Pennsylvania QSO Party - 2020
Call: N8II
Operator(s): N8II
Station: N8II
Class: SOMixed LP
QTH: WV
Operating Time (hrs): 13.1
Summary:
Band CW Qs Ph Qs Dig Qs
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160: 24 2
80: 78 209
40: 24 5
20: 15 4
15: 3
10:
6:
2:
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Total: 144 220 0 Mults = 66 Total Score = 35,928
Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club
Comments:
Score includes 2400 bonus points, 1600 K3MJW and 800 W8XK.
It is pretty difficult to compete in the PA QSO Party with almost no direct skip
F2 propagation on 40M; only K3WJV was briefly loud here on 40 CW. That said if
you had only one band 80/75 would be the best choice. Even in mid day, I could
work most of PA pretty easily; by 2030Z and later, signals were loud for the
most part. I can see a mountain Franklin County from my QTH, pretty close!
The QSO's/runs came pretty easy on 75M. I never could run many on 80 CW until
late Sunday when a few called, and the same guys seemed to hang out on 80 CW. At
times K8MR/M was not readable here on 80/75. I needed about 10 counties when I
started Sunday AM. The last 4 were CLE, BRA, LAW, and MTR all on 75M between
1907 and 2026Z (I took a 45 minute break during that time, too). I never worked
Jefferson (ironic since I live in Jefferson Co, WV), did hear one working
someone else. It was amazing to work 3 stations in Lawrence within 4 QSO's (
N3WH, K8MR/M, and was called by K3LA!) after everyone was buzzing about needing
that county.
The 40-15M Q's except for that one on 40 were either locals or on backscatter,
some tough work on both ends of the QSO. Thanks to the mobiles & rovers for
some good efforts, but I did not hear all of them for some long stretches. K8MR,
N2CU, K0BAK, and K8RYU all added nicely to my the score. K8RYU/JUN was my first
Q, and I don't think I worked Juniata again. And thanks to all who stopped by
for a QSO, quite a few with serial numbers less than 10. I also worked about
80-85 QSO's in the other QSO parties during the PAQP, a tough juggling act which
cost some Q's. But I think I pushed 75M about as hard as I could.
73, Jeff N8II
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