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[3830] NAQP CW W7RN(KL2A) Single Op LP

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Subject: [3830] NAQP CW W7RN(KL2A) Single Op LP
From: webform@b4h.net
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Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 20:52:46 -0800
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                    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
-------------------
  160:   65    23
   80:  131    39
   40:  190    49
   20:  139    43
   15:  173    43
   10:  169    38
-------------------
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
------------------
   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
-------------------------------------------------------------
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
------------------------------------------------------
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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