[RSM] K3KU NAQP SSB

Art Boyars artboyars at gmail.com
Sun Jan 17 02:25:29 EST 2021


I heard VE3CX CQing one time, I think on 80M.  I could copy him only
because the call is well known.  I called him a couple of times ("If he
hears a 3 and a K he might guess it's me"), but no luck.  Tom was not
getting any answers, either.

Art K3KU

On Sun, Jan 17, 2021 at 1:50 AM Tom Haavisto <kamham69 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Conditions were not great.  Working west coast was a challenge in this
> one.  No VE7  Only worked VE4AMN on 160.  No VE4 on any other band.
> I finally worked WI in my last hour on 80(!)
>
> I worked some guy in MD on 40, and he wanted me to QSY to 15...  I said
> "Yaaa - that's NOT gonna work..."
>
> Tom - VE3CX
>
>
> On Sun, Jan 17, 2021 at 1:36 AM Art Boyars <artboyars at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> When I saw that RSM had motivated TWO Frozen Rotator teams I got all
>> excited about working MB in this one.
>>
>> Hah!  When I started at 2335Z the only station heard on 20M was in RI
>> (good
>> sig!).  Once again, NAQP became a three-band contest.  And as far as I can
>> tell, noise was up (besides the usual SSB garbage) and condx were
>> down, compared to CW last weekend.  Only one QSO with MN.  Probably no
>> hope
>> for MB unless you had a beam pointed at me.  Lots of ON.  One QC.  No
>> other
>> Canada.
>>
>> 359 QSOs, 82 mults (compare to 500/106 on CW).
>>
>> Ugh!  I'm glad I had so much fun.
>>
>> 73, Art K3KU/VE4VTR
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