1999 NCJ North American QSO Party
CALL USED AA8U
MODE PHONE
ARRL SECTION MI
Name UGLY
Class S/O
Valid QSOs multipliers
160 83 29
80 200 45
40 198 42
20 255 47
15 26 4
10
TOTAL 762 167 = 127,254 Claimed Score
Operating Time = 9.5 hrs.
TEAM COMPETITION NO
Club Affiliation NONE
Equipment: TS-950SD @ 135 Watts
160: Full size Vertical
In-Vee
80: 4 el Delta Loop Array
2 el Delta Loop Array
elevated 4 square
In-Vee
40: 3/3 Yagi
In-Vee
20: 6/6 Yagi
4 el Quad
15: 6/6/6 Yagi
5el Quad
4el Quad
10: 8/8/8 Yagi
5 el Quad
5 el Quad
RX: 7 Beverage
WriteLog 9.23
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Once again somebody broke 10 meters! Seems nearly every contest since cqww
the optimum propagation occured just prior or just after the contests. Will
this sunspot peak come and go and miss the contests completely? Sure feels
like it here.
The last set of thunderstorms blew some distribution line arrestors in the
neighborhood. These cause terrible QRN. Add that to the usual afternoon
band noise on 10/15/20 and it gets really hard to hear anything but the
strongest signals.
It has been a while since I've operated this contest and never seriously.
This time I decided to just stick with it and at least finish it. It took
six minutes to make the first QSO! That is how long it took me to decide to
get off 10 meters and move on. I came close to pulling the plug and mowing
my lawn. Glad I didn't.
Normally, I enter QRO in contests that permit it. It takes a whole
different set of skills to operate low power and mine have lots of room for
improvement. Those that do well operating low power and QRP have my
admiration.
160 was rather lively. I forgot to connect my South Beverage and this cost
me some I'm sure. There was a lot of activity from the Gulf Coast state
stations.
This was a fun contest in spite of less than great conditions.
73,
Bruce
AA8Ugly
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