California QSO Party -- 1999
Call: W6KC (+ W6SW) County: Mono
Category: Multi-Multi, High Power, County Expedition
Hours of Operation: 24:00
QSO Breakdown
band CW QSOs CW pts Ph QSOs Ph pts
80 111 333 124 248
40 174 522 40 80
20 201 603 329 658
15 196 588 182 364
10 103 309 220 440
TOTAL 785 2355 895 1790
( 5145 ) QSO points X ( 58 ) Multipliers = 240,410 points
Comments:
Equipment Description:
Station 1: TS-930, Swan 1KW Amp
Station 2: TS-450SAT Barefoot
Antennas (All in the Pine Trees):
80 Meters: 80m Dipole @ 70'
40 Meters: 80/40 Trap Dipole @ 70'
20 Meters: 3 Element Mono Band Wire Beam @ 60'
15 Meters: 3 Element Mono Band Wire Beam @ 60'
10 Meters: 3 Element Mono Band Wire Beam @ 50'
Comments:
Since 1992, W6SW and I have enjoyed our annual trek to Mammoth Lakes in
Mono County for the California QSO Party. This year the weather stayed
beautiful throughout the weekend and we were optimistic as always that we
would set a new personal best. However, we just couldn't get the rates
going to break our prior high score of 1,752 QSO and 251,372 points in 1997.
All antennas worked well with the exception of the 10 Meter Wire Beam.
After two years of sub-par success on 10 Meters its time scrap the wire and
bring up the trusty 10 meter real metal yagi antenna.
Favorite Call Sign Worked: OK2PAY
Most Excitement: A tie between getting the rate up to 100+/hour for a long
stretch on 40 CW, getting QSO number #1 from VE2WP on 20 CW for the sweep
and having a big brown bear walk about 20 feet away from us while we were
taking down the antennas.
73 and thanks for all the QSO's,
Jim (W6KC) + Randy (W6SW)
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