Walked away thinking I was "loud" on the low bands, but by reviewing the
scores - so was everyone else!
My goals for the event were as follows:
Band Qs Mults Time (hrs)
160 74 31 1.5
80 110 38 2
40 160 45 3
20 110 40 2.5
15 40 15 .5
10 15 10 .5
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509 179 = 91K
The numbers look weird, but this represents roughly a 10% improvement over
last year in both Qs and Mults. I set time boxes for the bands that seemed
to help, both in managing the clock, but also in forcing effort, as it were.
I.e. I only have this much time, so I better be aggressive on the particular
band. I've learned over the years that my weakness in in the high bands,
thus the short amount of time spent there (all S & P). Seemed as though the
lords of propogation pulled the plug on 20 at around 2300 - everything
stopped - bam, just like that. 40 for me was weird; just couldn't seem to
get things going. In years past, this is where the majority of my Qs came
from.
80 and 160 were a blast for me. I found a clear frequency called CQ and it
was non-stop for the duration. I achieved the Q and mult goals with about
20 minutes to spare in the time box and went back to 40 to improve the
score. Same thing on 160. Found a clear frequency, called CQ and it was
instant pile-up. 40% of the Qs came within 3 hrs on these 2 bands. Fun!!
Here's the results:
Band Qs Mults Time (hrs)
160 104 32 1.5
80 112 38 1.6
40 131 35 3.3
20 95 35 2
15 33 17 1.0
10 17 10 .5
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492 167 = 82,164
I hit 7 of 12 Q and Mult goals, but I feel a bit empty. If 20 and 40 would
have had better conditions, I would be much more pleased and might have hit
K4NO's "sales pitch" for 100K points. Overall and as always a fun event
from the all-wirehead category. Had to contend with cyclic line noise from
somewhere that propogated through all the bands - sounded like an electric
fence. Buzzz - quiet - buzzz - quiet - lather - rinse - repeat.
See you all from K4NO multi this weekend.
73 es hoo-rah SECC,
Roger ...
KA9EKJ
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