[3830] WVQP N8II Single OpMixed HP

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West Virginia QSO Party

Call: N8II
Operator(s): N8II
Station: N8II

Class: Single OpMixed HP
QTH: WV
Operating Time (hrs): 2.75

Summary:
 Band  CW Qs  Ph Qs  Dig Qs
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   80:    0      0       
   40:   20    197       
   20:   30    116       
   15:    0      2       
   10:                   
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Total:   50    315      0  Mults = 69  Total Score = 28,704

Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club

Comments:

Last year was pretty disappointing despite having the highest score. My audio
was not up to par and downright bad on 20 M which resulted in only making
exactly 400 QSO's. So, I decided to spend the day with my friend going to 2
indoor antique/flea markets and the Woodrow Wilson presidential library and
museum in Staunton, VA; the antique market in Verona, VA is HUGE, but most
prices were high. I drove about 260 miles and did not return home until
evening; after dinner it was past 23Z. I fired up on 20 SSB and ran a decent
QSO rate up to about 45 Q's at which time I started calling about 2-3 CQ's to
each QSO. I announced a couple of times on 20 I would QSY to 21300 where I
worked two loud stations on Es, a camper in Caledonia Co., VT and a MN station,
but no others. So I moved to 20 CW where the rate was erratic, did get called by
A45 in Oman and a few EU. After 30 Q's it was down to 40 CW for 20 Q's at steady
pace at which time WN4AFP asked for QSY to 40 SSB when things were slowing down.
Thanks so much Dave, because the rest of the time I was on an absolute tear of
running phone QSO's! On 7230 I worked Dave and buddy Tom,K3TW moved up from CW
and then the floodgates opened for a fantastic solid run of over 190 stations
without ever calling a CQ. What an impressive amount of casual op activity!
After less than 10 minutes break, I spent the last 20 minutes on 20 phone where
I added mults HI, ND, SD, XE, AB and AK with 10 seconds to go! My overall QSO
rate was 149 Q's per hour, so from the start of the 40 meter phone run, it must
have been around 200/hr. Thanks to all of the guys who called in to give me a
QSO and the WV guys in KAN, HAN, MRO, WOO, and BER who called in on 40 phone
along with K3JT in MON on 20 CW.

It looks like I should plan nearly full time for next year.

73, Jeff


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