[SECC] Fwd: [3830] NAQP RTTY AA4LR Single Op LP

Bill Coleman aa4lr at arrl.net
Sun Feb 25 22:37:14 EST 2018


                   North American QSO Party, RTTY - February

Call: AA4LR
Operator(s): AA4LR
Station: AA4LR

Class: Single Op LP
QTH: GA
Operating Time (hrs): 9

Summary:
Band  QSOs  Mults
-------------------
  80:   88    35
  40:  207    40
  20:   81    27
  15:   28     5
  10:    0     0
-------------------
Total:  404   107  Total Score = 43,228

Club: South East Contest Club

Team: 

Comments:

Antennas:
Cushcraft A3S/A743 at 15m high (40m-10m)
Shunt-fed 15m tower with 29 radials (80m)

Equipment:
Elecraft K3/100 w/ KAT3 running 100 watts

Comments:

Didn't really expect to operate at all. I injured myself on Tuesday night at Hapkido class. We were doing a relatively easy throw, and somehow, when I was thrown, my left knee ended up under my left ribs. (Yeah, I didn't know I was that flexible) I spent three days working from home sitting in the easy chair. I had planned to help with a Hapkido exam Saturday, but couldn't being injured.

By Saturday, I was still hurting, but feeling well enough to stagger down the stairs to the shack. Comfortable in the chair, I figured I'd operate until I had enough. I didn't expect to put in nearly 9 hours. 

Conditions were pretty much as expected for sunspot minima. 10m never opened at all, and 15m was basically a California-fest. It is these sort of conditions that make one wish that the NAQP RTTY included 160m! 20m wasn't that hot, and by 2015z I moved down to 40m for a good 40 minute run. By the half-way mark, 20m was basically closed, 40m had been worked heavily. 

The shunt-fed tower generally has trouble when 80m first opens, but I was encouraged at how well it worked at 0000z. Rest of the contest was bouncing between 40m and 80m. By 0345z, I'm pretty much done and hit the big switch.

Amazingly, I worked no NA DX. Only PY2NY made it into the log. I heard an XE station, but he never responded to my calls.

A pretty good day of operating.


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