[3830] NAQP RTTY K4XL Single Op LP

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North American QSO Party, RTTY - July

Call: K4XL
Operator(s): K4XL
Station: K4XL

Class: Single Op LP
QTH: Amherst, VA
Operating Time (hrs): 8

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
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   80:   23    17
   40:  157    39
   20:   59    24
   15:   25    12
   10:    4     4
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Total:  268    96  Total Score = 25,728

Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club

Team: PVRC SWVA

Comments:

With only marginal condx, I managed a couple of pretty good runs despite local
QRN.  My rate slowed somewhat at one point when I had stopped to touch up the
antenna tuner as my DB-18E has never been able to give me an SWR on 40 mx that
I am comfortable with.  I was having no luck running and so started S&P. 
That was pretty hard going too.  After an hour or so of this heavy slogging, I
discovered that I had been running with less than 10 "tuning" watts
instead of the intended 100 for about an hour.  

As a relative newbie to contesting, I'm reluctant to run and thus I think I
spend too much time S/P.  Once I start running, the rate goes up.  Looks like I
could remember this from one contest to the next! 

This is a fun contest despite having to keep one eye on the weather radar and
one ear peeled for thunder!


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