[3830] NAQP CW N3BB Single Op LP

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                    North American QSO Party, CW - January

Call: N3BB
Operator(s): N3BB
Station: N3BB

Class: Single Op LP
QTH: stx
Operating Time (hrs): 10
Radios: SO2R

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
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  160:   56    23
   80:  141    42
   40:  493    56
   20:  691    56
   15:   32    17
   10:    1     1
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Total: 1414   195  Total Score = 275,730

Club: Central Texas DX and Contest Club

Team: CTDXCC Team Pfizer

Comments:

This was a rush! A run-fest and an opportunity for SO2R skills at a high level.
I am unable to do fast "interleaving" as I have learned from the
weekly CWTs even with practice, but have long experience in CQing on one band
and S&Ping on another simultaneously. Strategy is extremely important in the
NAQP as the QSO number and especially the Mults are key on every band. I handled
the marginal opening on fifteen very badly at the start, while there was at
least some opportunity on that band. No excuses for not being there more, but
running twenty meters wide open took over for me and it shows with poor numbers
on fifteen. I stayed on too long in the day running twenty and had to take off
one full hour in the last three hours of the NAQP. There were Mults aplenty on
80 and 160 that I did not get on those bands until it was too late. Both bands
were really good but my station is best on 20 and 40 and the temptation to work
those bands is like a drug. Oh well, it was fun, and the number of good
operators and active stations was a blast. There seemed to be an endless well of
"regular" ops as well to complement the experienced contest group;
that was terrific. I had many friends check in for very short "HI's"
and that was fun. 

Congrats to K5PI and others locally, and for some mind-blowing QSO numbers
nationally. The ability to work stations "interleaving" on two bands
more or less synchronously is really hard to  to do, especially with extremely
short exchanges. Some of the high QSO rates are incredible. 

This was my first contest with an "assumed name," Don, and it was an
honor to pay my respects to a remarkable man, Donald K6RV. However that resulted
in several "?" exchanges as people fumbled with their databases and
keyboards to substitute Don for Jim. It was worth it and as we worked one
another on additional bands, it was not a big deal. I'm pleased that Robert,
K5PI, came up with the idea and organized the CTDXCC teams. Thanks OM. 

73, Jim N3BB


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