[SESprint] K4BAI Claimed Score, CWOps Club CWT Mini-Test, 4/7/16
John Unger
w4au at verizon.net
Thu Apr 7 13:32:16 EDT 2016
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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