K8MR 1997 CW SS Single Op Multi Station:
(All B Power, K8MR Operator)
W8AJ K8MR K8RM AC8E N8TR ALL
80 101 167 222 0 163 653
40 114 188 71 204 111 688
20 65 21 51 23 0 160
15 20 6 17 82 0 122
Tot 300 382 361 309 274 1626
Sec 70 73 71 72 62 76
42,000 55,772 51,262 44,496 33,396 227,466
5:05 4:48 5:13 4:32 3:50 3:28
2100- 0229- 0414- 1756- 2309-
0205 0355 0747 2229 0300
0802- 1526-
0839 1726
1226-
1512
Missed:
VT EWA NNY WTX NLI,MAR NL
WY ID ID SF AL,PQ MAR
NE NL NE ID OK,MB NWT
NL MAR NL NL EWA,SK
MAR NWT MAR MAR ID,AB
NWT AK NWT NWT WY,NWT
AK AK PQ SD,PAC
VI PAC NL,AK
PAC PR
Comments by station, in order of appearance:
W8AJ: The first five hours. The bands and/or activity
didn't seem very good for the first four hours. During the first
hour I was on 7028, working some guys with good signals, but
could use the wide filter and still have a clear frequency. Had
problems with the 15 meter feedline, didn't get a chance to do
that band until just before closing time.
K8MR: Home sweet home. I was heading from W8AJ to K8RM when RM
called on 2 FM to say his amp was having problems. So I pulled
into home for 125 qsos while he worked on the amp. Here I also
had the advantage of splitting operating time over two days,
getting shots at different propagation and different crowds.
K8RM: The most improved station on the tour. An FT-1000MP
replaced the filterless TS-930 of previous years, and the
difference was what one would expect.
AC8E: A good station, but it again drew the Sunday afternoon
slot, when activity competes with football games and the
migration to the high bands. At this time of day a second radio
would very useful even for fresh meat like me.
N8TR: Unfortunately Pete's FT-1000 was back at Yaesu for
repairs, so had to use an IC-740. Lots of blurps and blibbles
where there was probably really a clear frequency. Spent less
time S&Ping, and the multipliers showed it.
My total score was up 23K from last year, a combination of
station improvements and better propagation. Although I beat the
winning single op by 110 QSOs, I fell short of my goal of beating
the winning single op score with my combined score. This year
apparently the top six beat me, vs. the top eleven last year. I
think I may have to start doing some two radio operations if I am
to beat out the top guys. Or persuade WD0T, N2IC, N6TR, WB0O,
K1TO and AG9A to join N5TJ and N5RZ in the QRP class ;-) .
This is still the most fun way to do SS!
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Jim Stahl
InterNet: k8mr@barf80.nshore.org
Basic Amateur Radio Frequency, BARF-80 +1 (440) 237-8208
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