New England QSO Party
Call: N1DC
Operator(s): N1DC
Station: N1DC
Class: Single Op LP
QTH: Braintree MA
Operating Time (hrs): 13
Summary:
Band CW-Dig Qs Ph Qs
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80: 123
40: 159
20: 187
15: 2
10: 0
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Total: 471 0 Mults = 56 Total Score = 52,752
Club: Yankee Clipper Contest Club
Comments:
Great fun again.
Listened many times to both 10 + 15M hoping against hope that I could build my
score with a nice run on 15. Heard K1GU/4 calling CQ on 15 and worked him. He
was the only station I heard on 15M all weekend. Figured there would be a few
ground wave QSOâ??s with mobiles but no results. 10 was 100% dead right from
the start.
So it was 20, 40, and 80 only from here. My Omni 7 worked flawlessly and the
noise reduction circuitry works very well to kill the persistent QRM and QRN on
40 and 80.
I exceeded my QSO count from last year 471 vs. 463, but only found 56
multipliers, down from 65 last year. Didnâ??t hear much DX even with the ARI
contest running. I put the beam on EU several times but heard very little.
Probably spent about 30 minutes calling CQ beaming EU with no results.
However, I was pleasantly surprised by calls from DX stations while running
stateside stations.
I do not understand why this contest doesnâ??t generate more DX activity. Very
surprised to hear nothing from the Caribbean.
I hope my score holds up in the Single Op low power category. Trying to defend
my MA low power title for the past 2 years.
Thanks to all that answered my CQ. It was a blast again!
Statistics:
States = 44 Missed DE, ID, MT, AK, SD, ND
Provinces = 4 DX = 8
73 de Rick N1DC
QTH Braintree MA (Norfolk County) EMA section
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