North American QSO Party, SSB
Call: W6YX
Operator(s): K6IF,W6LD,N7MH
Station: W6YX
Class: M/2 LP
QTH: CA
Operating Time (hrs): 12
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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160: 52 14
80: 274 48
40: 355 55
20: 587 59
15: 712 60
10: 575 55
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Total: 2555 291 Total Score = 743,505
Club: Northern California Contest Club
Team:
Comments:
We've used the name Mike in our recent M/2 NAQP efforts both because it's my
name and it's easier to get across than Stan, Leland, or some of the other
alternatives we've tried. The name Mike has more significance this time around
since it is also an appropriate acknowledgement of our former long-time club
advisor, Oswald Garrison "Mike" Villard, W6QYT, who passed away on January 7 at
the age of 87. One of Mike's better-known ham radio accomplishments was the
introduction of SSB to the ham bands from W6YX while he was finishing his
doctorate in the late 1940s. W6QYT, SK.
Dan, K6IF, brought his Orion which we set up as our spotting radio. My idea of
spotting on a different band in each ear didn't really work - the Orion could do
it but my brain couldn't handle different SSB streams in each ear punctuated by
S9 or greater phase noise. But I can see possibilities for the Orion and look
forward to opportunities to use one in the future.
One of the radios was on 160 meters for all but 10 minutes of the last 2 hours
of the contest. Very few stations east of Colorado could hear us, but that
didn't stop us from repeatedly calling those we could hear. At least 80 meters
was productive much earlier than last year, resulting in many more Q's and mults
than we usually get there. Our 40-meter total suffered from all the time spent
on 160. The high bands were terrific from Northern California and we had to
discipline ourselves not to move to the lower bands too early every time the
rate went down slightly.
We worked the following DX mults: KP4/XE/ZF on 20, J3/KP4/ZF on 15, and
8P/CM/KP4/XE/ZF on 10. Thanks to everyone for the Q's and especially to all the
stations that moved for us.
Here's our rate sheet for the contest:
W6YX 2004 January NAQP Rate Report
HOUR 160 80 40 20 15 10 TOTAL ACCUM
---- --- --- --- --- --- --- ----- -----
18 0 0 0 0 179 154 333 333
19 0 0 0 0 146 135 281 614
20 0 0 0 0 117 126 243 857
21 0 0 0 0 112 112 224 1081
22 0 0 0 80 81 48 209 1290
23 0 0 0 147 67 0 214 1504
0 0 0 61 132 10 0 203 1707
1 0 0 127 122 0 0 249 1956
2 0 0 81 105 0 0 186 2142
3 0 119 75 1 0 0 195 2337
4 37 74 1 0 0 0 112 2449
5 15 81 10 0 0 0 106 2555
TOTAL 52 274 355 587 712 575
-Mike, N7MH
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