[SCCC] FW: CaQP NT6Q(N5ZO) SO HP

[marko.n5zo at gmail.com]

Congrats to N6AN for new QRP record from W6NL.  Did not know that was David
there until after it.  I was wondering why W6NL was so weak, hi.  
73 de Marko n5zo

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Subject: CaQP NT6Q(N5ZO) SO HP

                    California QSO Party - 2022

Call: NT6Q
Operator(s): N5ZO
Station: N5ZO

Class: SO HP
QTH: SDIE
Operating Time (hrs): 24
OpMode: SO2R

Summary:
 Band  CW Qs  Ph Qs
--------------------
  160:    26    16
   80:   206    46
   40:   383    59
   20:   498   235
   15:   469   143
   10:   290   218
--------------------
Total:  1872   717  Mults = 58  Total Score = 408,726

Club: Southern California Contest Club

Comments:

That went better than I expected, thanks to great 10 and 15 this year.  I
was actually not motivated for CQP this year at all but once it started I
got completely sucked into the activity.  I took my 1st break only after
midnight for 5 hrs to have good sleep.  I did not expect to get to 400k at
all from my modest station on just 1 acre when it began but about halfway
through it became my goal.  Let's see if the score stays above 400k after
log checking.  Again very high portion of CW this year in my log (72%),
score just accumulates much faster when making those 3 point CW QSOs,
especially as using 2 radios is much easier for me on that mode.  In fact it
seems that I made now more CW QSOs in this CQP than any Single Op before
(before log checking) as it just beats CW QSO record set by N6TV last year
in his CW only effort.  And I still found time to make few SSB QSOs.  I did
not quite expect it and it seems to me that CW activity is increasing in
these CQPs.  ND was last multiplier I worked and actually worked 3 different
stations from there during whole contest.  And I made 2 VY QSOs too (VY1CO
and VY1AAA who both answered me), thanks for those always rare multiplier
QSOs !  I was doing fair amount of S&Ping with second radio (often when
running SSB with other radio).  It seems to me that many CA stations are not
S&Ping much at all and are instead just running most of the contest.  There
are lots of Qs to be made with all CA stations on air so I was really trying
hard to get them into log on as many bands and modes as possible. 
Being very South here in SDIE helps to hear them reasonably well most of the
time and I also always keep one antenna pointed to North ready to work
anything from that direction.  Next one will be CQ SSB from zone 26 (HS) and
CW from zone
29 (VK6).  I will have to skip my usual SS CW participation this year.  73
and tnx for Qs de Marko N5ZO


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