[SCCC] CaQP N6KI (@W6HCD) M/S Cnty Exp HP

[Dennis Vernacchia]

California QSO Party

Call: N6KI
Operator(s): W2PWS, K6GO, N6OHS, K5RQ, AF6WF, K6KAL, K4RB, N6CY, N6KI
Station: W6HCD

Class: M/S Cnty Exp HP
QTH: Portable Site - Fallbrook, CA
Operating Time (hrs): 30

Total:  900 (CW)    1102 (SSB)   Mults = 57  Total Score = 279,578

Club: San Diego Contest Club


Comments:

This was part serious, part training exercise for some new and or rusty Ops.
We met our goal of 2,000 QSOs and got one very new contest Op in the Hot
Seat
and a few rusty ones that hadn't contested for a while or had little
contesting
experience in the past. 10 mtrs provided a wealth of QSOs on SSB but not as
many
as expected on CW. 15 mtrs return was adequate but 20 and 40 mtr bands did
not
yield as many SSB QSOs as we had hoped for. I know our 20 mtr antenna was a
bit
too high on the 70 foot tower trailer but the 40 mtr 2 Element Yagi at
almost 78
feet should have reeled in a lot more QSOs - Gonna have to look at the HFTA
software results again to see why the 40 mtr antenna on a 950 foot hill with
land sloping away from the North to the Southeast horizon didn't perform
well
even with the best Ops of the crew in the Hot Seat.  80 mtrs had no QRN but
neighbors RFI generating TV did hurt us in copying weak sigs.
This has to be one of the best CQP experiences since the peak of last sun
spot
cycle and hoping we will see even better propagation over the next few years
as
we move in to the peak of the cycl.

Missed illusive VE5 section for the 58th Mult !!!