[Mldxcc] CQP N6ZFO 253,935 MLDXCC

[Alan Maenchen]

BIll,

Congrats on the new record!
I noticed you were low power, so according to the "records" on the CQP web
site, my high power record still stands ... even though you're low power
score was much better. ;-)

Thanks for supporting MLDXCC. I know you're a dual member with REDXA so you
toggle between the two every year?

I'm curious how CQP rules could be adjusted to make the club competition
tighter. I don't think clubs avoid the competition because they can't win
.. especially the southern clubs. I think it's more a lack of interest. We
don't have W6ZZZ pushing it down there. For REDXA, I had a nice chat with
Fred, N6YEU. My feeling is they are only lacking in organization and
effectively pushing the event.

73, Alan  AD6E



On Sat, Oct 11, 2014 at 9:28 PM, Bill Haddon <haddon.bill at gmail.com> wrote:

> ​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
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