North American QSO Party, CW - January

Call: W4OC
Operator(s): W4OC
Station: W4OC

Class: Single Op LP
QTH: SC
Operating Time (hrs): 10
Radios: SO2R

Summary:
Band  QSOs  Mults
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  160:  118    40
   80:  274    45
   40:  200    46
   20:  119    38
   15:   73    15
   10:    1     1
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Total:  785   185  Total Score = 145,225

Club: South East Contest Club

Team: SECC #1

Comments:

 

This was not an easy contest - maybe painful is a better description. The power line noise here was at an all time high due to the cold and dry weather. There was no direction that was not a problem. I could not hear the usual weak backscatter signals on 20, 15, or 10 which are so important for the mults in this contest. Many stations answered CQ's that I simply could not pull out of the QRN.

 

I used N1MM logging software for the first time - it works fine - but my weak SO2R skills were not helped by my incorrect setup of options!

 

Thanks to W4IX for the help with the 40 meter antenna repair, to K1ZZI for the SECC team(s) organization, and thanks to all for the Q's and mults.

 

73

 

Don