[SCCC] NAQP 2012 CW WQ6X Single Op LP

[Ron Fitch (WQ6X)]

Call: WQ6X
Operator(s): WQ6X
Station: WQ6X/6

Class: Single Op LP
  Band  QSOs  Mults
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   160:  000    00
    80:  000    00
    40:  110    36
    20:  027    23
    15:  015    10
    10:  000    00
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Total:  152    68  Total Score = 10,488

Team: SCCC #3

This was a portable station setup at the last minute in a tent behind the Monterey Center in Alameda.
Client demands didn't allow station setup until 21:00z putting me on the air at 22:30z
I missed the 10-meter opening (if there was one) and caught the tail-end of 15.
 From there the MUF dropped rapidly, peaking 20 and then 40, with a pile of atmospheric noise 90 mins later on each.
160 wouldn't tune and 80 sported "one-way skip.
Nevertheless, I managed 152 Q's (65% on 40) in about 6 hours of OP time.
Where was the Solar Flux when we needed it?

Radio(s):  ICOM 7000&  Kenwood TS-450(sat) for auxiliary chores.
Antenna: Butternut HF2-V on an umbrella stand with about 8 radials twisted about.

   Ron
   WQ6X