? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? North American QSO Party, CW - January
Call: W4MJA
Operator(s): W4MJA
Station: W4MJA
Class: Single Op LP
QTH: GA
Operating Time (hrs): 10
Summary:
Band? QSOs? Mults
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? 160:? 12? ? 9
? 80:? 178? ? 36
? 40:? 117? ? 28
? 20:? 97? ? 23
? 15:? ? 9? ? 6
? 10:? 15? ? 6
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Total:? 428? 108? Total Score = 46,224
Club: South East Contest Club
Team: SECC #3
Comments:
2nd time operating this contest and I beat my previous score by a landslide.
Still, after looking at other's numbers and scores, I have some things to work
on in order to be competitive. I need to work on my CW! I must have asked 85
percent of my contacts for repeats - unacceptable. I'm excellent up to 25WPM,
but somehow I can't seem to make my way to 30WPM. Guess some more casual op
time is in order.
I'll echo what others have said - I spent way to much time on 10 and 15. Spent
the first two hours moving back and forth between 15 and 10. I called CQ about
99 percent of the contest and I never really got an above 40 rate run going
until 2 hours into it when I went to 20M. SO2R would have been helpful in this
one to produce a better score, but I think I still have to learn how to better
work one radio. Any pointers would be appreciated!
40 noise was way down to the point where I thought something wasn't right with
the antenna. 80 was FB after 00:30, and 160 seemed okay here, but the antenna
still needs more radials. More time should have been spent on 20M, and I took
my break exactly at the wrong times - 23:00 thru 00:30. Also took the last 30
minutes off which seems like not a bad way to end it.
I wanted to do so much better in this one, but when I look back on it, I gave
it my best effort. All I can say to the folks who are in the 750+ QSO range -
How do you do that? See you all in the next contest I'm home for!
FT-1000MP w/Inrad, Nye Viking MB-VA, N1MM (Think I like Wirtelog better!), and
all wires.
Posted using 3830 Score Submittal Forms at: http://www.hornucopia.com/3830score/
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