[SECC] K4BAI NAQP CW Jan 2004
ku8e at bellsouth.net
ku8e at bellsouth.net
Mon Jan 12 13:24:06 EST 2004
Nice score John...
It's too bad I got caught in that Columbus traffic jam... The way I was going
with the SO2R setup I might of made almost 900 QSO's with a FT effort. In the
7 hours I was on I never had an hour below 80 per/hr. I found that switching
between CQing and S&P on 160 and 80 worked very well. I think I have a decent
signal on 160 because I had several W6/W7 stations answer my CQ's. I think
that the propagation was good for DX too... I worked about 5 EU stations on
160 on Friday night while setting up and testing the SO2R setup. Hopefully
the condx will stick around for CQWW 160 in a couple weekends...
Jeff
>
> From: John Laney <k4bai at worldnet.att.net>
> Date: 2004/01/12 Mon AM 11:41:10 EST
> To: secc <secc at contesting.com>, "Kyle Chavis" <wa4pgm at kinex.net>,
> Jim Jordan K4QPL <k4qpl at nc.rr.com>, bill at eham.net
> Subject: [SECC] K4BAI NAQP CW Jan 2004
>
> Below is my report to the 3830 reflector. This contest was a lot of fun
> and the rate never dropped very much until the last half hour (ending at
> 0441 UTC) when the hourly rate was down to 66.
>
> I always leave somebody out, but I know I worked or heard the following
> SECC related stations: N4PN, N4GG, WY4Y (this is club call for Neil,
> N4EIL), KU8E, K2UFT, AE4Y, N4LR in GA, W4NTI, KA1DWX, K4NO, K4IQJ in AL
> and W4OC in SC. I heard WB6BWZ and worked Kyle, WA4PGM, who was on one
> of our teams. Unheard from the teams were KA9EKJ, NJ8J, KB4KBS, WB4SQ
> (but thanks for the score summary, Gary), and AA4LR. I did not hear
> AA4TT, but do have his score summary. I would like to post a summary of
> the scores here soon, so please submit your score to the reflector ASAP.
> W4OC especially, so we can fill out the claimed scores for SECC #1.
>
> Possible new recruits for SECC in addition to N4PN and N4EIL if they are
> not already signed up: W5UX (GA), N4KG (AL), K4VU (AL), N4MHQ (AL).
> Billy, N4MHQ, will be outside our 175 mile circle since he is in
> Tucaloosa, but he could still be on teams and contribute to CQ Magazine,
> WAE, etc. club scores. KA4NWS (SC). His XYL, I believe, is also a
> contester, KG4NWS. Also worked: Steve, K8JQ, who will be at NQ4I next
> month for ARRL DX CW and NC7J (Dave, W7FB, NJ4X, NC7W, ex W0MHS, also
> active as KD7AEE, op at W7CT, etc.) who will also be coming to NQ4I next
> month.
>
> DX worked: EA1WX (2 bands and the 40 meter QSO was about 2230 UTC),
> IT9PPG, EA8CN (very loud on 40). Good NA country mults: XE2DX (3
> bands), NP3A (3 bands), HK0VGJ (not really in contest, but CQing on 15
> and giving only RST and Name, so no real delay to QSO him), ZF2NT, and a
> likely pirate FM8EJ. They haven't issued FM8 callsigns in years and,
> when they did, the Ex suffix wasn't used. They now use FM4 and FM5 and
> special contest calls beginning with TO. The guy tuned up about 500 hz
> higher than my 40 meter frequency, called CQ several times, using both a
> bug and a hand key, and they moved down to my frequency and called me
> and gave his name as Bob. He sent like an old time commercial op with a
> "Lake Erie swing." I then heard him call and work K4LTA just below my
> frequency. When he was using the hand key (QSK is wonderful), I thought
> he might be CM8EJ, which is a possible good call, but using the bug
> there is not doubt that he was using FM8EJ. It isn't a call listed on
> QRZ or Buckmaster. I left it in the log. I assume Bill, K4LTA , will
> do the same. Still, it is probably a pirate, but an interesting one.
>
> 40 meters went long early that that no doubt hurt the QSO total on that
> band. I think the mults weren't hurt much as I got most of the close in
> mults between 2230 and 00 UTC before it went too long. I had pretty bad
> power line noise on 10 and 15 (particularly 10) and may have missed a
> few possible backscatter QSOs, but those are very difficult with low
> power even with a quiet location. I am 100 miles further away away from
> the eastern US stations, which may be an advantage on 20 M, but hurts
> possible backscatter QSO totals on 15 and 10.
>
> SO2R would definitely be a help in this contest, for QSYing mults, if
> for no other reason. I responded with an effort to every request for a
> QSY and made a few successful ones of my own (but didn't try as many as
> I would have with SO2R or with less line noise on 10 and 15). Make that
> every request but one. Someone requested a second try on 40 after the
> first had failed due to long skip and I couldn't even hear him the first
> time. If I had heard him the first time, but he had missed me, I would
> have tried again, but the second try seemed like a waste of time to me.
> You could afford to do that the second time with SO2R.
>
> Someone made a comment to me that bears repeating. We in the SECC will
> never work each other if all we do is S&P. Someone has to stop and CQ.
> So, make an effort to CQ some even if your signal is weak. I heard
> WB6BWZ calling a lot of people, but not calling me, and I could have
> worked him if I had found Matt calling CQ.
>
> North American QSO Party, CW
>
> Call: K4BAI
> Operator(s): K4BAI
> Station: K4BAI
>
> Class: Single Op LP
> QTH: GA
> Operating Time (hrs): 10
>
> Summary:
> Band QSOs Mults
> -------------------
> 160: 78 30
> 80: 205 45
> 40: 147 42
> 20: 213 49
> 15: 115 40
> 10: 67 26
> -------------------
> Total: 825 232 Total Score = 191,400
>
> Club: South East Contest Club
>
> Team: SECC #1
>
> Comments:
>
> Good conditions. Much fun. Thanks for all the QSOs.
>
>
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>
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