoon, but
lousy otherwise.

62 / 67 counties (missed ARM, CLE, CMB, GRE, NUM)
60 W/VE Sections
1 DX
4 x200 bonus pts w/ W3C
x2 QRP multiplier

2x K3 @ 5W
160M Four Square + beverage arrays / 8-circle
80M Dipole + Bobtail curtain E/W + beverages
40M 4-el Delta-loop wire-beam West, 3-el delta-loop wire-beam SW, Dipole
20M 5-el delta-loop wire-beam West, 3-el delta-loop wire-beam SW, Dipole
15M 3-el wire yagi, Dipole
10M Dipole

73 Eric NO3M


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