[SCCC] CQP - W6PH (Inyo County)

[W6ph at aol.com]

 California QSO Party

Call: W6PH
Operator(s): W6PH
Station:  W6PH

Class: SOFixed HP
QTH: Inyo County
Operating Time (hrs):  23

Summary:
Band  CW Qs  Ph  Qs
--------------------
160:   30       4
80:   95    168
40:   353    147
20:  397     507
15:    0      0
10:    0      0
6:       
2:           
--------------------
Total:  875    826  Mults  = 57  Total Score = 243,789

Club: Southern California Contest  Club

Comments:

Club - Eastside Contest Group (W6PH, K6Z, W6ML,  W6SX)

IC7000 - LK500ZB (KW) until Sunday morning
TS930S - SB200 (350  watts) replacement

Field Day Antennas on 2 AB-577s:
ATB-34 at 55 ft,  40-2CD at 60 ft, Wire verticals for 80/160.

This was supposed to be SO1R  but ended up being SO2R, not at the same time. 
The
amplifier T/R relay got  stuck on for awhile, then wouldn't operate at all on
Sunday morning.  So  I replaced it with my old SB200 but the IC7000 didn't 
like
the input  impedance.  I had to use my 25 year old TS930S to drive it but the
tubes  were flat and I could only get about 350 watts out.  Nonetheless,  it
worked okay but not as well as the higher power.  I should have  suspected
something would happen as I had everything set up by Friday at 9  am.  In the
past I have been setting things up right up to the start of  the contest.

I had 57 mults by late Saturday night but never heard  Yukon.  I listened on 
15m
a few times and never heard a peep.  I  made some contacts on 160m for the 
first
time as a result of the 5 UTC note  in the rules.  But it was all over in less
than a half hour.  I  would like to see a note about 160 SSB at 5:30 UTC.

My antennas are Field  Day types which go up on Thursday or Friday depending 
on
winds and only take  about an hour to put up.  They will come down this 
morning
in about half  that time.

Lots of QSO numbers in the single digits.  Activity in  this contest is very
high which makes it such a great contest.  Jeff  Stai's (WK6I) contribution of
Twisted Oak wine to the top 20 contestants is a  great incentive to stay in 
the
chair.
73, Kurt, W6PH




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