[RSM] Fwd: NAQP CW VE4EA Single Op HP

[Jack]

Nice performance, Cary. I really appreciated the rare MB mult but even 
without the amp  you would have been loud. I heard you S&P and decided 
to move up 5 or 10kHz and call CQ. It obviously worked and, much to my 
surprise, in addition to working you, that little run produced 17 Qs and 
two new mults (MB and SC) in 10 minutes. That is why I love NAQP because 
against the big guns in normal contests I could never have found, much 
less held, a run frequency even for 10 minutes on 40.

I am glad my assessment of 20 was right. It seemed pretty dismal with 
guys like NR6O, K6MM, and AE6Y almost ESP levels. The east coast was 
completely absent but 40 and 80 made up for that later. Even 160 
produced some nice mults which helped my score measurably. Missing, for 
some odd reason, were ME, DE and IA. DC and IA were heard S&P but never 
worked. No ND although I had hoped K0IDX would have made an appearance 
on 160. 15 was poor and sounded more like a 6-meter opening with only 
six AB, OR, and MT worked and one strange Q with VE3JM. Overall the VE 
participation was absent save for a ton of CCO folks.

All in all it was fun even though the first 2 hours were a real slog. 
Going to 40 at 2100 seemed very weird but it worked out okay.

73,

Jack VE3RUA/K0JP

>                      North American QSO Party, CW - August
>
> Call: K0JP
> Operator(s): K0JP
> Station: K0JP
>
> Class: Single Op LP
> QTH: Karlstad, MN
> Operating Time (hrs): 8:04
>
> Summary:
>   Band  QSOs  Mults
> -------------------
>    160:   18    11
>     80:   71    35
>     40:  150    39
>     20:  109    38
>     15:    7     4
>     10:
> -------------------
> Total:  355   128  Total Score = 45,440
>
> Club: Minnesota Wireless Assn
>
> Team: MWA - Bass

On 8/2/2020 11:37 AM, Cary Rubenfeld wrote:
> While I love the NAQP events, I really wasn't planning to operate in this
> the August CW party.  My trusty dipole(s) and 100 watts are not what I'm
> accustomed to.  My station rebuild is still in the hands of powers outside
> my control.  Still, it's the NAQP and always, there's the burning question:
> "...what's out there......are we alone in the universe....?"  (but I
> digress).
>
> At the start, conditions on 20m were horrid (signals were weak, muted and
> QRN heavy).  Conditions felt like aurora, coronal hole and and Kp index of
> 5 all in one!  East coast stations were screaming "... come to 15m.. 10m is
> open...."  West coast stations were already racking up rates in excess of
> 150 Qs/hour on the online Live Scoreboard.
>
> But, here in VE4-land, the midday , summer doldrums, with a dipole felt
> like living *The Blackest of Black Holes.*  Running was impossible.  I was
> not being heard.
>
> I turned my amplifier (400w).  This immediately disqualifies me as an
> entry.  But, at least now I can be heard.  This gave me hope that I might
> be able to run later in the day.  The first 100 QSO's took 5 hours.  The
> next 100 took just over an hour.
>
> Signals improved after 0000z.  The magic of the VE4 prefix (multiplier)
> started kicking in.  Everybody started hearing me; or, they pretended to.
> For the last 5 hours, it was a lot of fun
>
> Compliments to Jack K0JP and David VE4DL for sticking it out and getting
> into the spirit, both with good efforts.
> 73,  Cary
> (from home with a dipole)
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> From: <webform at b4h.net>
> Date: Sun, 2 Aug 2020 at 01:24
> Subject: NAQP CW VE4EA Single Op HP
> To: <3830 at contesting.com>, <carys1 at gmail.com>
>
>
>                      North American QSO Party, CW - August
>
> Call: VE4EA
> Operator(s): VE4EA
> Station: VE4EA
>
> Class: Single Op HP
> QTH: Manitoba
> Operating Time (hrs): 9.5
>
> Summary:
>   Band  QSOs  Mults
> -------------------
>    160:
>     80:  111    45
>     40:  159    47
>     20:  201    42
>     15:    4     4
>     10:
> -------------------
> Total:  475   141  Total Score = 66,975
> (HP not submitted)
>
> Club: Radiosport Manitoba
>
> Team: N/A
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