[NCC] Fwd: NA Sprint CW W3USA(W1NN) LP

[Patrick Barkey]

You act like getting beat out by west coast stations is a bad thing.  :-)

  - Pat
    N9RV

On Sun, Feb 7, 2021 at 2:46 AM Hal Offutt <hal at japancorporateresearch.com>
wrote:

> I'd rather forget this one.
>
>
> NA Sprint CW Contest - February
>
> Call: W3USA
> Operator(s): W1NN
> Station: W3USA
>
> Class: Single Op LP
> QTH: OH
> Operating Time (hrs): 1.0
> Remote Operation
>
> Summary:
> Band QSOs Op Time
> ---------------------
> 80:      67      1.0
> 40:
> 20:
> ---------------------
> Total:   67     Mults =  34     Total Score = 2,278
>
> Club: North Coast Contesters
>
> Team:
> Comments:
>
> Having found a way to erase my whole W1NN log at the end of the second
> hour, I
> QRT'd to lick my wounds. Then I got the idea to fire up the club call
> for the
> last hour, so that's what I did. My first two hours with W1NN yielded only
> about 110 contacts, so no big loss to the world. Sorry Code Guys team
> members.
>
> The extra time on 20 didn't do me much good. Most stations can't hear me
> anyway. 40 was long from the start and 80 quickly became so. During that
> hour
> on 80, I got beat out by the loud West Coast stations even when I was
> calling
> locals. They were louder than I in OH, PA, VA, etc. It's getting tougher
> and
> tougher to be LP in this event. Still fun trying, tho.
>
> 73, Hal W1NN remote at tokyo
>
> Antennas:
> 20 dipole at 30'
> 40 dipole at 50'
> 80 dipole at 60'
>
>
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