[3830] OhQP W3HKK Single Op HP

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Call: W3HKK
Operator(s): W3HKK
Station: W3HKK

Class: Single Op HP
QTH: Johnstown, OH
Operating Time (hrs): 8.6

Summary:
 Band  CW Qs  Ph Qs
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   80:  141     66
   40:   29      0
   20:    0      0
   15:    0      0
   10:    0      0
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Total:  170     66  CW Mults = 85  Ph Mults = 44  Total Score = 52,374

Club: COOKEN ARC

Comments:

I geared up for  operations on 80-40-20m, both cw and ssb. Pretesting looked
good but when I tried to load into the NVIS cross dipoles ( apex at 24') for 40
and 80m, the 40m  antenna kept tripping the amp.  It worked fine the other day
BUT...I suddenly became a one band entry ( 80m). 

But at the bottom of the sunspot cycle, that wasnt a bad place to be.  I give up
some RATE but  maybe gain on MULTS.  So what the heck.

The  T storms didnt affect Licking Co too much.  QRN was S 3-7 on the  SAL-30 rx
antenna on 80m.  None of the T storms came thru this area, but still  the weaker
stations were  tough to copy.  But sitting on one band, I had plenty of time to
S&P for mults. 

80m was    open all day though not at mind-blowing rates, so I kept hopping from
ssb to cw and back.  It let me score my highest county total ever:  64! 

2017:   345 Q's and 147 mults working 80-40-20m both modes.
2018:   236 Q's and 129 mults in what was essentially a more casual monoband two
mode  effort. ( Around 11:25pm with 80m pumped dry of new mults & contacts,
I did decide to  fire up the 2 el phased verticals on 40m.  No Euros were heard
and I kept getting called by West Coast stations so I  pointed  SW and let fly,
adding 31 Q's in 35 minutes.  Not a bad finish. I can only wonder what might
have been, with time better spent on 40 and 20 when 80m slowed down.

IC7610 -ACOM 1000 - N1MM+ software
80/40 NVIS cross inverted vees (apex 24') 
40m  pair of phased qtr wave GPs
20m pair of phased  qtr wave GPs (not used)
54 ft apex quarter wave INV-L's for  160/80 (not used)
SAL-30 RX antenna.




Losing 40m all day, and chosing to ignore 20m, dropped my total


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