[SEDXC] W4AN/M Claimed Score, 2013 Georgia QSO Party

[gregpotter at charter.net]

Great job folks


On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 5:39 PM, John Laney wrote:

> Georgia QSO Party
>
> Call: W4AN/M
> Operator(s): K4BAI K4ETY K6GIS
> Station: K4ETY/M
>
> Class: Rover Multi-OpMixed LP
> QTH: 21 GA counties
> Operating Time (hrs): 10
>
> Summary:
>  Band  CW-Dig Qs  Ph Qs
> ------------------------
>   160:      0        0
>    80:      1        0
>    40:    655       13
>    20:    307       50
>    15:      0        0
>    10:      0        0
>     6:      0        0
> ------------------------
> Total:    963       63  CW-Dig Mults = 47  Ph Mults = 29  Total Score 
> = 151,164
>
> Club: Columbus Amateur Radio Club
>
> Comments:
>
> Three members of Columbus Amateur Radio Club used the SECC club call 
> W4AN/M.  We
> had a SSB station in the front seat with driver and navigator and a CW 
> station
> in the back seat.  Each station ran 100W.  The SSB station had a 
> screwdriver on
> the back bumper and the CW station had a Hustler mast and resonators 
> on the
> front bumper.  We had a DX Engineering top hat on the Hustler 
> resonator for 20M
> only.  We didn't get set up in time to get computer logging working 
> before the
> contest, so I logged on paper and sent CW with a MFJ memory keyer and 
> the guys
> on SSB logged in excel and I incorporated their QSOs into my Cabrillo 
> file
> after I created a CW log postcontest in the NA logging program. 
> Everything
> seemed to work OK on 20 and 40.  The one time I tried 80 CW, W4IZT 
> could hardly
> hear me and signals didn't seem strong, so there was only one QSO on 
> that band.
> We worked a good bit of DX on 20 on CW and SSB and on 40 CW after 
> about 2200Z.
> The SSB station had a hard time hearing callers due to QRM from the CW 
> station.
> The CW station heard very little QRM from the SSB station. We had a 
> similar set
> up last year and made no SSB QSOs, so this year was a big improvement 
> in that
> regard.  Unfortunately, we were able to be QRV only on Saturday due to 
> other
> commitments on Sunday.  Many thanks for all QSOs and your continued 
> support for
> GQP.  Good luck to all and don't forget to send in your logs no matter 
> how large
> or small.  73, John, K4BAI.
>
>
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