[Mldxcc] CQP N6ZFO 253,935 MLDXCC

[Bill Haddon]

​This year my points will go to MLDXCC . . . but hoping next year the CQP
in-state competition can be revised and revamped into a tighter
competition. . more fun for all. It is not at present -- probably why the
So Clubs don't bother.

2014 California QSO Party

Call:N6ZFO
Class: SOLP
QTH: LAKE
Operating Time (hrs): 23.5

Summary:
Band  CW Qs  Ph Qs   Pts
------------------------------
  160:   18       0
   80:   91     54
   40:  151    140
   20:  263    182
   15:  345     227
   10:  141    109
--------------------
Total:  1009    719   4455
Mults = 57  (Missed VE5)
Score = 253,935 (New LAKE County Record, subject to error rate
adjustment).

Club: Mother Lode DX and Contest Club

Comments:

"Beware of pre-fills"  An hour before close, an 8-land station frantically
broke in to my 10m QSO  -- "LAKE Couny up 5 please" - so went there and
CQ'd.  But we had worked FOUR times previously.  On the first QSO, he
entered "LANG" instead of "LAKE" and then propagated the error through the
subsequent QSO's, never really listening to what I sent or said.
Fortunately he heard only "Lake" on 10m SSB without knowing the call.
(not  casual participant. . he had well over 400 Q's by Sunday afternoon).

Missed SK and wonder how others did w/ NT.  I had four Q's with VE8EV,
including a received #82 three minutes from the end and a backup from
VE8GER.  Worked 35 countries (incl. US, VE,  HI and AK).

The CQP data sheets published by NCCC (Tom, NS6T) revealed a weakness in my
'13 CQP, namely a problem on 20 meters that was confirmed with EZ-NEC
antenna analysis*. For CQP I constructed a rather haphazard 20m beam; the
20m Q's increased from 273 last year  to 445 this year, including a 45-min
100Q run on 20SSB (rate of 130/hr) (at 200w).

*Significant null at 30 deg azimuth for all elevation angles from using a
40m DE Zepp on 20m (but 3dB gain to Eu and Carib.).

73 Bill n6zfo