7th Call Area QSO Party - 2019
Call: K7RL
Operator(s): K7RL
Station: K7RL
Class: SOMixed HP
QTH: WAISL
Operating Time (hrs): 15
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band CW Qs Ph Qs Dig Qs
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160: 34 0 0
80: 162 0 0
40: 337 161 0
20: 415 569 0
15: 2 0 0
10: 0 0 0
6: 0 0 0
2: 0 0 0
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Total: 950 730 0 Mults = 68 Total Score = 292,944
Club: Western Washington DX Club
Comments:
A big thanks to the organizers for another really fun 7QP. Excellent
participation from outside and inside the 7th call area kept a healthy rate
throughout the contest, even in the late hours.
Another big thanks to the rovers that traveled around and handed out county
lines, and in some cases state/county lines. From my QTH, I had a pipeline into
N7XU. He was everywhere! Was that op. K4XU? Well done!
Other rovers handing out 2 for 1, and even 3 for 1 were W7EEE, N9DK/7, K7KC,
KK7L, AA5TL/7, AC7J, KG7DMI (3 county lines!), K1LOK, AC7JW, and N9DK. Great job
and thanks for being there guys!
I didn’t try to max out my allotted DX mults, which in hindsight, was a
mistake. Late in the contest when I saw my mult to Q ratio ballooned to 25:1, I
made a short attempt to catch up, but couldn’t seem to get any traction. There
were a few DX stations in the contest like DL3DXX, F6HKA, F6CSQ, and PA3EVY. The
bands were definitely open, but maybe most kept their distance thinking it was
just a NA QSO Party? .. -- ..
The static crashes on 20m got very intense in the late afternoon. With my rate
dropping, and not much activity on 40m yet, I took a two hour break around
00:00z to eat dinner and psych myself up for what I thought would be a static
crash-fest on the low bands. I like to keep BIC (butt in chair), but just needed
a mental break from it. When I returned, the low bands were very good, and the
static wasn’t as bad as anticipated. Plus, lots of activity from 7 Land and
beyond kept things interesting.
A lot of fantastic CW ops showed up for this one making any QSY to SSB a
difficult choice. I tried to keep a balance between modes, but CW just kept
giving. The 1.5X point CW premium also helps.
Thanks to all for the Qs and fun weekend on the radio!
73, Mitch, K7RL
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