New England QSO Party - 2020
Call: AB1J
Operator(s): AB1J
Station: AB1J
Class: Single Op LP
QTH: Waltham, MA
Operating Time (hrs): 15:41
Summary:
Band CW-Dig Qs Ph Qs
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80: 185
40: 151
20: 171
15: 2
10:
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Total: 509 0 Mults = 57 Total Score = 58,026
Club: Yankee Clipper Contest Club
Comments:
This is where I got 15 hours of fame and running practice. My station is too
small to run much, so the NEQP is where I practice running as well as the only
place where I can effectively use the skill. Kind of circular.
Conditions seemed poor and I struggled much of the time with weak signals in
roller coaster QSB. It was a lot of work and I was exhausted on Monday. Better
antennas would help. Everything is inside my house except for one stray wire
tossed out the shack window to a little tree.
80m was my best QSO band although in the evenings I'm plagued with a high noise
floor plus gradually drifting bands of noise from unstable neighborhood RF
generators. I used a magnetic loop receiving antenna, which hangs on the spare
bedroom wall, to cut through this crap. It works great on 160m where I don't
have a transmitting antenna and pretty well on 80m. I can get good results if I
use it and also make the proper receiver adjustments.
On 40m and up the loop is pretty useless in my indoor setup.
I got the W1W call to promote the local Steampunk Festival this coming weekend.
It was cancelled, but I kept the call since I enjoy using it in the NEQP. Did it
last year and maybe it will become a tradition. Sometimes 1x1 calls are a
nuisance in contests, but I didn't experience any serious problems.
I didn't submit logs for the other QPs on this crowded weekend and just logged
their states. For me, there's too much going on and I suffer from overload.
I think there were more Delaware CW stations this year than usual. I also
enjoyed DX stations calling in: DL3DXX, LY5W, OM2VL, ON6NL, OT6M, PA3AVV and
others. Thanks.
73,
Ken, AB1J
Flex 6500
N1MM Logger+
ViewProp/VE7CC
20m & 15m attic dipoles
80m & 40m outdoor 66' outdoor stealth wire with indoor counterpoise
Indoor Pixel loop on 80m
LoTW eQSL ClubLog
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