California QSO Party
Call: W6ML
Operator(s): W6KC, W6SW, KX6H, N6PY, W6JTB
Station:
Class: Cnty Exped Power: HP
QTH: Mono County
Operating Time (hrs): 25
Summary:
Band CW Qs Ph Qs Mults
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160: 1
80: 77 118
40: 95 176
20: 283 536
15: 379 465
10: 123 911
6:
2:
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Total: 957 2207 58 = 422,530
Club:
Comments:
Since 1992, W6KC & W6SW have enjoyed the annual expedition to Mammoth Lakes in
Mono County for the California QSO Party. This year we recruited three more
hams (W6JTB, N6PY & KX6H) to join the team. Since we doubled last year's score
it certainly was the more the merrier. We also enjoyed breaking in our new
special club call for Mammoth Lakes (W6ML).
The weather was beautiful on Friday as the pocket rocket launched the fishing
line over the pine trees to pull the 10 guy lines needed for our dipoles and
wire beams. All was set and ready to go in time for a pre-CQP warm-up at the
local Chart House Restaurant where we linked up for dinner with another Mono
County portable group, W6JA (W7AB & W7FD). We had a great meal and fun get
together and we were all certainly primed up for CQP Saturday.
Ten minutes into the contest one of the computers locked up and it later
responded only with the buzz of a CW signal coming from the 20M station.
Fortunately a backup laptop PC was available and placed into service. All of
the hand logging of the past hour was keyed in while we were in a catch up
mode. The rest of the weekend went well and 10m sure was hot, hot, hot! It's
amazing what you can do with some wire and a few scraps of metal at 8,000 feet
elevation. The only cooling off came when we packed up Monday for the
300-mile commute back to Santa Monica. A big Sierra storm front arrived with
blowing winds and the start of rain showers just as we were heading south.
73 and thanks for all the QSO's,
W6ML - CQP in Mammoth Lakes, Mono County
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