[SCCC] CQP

[Dennis Vernacchia]

Dennis

The already existing San Diego Contest Club ( NX6T ) operated from N6KI
using N6KI Call Sign

1556 Qs 58 Mults - 218,660  21.7 hrs

We missed first 4 hours of contest as coulkd not find an Op  from 9 to 1 OM

73, Dennis N6KI

On Sun, Oct 5, 2008 at 6:15 PM, Dennis Younker <NE6I at cox.net> wrote:

> California QSO Party
>
> Call: NE6I
> Operator(s): NE6I
> Station: NE6I
>
> Class: SOFixed HP
> QTH: San Diego
> Operating Time (hrs): 15
>
> Summary:
>  Band  CW Qs  Ph Qs
> --------------------
>  160:    0      0
>   80:   42      0
>   40:  115     34
>   20:  150     26
>   15:    1      0
>   10:    0      0
>    6:    0      0
>    2:    0      0
> --------------------
> Total:  308     60  Mults = 50  Total Score = 52,200
>
> Club:  SCCC and NCCC are not eligible in this one. Maybe we should create
> an
> alternative.  I hear that San Diego was all over this contest. Maybe we
> need
> a San Diego Contest Club for CQP!  Alternatively, to include all SCCCers,
> maybe Southern California Mavericks or some such...
>
> Comments:  Note the one lonely QSO on 15!  That was with Argentina!  Never
> heard any other signals!  On 80, I have no antenna, so I broke the shield
> on
> the coax of the 40 meter antenna and made essentially a random wire
> antenna.
> Good for 42 Q's. Barefoot.  I'll take it.  In fact, I was barefoot all day
> Saturday.  Since I live where there are CC&R's and shouldn't even have
> antennas, I've never pulled the amp out.  Until Sunday!  On Saturday, I
> added a low voltage keying kit to the old SB-220 so that the TS-940S could
> key it.  Then realized I didn't have a DIN plug to tie to the 940 and
> switch
> the amp. Argh.  But hams don't let these things stop them, right?  I dug
> out
> a foot switch and switched the amp that way. Naturally, the switch was
> wired
> for normally closed instead of normally open, so for about an hour, I had
> to
> step on the switch to receive, and lift the foot to transmit!  Bass
> ackwards!  Got tired of that and took a 15 minute break to rewire the
> switch!  All said and done, the amp made a night and day difference.  I
> could work anything I could hear, and several called me that I really
> couldn't hear.  Barefoot, it's more or less the opposite situation!
>
> Several mults called me late. VT, MT, IA.  IA?!  Can't believe that came so
> late!  Missed KY of all states!  Where were those guys?  Also missed Idaho.
> I have family that live right behind a ham in ID.  I was tempted to call
> and
> have them get the guy on.  But I have scruples and was operating SO
> Unassisted.  :)
>
> Funny story:
> I had the Chargers football game on TV while contesting Sunday. Shortly
> after activating the amp, the CBS affiliate lost video.  I thought I had
> blown out my TV for a second there!  Turns out the TV station flubbed up at
> their Master Control.  Whew!
>
> Had a great time, and even though I still don't have decent antennas, at
> least the amp is back in business.  Looking forward to the coming contest
> season.
>
> PS, anyone know what name to use to allow LOTW to accept the CQP log?  I
> keep getting a "contest name not recognized" error when uploading the
> Cabrillo file. I had this figured out once before but have forgotten the
> solution. I exported to ADIF and uploaded that. Seemed like it worked but
> waiting for LOTW to work its queued up files...
>
> PSS, anxious to see how K6NA and W6YI did. Those guys were killing it!
>  Also
> interested in hearing which antennas they found most effective. I know they
> both have a lot of antennas optimized for DX. I wonder if they used
> antennas
> lower on the towers for CQP???
>
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