[RTTY] W7WHY 2006 NAQP RTTY

[Tom Osborne]

North American QSO Party, RTTY

Call: W7WHY
Operator(s): W7WHY
Station: W7WHY

Class: Single Op LP
QTH: OR
Operating Time (hrs): 6.34
Radios: SO2R

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
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   80:
   40:   37    19
   20:  152    44
   15:    9     8
   10:    9     5
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Total:  207    76  Total Score = 15,732

Club:

Team:

Comments:

Now, that was fun.  I only got on for a little more than 6 hours, but sure 
kept me busy.  It was just too nice of a day to stay inside and play radio.

It was good to see 10 open for a while today.  I was listening before the 
contest and there were quite a few stations on.

Conditions seemed pretty good here.  Even managed to sneak in a couple of DX 
contacts.  Worked OH8JT, and one that really through me, 5F50KD.  N1MM says 
that one is in Morroco.  Anybody else work him??

Forty meters is just a bust here at my QTH until it gets dark.  I can hear 
stations calling, and they CQ right in my face.  I called a whole lot more 
stations than I worked.  Once night settled in, I even managed to find a 
hole and get a small run going.  Kinda hard with 50 watts.

The power thing is kind of an issue with me.  Unless you have a 200 watt 
radio, it is hard to run with 100 watts.  My FT-450SAT puts out about 95 
watts full bore, and I can't do that 100% of the time while CQ'ing.  I have 
to crank the power way back to keep the radio from going up in smoke.  I can 
run the full power when S&P, but not when running.  I sometime wish I could 
(I DIDN'T)
switch the amp on and crank everything down to 100 watts.  Then the '450 
would be happy and my SB-200 would be happy.  This whole contest is kind of 
an honor thing anyway.  If people are going to run more than 100 watts, they 
will.

Anyway, other than that, I appreciate the NCJ guys putting this contest on 
as it is a blast!!  73
Tom W7WHY

Radio 1  TS-450SAT +RASCAL
Radio 2  FT-840 +RASCAL (no filters--arrrrghhh)
2 el 20 monobander, 40 vertical, 2 el 10 monobander, G5RV.
N1MM Logger 6.5.8