[SESprint] K4BAI Claimed Score, CWOps Club CWT Mini-Test, 4/7/16

[John Unger]

Hi John -

Enjoyed reading your post about the 0300Z CWT. I, too, have a hard time 
staying awake for this late night event. In fact, I seem to make only 
about 1 out of 3! I do like the 0300Z CWT, though, because it favors the 
low bands and my wires on 40 and 80 as well as my marginal inverted L 
for 160 seem to do a good job at that time of night.

Hope to get on and work you in the GAQP this weekend, John, but my 
daughter and son-in-law are down from Vermont, so my time will be limited.

73 - John, W4AU


On 4/7/2016 11:46 AM, John Laney wrote:
>
>
> CWops Mini-CWT Test - 0300Z Apr 7
>
> Call: K4BAI
> Operator(s): K4BAI
> Station: K4BAI
>
> Class: Single Op HP
> QTH: GA/USA
> Operating Time (hrs): 1.0
>
> Summary:
>  Band  QSOs  Mults
> -------------------
>   160:    5     2
>    80:   21     5
>    40:   72    67
>    20:    9     9
>    15:    0     0
>    10:    0     0
> -------------------
> Total:  107    83  Total Score = 8,881
>
> Club: South East Contest Club
>
> Comments:
>
> FT1000MP, Alpha 78, 1 KW, TH6DXX, dipole, zepp, tee vertical.  20M 
> seemed open
> only to UA9/0 at the start.  No sign of VK0EK or FT4JA on frequencies 
> to avoid.
>  Just before starting time, when I was considering stating on 40, N5ZO 
> showed up
> very loud and then others on the west coast and weaker stations from 
> th east.
> So, started on 20.  No real rate to be had there, so on to 40 using 
> only the
> low dipole.  Good rate and a lot of fun on 40.  Pile-up on FT4JA, whom 
> I had
> worked earlier, didn't extend too high in the frequencies we usually use.
> Worked F6JOE and UR5MM from Europe.  Maybe could have worked a few more
> Europeans if had used the zepp, which I had tuned for 80, with the 80M 
> inverted
> vee being dedicated to being the "tee vertical" for 160M.  No much QRN
> on 40, but I started hearing distant rumbles of thunder shortly after the
> half-way point.  My XYL would have told me if the thunderstorm got 
> closer, so I
> pushed on.  80M had excellent signals, particularly many strong west 
> coast
> signals.  No DX head, but F6JOE said he hear me over in France. QRN 
> was very
> high and it helped that I had already worked so many of the 80M stations
> earlier on other bands.  The level of activity on 80M suggests that a 
> lot of
> members don't operate below 40M.  Or maybe it is just that many on the 
> east
> coast don't stay up and QRV for the latter part of the CWTs.  I have 
> started
> getting ready for bed and working the 0300Z session in my pajamas.  I 
> don't
> usually do that when we are on standard time.  Apologies to those I 
> was unable
> to identify under the QRN on 80M.  At about 0250Z, the thunder seemed 
> closer
> and the QRN was higher, I moved to 160 at 0256Z and the QRN was much 
> lower
> there and I even worked two new multiplier stations there.
>
> This weekend, KU8E and I will be QRV in the GA QSO Party from many GA 
> counties
> and some of the QSOs will be from locations that count for NPOTA. We 
> will send
> the NPOTA designations for those QSO.  Hope all of you who can will 
> participate
> in the GA QSO Party April 9 and 10.  73, John, K4BAI.
>
>
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