[Mldxcc] CA QSO Party Summary

[Emily Clarke]

On 10/6/2014 10:41 PM, Bill Haddon wrote:
> Emily,  You did good! congratulations. . I followed your ruminations 
> about antennas.   . . looks as if the effort paid off.  Maybe you will 
> try the ARRL Sweepstakes as well as an NCCC member?    If you're not a 
> member,  consider joining. . there's time if you act Quickly, i.e. 
> before the Oct 13 meeting.
>
> CQP  is a good opportunity for fine tuning one's station for ARRL 
> sweepstakes and upcoming DX contests.  In my case, an overdue EZ-NEC 
> analysis of my 20 meter wire antenna revealed a deep null at a 30 deg 
> beam heading. . i.e. across the US.  Two days before CQP  I 
> constructed a haphazard 2-el Yagi that looks as if it was built and 
> installed by Abbot and Costello.  But it worked. . 445 20m QSO's this 
> year compared to 271 last year apparently helping considerably toward 
> a virtual tie for the top SOLP-fixed score.
>
> 73 Bill n6zfo
> [LAKE county for CQP]
>
>

Thanks Bill,

I had a blast.   I would have preferred to use the fan dipole, but I 
like being able to (hand) rotate my buddipole and so I used that. It 
also reminds me that I need to get up once an hour and stretch my legs 
so my hips don't get stiff.

  I will be doing sweepstakes.  Unfortunately I can't make the Oct 13 
meeting - it's the one day a week I work (I'm a DJ) but I would bet I 
can join online or something.  See my previous remarks - I might try to 
do it portable.

So does this mean that Motherload doesn't do Sweepstakes as a club?

Emi