[NCC] Fwd: NAQP CW K8MR Single Op LP

[jimk8mr at aol.com]

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Subject: NAQP CW K8MR Single Op LP

                    North American QSO Party, CW - January

Call: K8MR
Operator(s): K8MR
Station: K8MR

Class: Single Op LP
QTH: FL
Operating Time (hrs): 10

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
-------------------
  160:  18    11
  80:  131    36
  40:  164    45
  20:  175    48
  15:  196    44
  10:  79    29
-------------------
Total:  763  213  Total Score = 162,519

Club: Florida Contest Group

Team: W1YL Memorial-2

Comments:

Operation from the condo superstation, 80M OCF @ 40 feet+/-, inverted J for 160
with two elevated quarter wave radials.

Down a hundred QSOs from last year's performance. Since then I acquired a
serious local noise on 80 & 160, -90 dbm floor on those bands, 20 to 30 db
above the noise floor on 40 and above. Only the loudest guys are heard on 160. I
didn't do much CQing on 80 due to this, but near the end figured to give it a
shot to work the random Florida S&P guys. Instead I had the best run of the
contest, 50 or so QSOs, including five new mults. Most were in the noise, and
some others I just couldn't pull through. I guess I was late enough to the
running game to pass as fresh meat.

Ten was nice, but never short enough to hit the really populated northeast. No
W2 ,W3, W8, or W9 outside Wisconin or W4 outside Florida. Spending a good bit of
time there hoping for an opening probably also cost me some QSOs on the other
bands.

Never heard NV, ND, or NB. Only one QSO with Iowa and Alberta. TX most worked
with 44, Florida 38, and a three way tie for third between PA, OH, and VA. 


Good to hear 8P5A back on the air. Not good to hear all those silent key names,
though good that they were being honored.

73  -  Jim  K8MR


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