Greetings- first, the abbreviated version of my first ever sprint:
Call Sign: N0AH Paul Veal
Carpenter, Wyoming
Single Op, High Power, All Bands
(500 watts output)
40 multipliers 217 QSO's for 8,680
Statistics (hand written paper log-)
Band Summary:
20 meters 1.40 hrs 26 mults 84 QSO's 3.23Q's per mult 6 ele Tenn Log
Periodic
Was a interesting first hour on 20 meters- kept thinking I was going to die
from a direct lightning hit........"Ham Smoked Doing What He Loved".......
40 meters 1.20 hrs 29 mults 78 QSO's 2.68Q's per mult HF2V and Bevg's RX
Ant's
Without the amp....I would have done worse...I need a real 40 meter antenna
system......If I had a 2 ele shorty up, I probably would have done ok just
running low power for the whole contest- the it is still sitting in the grass
next to the 1/2 built tower- I think I'll just put up another 4 sqr, this
time, for 40 meters.....the more I think about it- the more I know a 40 meter
beam won't survive long up here-
80 meters 1.00 hrs 27 mults 55 QSO's 2.04Q's per mult 4 Sqr and Bevg's RX
Ant's
4 sqr worked great- only hot switched them once- had some great 5 minute
rates on 80 meters-
QSO Hourly Rates:
1st hr 59
2nd hr 49
3rd hr 49
4th hr 57
Overall average hour rate 53.5 hour
Missed US Mults: AL, AR, CO, DE, GA, (HI non mult) , KY, MA, MI, MT, ND, RI,
WY
Worked VE: SK, BC, ON
Worked DX (non mult) CT
Soap Box:
It is fall in Wyoming- steady 30-50MPH wind out of the north entire contest-
had to use the Bevg's for a bit on 20 meters due to wind static on the log
from wind and T-strm in the area- Lot's of lightning and thunder in area most
of contest-
I can't believe I missed Colorado- where were these guys?? Ok, I can live
with missing ND, RI, DE and AK........but not the rest of the list-
Having N2IC operate up here last week gave me a goood idea of startegy to use
in the sprint- applying it was a different story- I think I got within 100
or so QSO's of his score from last weekend--
Paper logging was fun...but the computer would have helped me search and
pounce more- I mainly just CQ'd, worked a station, and went up or down the
band plus 5KHz- duped a few times, but for the most part- had a fun time and
felt I did ok considering all the wx QRN and lack of computer support- maybe
CT software will someday support more stateside contest- I really like the
program but have missed a computer log for NA QSO Party and Sprint contests
this year-
73 Paul N0AH
Carpenter, WY
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