[3830] NAQP CW KG5U Single Op LP

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                    North American QSO Party, CW - January

Call: KG5U
Operator(s): KG5U
Station: KG5U

Class: Single Op LP
QTH: Texas
Operating Time (hrs): 8.0

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
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  160:           
   80:   83    33
   40:  218    52
   20:  239    42
   15:    6     5
   10:           
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Total:  546   132  Total Score = 72,072

Club: Texas DX Society

Team: TDXS

Comments:

Great fun with great ops in not so great conditions. There was a whole lotta
digging for QSOs down into the noise floor. THEN the other food came down. My
computer screens went blank and about a minute later, the PC restarted. An hour
or so later, it happened again. This time I had no CW keying from the keyboard
or WKUSB. Fortunately, my doubts about WKUSB reliability when I installed it
caused me to put in an a/b switch to send paddles directly to the K3S. I
programmed up the K3S CW memories and pressed on but I gave it up after three
more restarts and threw in the towel. I regret that now, but then my mindset was
a bit different. Troubleshooting the situation, I found the WKUSB in standalone
was not keying. I rotated the AAA cells and got the R. I plugged in the paddles
and it worked. I plugged in the K3S keying line and the serial port line,
restarted N1MM and had my N1MM CW keying back. Geez. I still don't know what is
causing the computer restarts, though. Otherwise, I had a great time. 

73 and happy, safe, and healthy New Year


dale, kg5u

Station: 
Xcvr: Elecraft K3S, 100w
Antennas: 10-20m: AV-640, gnd mtd; 40m: Inv vee at 70ft; 80m: Inv vee at 70ft
Software: N1MM Logger+
Paddles: Kent iambic


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