[SCCC] k6na sprint cw

[Bill Haddon]

On Sun, Feb 8, 2009 at 6:29 PM, Glenn Rattmann <k6na at cts.com> wrote:

>N2IC in NM was 30 over 9 via short skip.  When the
> contest started, signals went quickly into la-la land.

But that should be good for you . . I thought that La-la Land referred
to for Los Angeles :-).  At least that's what they told us growing up
in San FRancisco.

You were v. strong on 80 at new N6ZFO QTH at Mt Dali Dona,  Clear
Lake. But we are 100mi north of Bay Area, so maybe that's the diff.

73 Bill n6zfo


>                 NA Sprint CW Contest
>
> Call: K6NA
>
> Class: Single Op HP
> QTH: CA
> Operating Time (hrs): 4
> One radio, N1MM
>
> Summary:
>  Band  QSOs  Op Time
> ---------------------
>    80:  128
>    40:  119
>    20:   59
> ---------------------
> Total:  306    Mults = 44  Total Score = 13,464
>
> Club: Southern California Contest Club
>
> Team: SCCC #1
>
> I don't recall any stranger conditions for a Sprint-- as everyone
> probably observed.  VP2E LOUD, on three bands, but K0FX in CO was
> WEAK on every band.  Huh?  Twenty was wide open, a half-hour before
> the start.  N2IC in NM was 30 over 9 via short skip.  When the
> contest started, signals went quickly into la-la land.  Steve was
> S-zero when I tried to work him.  W9RE was always loud, but for most
> it was a crap-shoot as to who was loud and who was weak.  KL7RA was
> the same strength via my north-antenna or via my east-antenna.   It
> was like the Yagis weren't working normally in those
> conditions....  Of course, throw in some line-noise, plus a nice S-8
> constant buzz of rain static from the big rainstorms moving through,
> and it made for fun listening.  NB blanker on-- hmmm, not so nice on
> a crowded band.  I don't think I've ever before had a lower total on
> 20, with a serious one-radio effort-- and never had 80m be my
> highest-Q total of the three bands.
>
> Forty was ok early, but also went very long quickly.  Worked CT1BOH
> there, but struggled with very weak LAX and Bay area guys, even
> Seattle-- awful.  And, I have a north-facing antenna for that
> direction, too!  New England was always weak.  Hardly any
> Canadians.  Eighty was good, except for my overall noise problem plus
> some lightning static.  But again the west coast guys were amazingly
> weak a lot of the time.  Big QSB-- on everybody, so it seemed like I
> had to ask for lots of NR repeats.
>
> It was nice to hear 'Don' everywhere amongst the SCCC gang.  RIP, OM.
>
> 73, Glenn
>
>
>
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