CQWW WPX Contest, SSB
Call: N4QV
Operator(s): N4QV
Station: N4QV
Class: SOSB40 HP
QTH: Plantation, FL
Operating Time (hrs): 14
Summary:
Band QSOs
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160:
80:
40: 660
20:
15:
10:
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Total: 660 Prefixes = 368 Total Score = 531,392
Club: Florida Contest Group
Comments:
Rig: Kenwood TS-940SAT, Alpha78, Inverted V @ 70 Feet
Conditions were better than during ARRL Phone.
40 meter phone has never been my favorite because of the broadcasts and the
split band. I need a dual receive radio! I figured that others might hate it
as well, which might lower the competition and would increase my chances.
It was fun running Europeans Sunday AM. Had many calling that I could not hear
well. Need that Beam!
Well, it WAS fun, until the neighbors were banging on the door, explaining in
Spanish, that I was getting into their new "Home Theatre in a Box!" I went to
look at it. It was a "Made in China" "White Van" product that wasn't FCC Type
accepted. Try as I could, I could not get it accross, that the problem was in
their unit, since my system is much closer to the antenna, and had no
problems!
I shut down the amp and went to S&P. I felt that I could have gone well over a
million points without the intteruption and could have made a full time effort.
Interesting moment: At 18 minutes into the contest I work, NJ4M (K1TO), our
fearless leader and he gives me a serial# of 070! I was at 013 and NQ4I gave me
047 next! Whew! Guess I should not have been wasting time S&Ping Europeans!
They were too busy working each other.
All said and done, it was fun! I will have the RFI problem licked before the
next one!
Randy
N4QV
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