[SECC] K4VBM results for 9/19-9/20 weekend

Dave Edmonds dave at pkministrywebs.com
Mon Sep 21 13:35:33 EDT 2020


Hi Bob

It was a fun QP weekend. I posted my scores on 3830... I did well in NJ, NH
and IA...I made 6 Qs in WA.

Looks like you got me in IA , but i leading by 2 points in NH.

Every qso counts!

Glad to hear you in the QPs

73s
Dave WN4AFP

On Sun, Sep 20, 2020 at 9:09 PM P.T. Corners (Bob) <ptcorners at gmail.com>
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> amateur radio. We had the Route 66 Special
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> and a number of QSO Parties to play in -- as well as many special
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> where you talked like a pirate ARRRRRH Matey and I named my ship
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> and all kinds of people on the air.  Just WOW - I am completely
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> W6D.   Never could hear that station.
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> This is what I did manage (in order by mode over the week for each
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> W6A - 30m FT8, 20m CW
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> W6B - 20m SSB, 40m LSB, 40m FT8, 80m CW, 80m FT8
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> W6C - 40m FT8
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> W6D - NIL
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> W6E - 20m SSB
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> W6F - 30m CW (this was another tough one that I got this weekend finally)
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> W6G - 40m LSB, 80m FT8
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> W6H - 20m SSB, 20m FT8, 20m CW, 40m LSB, 40m CW, 80m FT8, 40m FT8
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> W6I - 40m FT8, 30m FT8
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> W6J - 40m FT8
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> W6K - 30m CW, 40m CW, 20m CW
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> W6L - 30m FT8, 80m FT8
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> W6M - 20m SSB, 20m CW, 40m FT8, 40m LSB
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> W6N - 40m FT8, 40m LSB
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> W6O - 20m FT4, 40m FT8, 40m LSB, 80m CW, 40m CW
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> W6P - 40m FT8, 80m LSB, 40m LSB, 30m FT8, 80m CW, 40m CW
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> W6Q - 40m FT8, 40m LSB
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> W6R - 40m LSB, 40m FT8
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> W6S - 20m SSB
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> W6T - 20m FT8
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> W6U - 40m LSB
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> 51 total RT66 contacts!  Maybe next year will be my sweep.
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> I played in the SAC CW contest for the second year:
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>                    SACCW Summary Sheet
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>        Start Date : 2020-09-19
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>     CallSign Used : K4VBM
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> Operator Category : SINGLE-OP
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> Assisted Category : ASSISTED
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>              Band : ALL
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>             Power : LOW
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>              Mode : CW
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>  Default Exchange : #
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>        Gridsquare : EM73VX
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>              Name : Robert G. Hensey Jr.
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>      ARRL Section : GA
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>         Club/Team : GEORGIA CONTEST GROUP
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>          Software : N1MM Logger+ 1.0.8661.0
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>         Band     QSOs     Pts  DXC  Pt/Q
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>            7       1       3    1   3.0
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>           14       2       2    1   1.0
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>        Total       3       5    2   1.7
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>             Score : 10
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>               Rig : IC-7100 100W
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>          Antennas : dipole for 20m and 520' wire loop
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>           Soapbox :
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> Last year made 1 contact with my new CW skills. This year I managed 3.
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> With the 4 state QSO Parties going on at the same time, I didn't really
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> Great fun!
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> Had some fun in the NH QSO Party:
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>                NH QSOPARTY Summary Sheet
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>        Start Date : 2020-09-19
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>     CallSign Used : K4VBM
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>              Mode : MIXED+DIG
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>  Default Exchange : GA
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>        Gridsquare : EM73VX
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>              Name : Robert G. Hensey Jr.
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>      ARRL Section : GA
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>         Club/Team : GEORGIA CONTEST GROUP
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>          Software : N1MM Logger+ 1.0.8661.0
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>         Band   Mode  QSOs     Pts  Mul  Pt/Q
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>          3.5  CW       3       6    0   2.0
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>            7  CW       2       4    0   2.0
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>            7  LSB      3       3    2   1.0
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>           14  CW       4       8    3   2.0
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>           14  USB      1       1    0   1.0
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>        Total  Both    13      22    5   1.7
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>             Score : 110
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>               Rig : IC-7100 100W
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>          Antennas : dipole for 20m and 520' wire loop
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> In 2016 I had 3 contacts.  Didn't meet that in 2017, 2018, or 2019
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> 4 PHone QSOs.  My best score ever for this contest.  Great fun!
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> Spent some time in the NJ QSO Party:
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>                NJ QSOPARTY Summary Sheet
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>        Start Date : 2020-09-19
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>     CallSign Used : K4VBM
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> Operator Category : SINGLE-OP
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>              Band : ALL
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>              Mode : MIXED+DIG
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>  Default Exchange : GA
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>        Gridsquare : EM73VX
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>              Name : Robert G. Hensey Jr.
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>      ARRL Section : GA
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>          Software : N1MM Logger+ 1.0.8661.0
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>         Band   Mode  QSOs     Pts  Mul  Pt/Q
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>          3.5  CW       7      14    1   2.0
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>          3.5  LSB      3       3    0   1.0
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>            7  CW       5      10    1   2.0
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>            7  LSB      5       5    4   1.0
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>           14  CW       1       2    1   2.0
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>        Total  Both    21      34    7   1.6
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>             Score : 476
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>               Rig : IC-7100 100W
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>          Antennas : dipole for 20m and 520' wire loop
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> My best score ever in this contest.  CW was the money mode with 13
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> by 8 Phone QSOs.  Not very many NJ stations when I was looking. Great fun!
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> Played in the IA QSO Party:
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>                IA QSOPARTY Summary Sheet
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>        Start Date : 2020-09-19
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>     CallSign Used : K4VBM
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> Operator Category : SINGLE-OP
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>              Band : ALL
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>             Power : LOW
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>              Mode : MIXED+DIG
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>  Default Exchange : GA
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>        Gridsquare : EM73VX
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>              Name : Robert G. Hensey Jr.
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>      ARRL Section : GA
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>         Club/Team : GEORGIA CONTEST GROUP
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>          Software : N1MM Logger+ 1.0.8661.0
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>         Band   Mode  QSOs     Pts  Mul  Pt/Q
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>          3.5  CW       7      14    7   2.0
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>          3.5  LSB      1       1    1   1.0
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>            7  CW       6      12    6   2.0
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>            7  LSB     15      15   14   1.0
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>           14  CW       3       6    3   2.0
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>           14  USB      6       6    6   1.0
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>        Total  Both    38      54   37   1.4
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>             Score : 1,998
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>               Rig : IC-7100 100W
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>          Antennas : 20m dipole and 520' wire loop
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> Had fun chasing rover N0HJZ, Rich, in this one.  Had him on 20m
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> I think the new solar cycle has begun!  Great fun!
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> And let's not forget the Washington State Salmon Run:
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>                WA QSOPARTY Summary Sheet
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>        Start Date : 2020-09-19
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>     CallSign Used : K4VBM
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> Operator Category : SINGLE-OP-ASSISTED
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>              Band : ALL
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>             Power : LOW
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>              Mode : MIXED+DIG
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>  Default Exchange : GA
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>        Gridsquare : EM73VX
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>              Name : Robert G. Hensey Jr.
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>      ARRL Section : GA
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>         Club/Team : GEORGIA CONTEST GROUP
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>          Software : N1MM Logger+ 1.0.8661.0
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>         Band   Mode  QSOs     Pts  Mul  Pt/Q
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>          3.5  CW       3       9    0   3.0
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>            7  CW      12      36    0   3.0
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>            7  LSB      3       6    1   2.0
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>           14  CW      39     117   15   3.0
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>           14  RTTY     1       3    0   3.0
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>           14  USB     21      42    4   2.0
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>        Total  Both    79     213   20   2.7
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>             Score : 5,760
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>       Bonus Station Summary
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>         Callsign(s) : W7DX, W7DX/M
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>                QSOs : 3
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>              Bonus Points : 1500
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>               Rig : IC-7100 100W
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>          Antennas : dipole for 20m and 502' wire loop
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> WOW!  Crushed my score from last year.  CW was the money mode, but
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> got a number of phone contacts, and one RTTY contact.
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> Managed to contact the bonus station on all 3 modes for the
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> Always room for improvement hi hi.  20m really opened up nicely on
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> the day before.  20m was the money band from GA with 61 QSOs, 40m
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> Heard Alaska and Hawaii working WA stations as well as DX.  The
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> Hope you all had time to have fun on your radio(s) and made lots
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> Looking forward to the new solar cycle.
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> 73 and stay safe everyone,
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> Bob Hensey
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Dave Edmonds
PK Ministry Webs
864.288.6678
dave at pkministrywebs.com
www.pkministrywebs.com
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