North American QSO Party, CW
Call: W7RN
Operator(s): KL2A
Station: K5RC
Class: Single Op LP
QTH: Nevada
Operating Time (hrs): 10
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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160: 65 23
80: 131 39
40: 190 49
20: 139 43
15: 173 43
10: 169 38
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Total: 867 235 Total Score = 203,745
Club: Northern California Contest Club
Team: NCCC #1
Comments:
Well that was fun! My first serious NAQP effort ever...
This event took me to K5RC's Mountain Top during a Record Snow Fall Event.
See Pics at Toms site: http://www.consultpr.com/1_05_Snow.htm
It all started at sunset, heading up a hair raising, guard-railed road, with an
eerie, alive, white abyss back drop into eternity; sketchy at best.
(this road closed soon after I passed by, due to - avalanche)
When I arrived at 6500 feet near Tom's QTH the snow was not just dumping, it was
sand blasting at 70+ mph sideways, white out conditions. The people I saw were
stuck in soft ditches, grappling for anything on the glazed over moon rock,
abandoning cars, and basically lost. Like fish out of water.
Radio: Friday night, 80 and 160 were filled with EU boys.
On 160 we heard: IT9, I2, OO4UN, OM3VL, DK, SM, F, G, IS0, 9H1.
Saturday morning proved beautiful signals on 20-10 and I was pretty sure 10
would hold... 10m was dead-quiet for 2 mins before the starting bell - that was
weird!
The coolest contact(s) made were XE2MX moving from 10-80 at Noon! Thanks Loco.
SO2R: ... and Leap frogging NK7U (KL9A) on 2nd Radio band scrolls. Running
circles around him, I thought! Boy was I wrong. That dude was everywhere.
I learned how not to do SO2R and can't wait to try it the "right way".
Arriving the night before was a good move, as the snow never stopped until
Sunday a.m. This is when my window of opportunity was clear, Tom & Midge handed
me a shovel and I made a dash for it, downhill in 5 feet of snow sinking to my
waist in every step. That was the hardest downhill hike I can remember without
wearing ski boots. By the time I got to the vehicle it was rip roaring again!
Geezh. Thanks Midge for the scarf!
All worth it for an amazing contest.
Thanks again to Tom, Midge & Duchess, for letting me hang out, and dig out.
Callareas Worked
Area QSOs Pct
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0 88 10.1
1 48 5.5
2 54 6.2
3 110 12.7
4 135 15.6
5 112 12.9
6 80 9.2
7 85 9.8
8 64 7.4
9 91 10.5
-------------- Q S O R a t e S u m m a r y --------------
Hour 160 80 40 20 15 10 Total Pct
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1800 0 0 0 0 55 66 121 13.8
1900 0 0 0 0 53 67 120 13.7
2000 0 1 1 1 24 34 61 7.0
2100 0 0 0 34 32 1 67 7.6
2200 0 0 1 72 9 1 83 9.5
2300 0 0 15 17 0 0 32 3.7
0000 2 1 84 14 0 0 101 11.5
0100 0 9 30 1 0 0 40 4.6
0200 0 30 39 0 0 0 69 7.9
0300 34 24 18 0 0 0 76 8.7
0400 9 24 2 0 0 0 35 4.0
0500 20 42 0 0 0 0 62 7.1
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Total 65 131 190 139 173 169 867
Gross QSO's=876 Dupes=9 Net QSO's=867
Unique callsigns worked = 444
The best 60 minute rate was 125/hour from 1836 to 1935
The best 30 minute rate was 138/hour from 1907 to 1936
The best 10 minute rate was 174/hour from 1926 to 1935
The best 1 minute rates were:
5 QSO's/minute 1 times.
4 QSO's/minute 10 times.
3 QSO's/minute 80 times.
2 QSO's/minute 184 times.
1 QSO's/minute 214 times.
There were 263 bandchanges and 108 probable 2nd radio QSO's.
73 and HNY 2005 de KL2A/7
www.kl2a.com
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