[RTTY] NAQP RTTY AD1C Single Op LP

[Jim Reisert AD1C]

                    North American QSO Party, RTTY

Call: AD1C
Operator(s): AD1C
Station: AD1C

Class: Single Op LP
QTH: MA
Operating Time (hrs): 7.5

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
-------------------
   80:   25    17
   40:   69    30
   20:  109    35
   15:   37    23
   10:   28    17
-------------------
Total:  268   122  Total Score = 32,696

Club: Yankee Clipper Contest Club

Team: YCCC

Comments:

Radio:    ICOM-756 Pro III
Antennas: G5RV at 35' (10M), HyGain AV-640, 1-el 15m Delta Loop
Software: Writelog 10.60G and microHam microKeyer (FSK)

Soapbox:

Friday night I repaired the 15 meter delta loop that had been broken for
months.  In retrospect, I should have put up the 4-el 6 meter beam that my
father gave me the weekend before (more later).

I originally planned to work about 4 hours of the contest.  After I started
operating, I reset my goals to 200 QSOs/100 multipliers.  After I passed that,
I decided to continue until 11 p.m. local time (0300Z).

I learned a valuable lesson this weekend (if you're not learning, you're not
growing):

    Don't use a stupid nickname like BigPapi (apologies to Mr. Ortiz)
    I don't remember how many times I had to send it again.

The runs, when they occurred, were short but fun.  Maybe I didn't operate late
enough, but I never felt that 40 meters was any good up here.  I was doing
better on 20 meters (as late as 03Z).  I was happy to work two new RTTY states
on 10 meters (SC and MI) and one on 15m (OH).

Thanks to the folks that moved for me.  Only 5-banders were KB1JZU and AD4EB.

73 - Jim AD1C

p.s. I enjoyed working the same folks again Sunday on 6 meters in the CQWW VHF
contest.  I remember working K8IR, WA1Z and AB4GG. I'm sure there were others. 
I have never heard 6 meters so good!


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Jim Reisert AD1C, 7 Charlemont Court, North Chelmsford, MA 01863
USA +978-251-9933, <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>, http://www.ad1c.us