North American QSO Party Summer 1997
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Date: 8/16/97-8/17/97 Call: AA4LR State: GA
Band QSOs Mults
160SSB 0 0
80SSB 20 10
40SSB 64 29
20SSB 97 35
15SSB 15 6
10SSB 0 0
Total 196 80 Score: 15,680
Hours: 9
Team: South East Contest Club
Equipment:
Kenwood TS430S with output of 70-85 Watts PEP
Cushcraft R7000 at 8 feet
125 foot doublet at 15 feet
Comments:
Contest started off fairly well. Unfortunately, unbelievably high noise
levels on 80m and 40m made for very slim pickings on those bands. It was
easier working 80m at 7:30 pm local than later at night! Heard almost NO
ONE on 80m, not even pig farmers. After two hours of rate 11, the last
hour was looking like 6, so I quit about 20 minutes early. No antennas
for 160m, but I heard KF9YT and AA4NC down there calling CQ, but not
making Qs.
Worked two guys in the NJ QSO Party. Never heard a peep on 10m. Never
heard any of my teammates, although I did hear W4AN on 15m backscatter at
the start of the contest.
Even so, this is a personal best for this contest, my first full effort
on phone. I really like the NAQP.
Had problems with Telephone RFI. I gave one neighbor a K-Com filter, but
my wife told me she and others also had problems. I believe the doublet
causes RFI in my house, and the R7000 with my neighbor.
Looks like I may be relegated to CW contests only unless I can solve the
problem.
Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL Mail: aa4lr@radio.org
Quote: "Not in a thousand years will man ever fly!"
-- Wilbur Wright, 1901
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