[SCCC] NAQP CW WA7BNM Single Op LP

[Bruce Horn]

                    North American QSO Party, CW - January

Call: WA7BNM
Operator(s): WA7BNM
Station: WA7BNM

Class: Single Op LP
QTH: S.Calif
Operating Time (hrs): 3

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Mults
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  160:          
   80:          
   40:          
   20:   83    36
   15:   29    18
   10:          
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Total:  112    54  Total Score = 6,048

Club: Southern California Contest Club

Team:

Comments:

At the end of the recent ARRL RTTY RU contest, the controller for the SteppIR
DB-36 failed. The only good news was that it still seemed to be set for 20m. As
a result the antenna that rotates (DB-36) could only be used on 20m, and the
tribander that is stuck at about 110 deg was the only other choice.

Started on 15m and found a very quiet band with only a few signals. Primarily
hear stations answering CQs without hearing the CQing station. Whenever I
attempted to CQ, it seemed that I was sitting on top of someone I couldn't hear.
20m was very busy and noisy.

I think K6LA was the only S.Calif station I heard on either 20m or 15m.

Rig: Icom IC-7610 - 100 watts

Antennas:
SteppIR DB-36 (stuck on 20m) at 70 ft
Optibeam OB16-3 at 50 ft

73 de Bruce, WA7BNM   (bhorn at hornucopia.com)