1999 California QSO Party
Call: W6PH California County Expedition
Location: Lone Pine, Inyo County Class: SO HP Mixed
80CW: 87 QSOs 80SSB: 95 QSOs
40CW: 162 QSOs 40SSB: 62 QSOs
20CW: 187 QSOs 20SSB: 122 QSOs
15CW: 125 QSOs 15SSB: 194 QSOs
10CW: 96 QSOs 10SSB: 409 QSOs
--------------------------------------------
Total CW: 657 QSOs SSB: 882 QSOs
Mults: 58 QSOs: 1539 QSO Pts: 3735
SCORE: 216,530 Operating time: 23+45
TS-930S, SB-200, Ants: Dipoles @ 30 ft, 40m Vertical
My primary goal was to have fun and I achieved that. Second, I
wanted to beat my old best score and maybe the county record. The
antennas were erected field day style, nothing fancy, just some
dipoles on a Radio Shack push up mast that I put up on Friday
afternoon. That's when I discovered a high line noise, probably
from a cracked insulator. I put up with this S8 noise all weekend
and missed a lot of calls and had to have a lot of repeats. Sorry
to those affected. Dismantling the antennas only took 15 minutes
and were stored for the next visit. It was very nice working low
power K7SV on all bands both modes. I had all my multipliers except
RI and SK when I went to bed at midnight. I got SK early Sunday
morning, but didn't get RI until W1WFZ called me later in the day.
There was a certain nostalgia operating this contest which reminded
me of my Field Days as a young ham in the late 50s. The AE6Y software
worked flawlessly. This CQP was really a lot of fun and coincided
with our annual visit to the Lone Pine Film Festival the following
weekend. Kurt Pauer, W6PH
--
FAQ on WWW: http://www.contesting.com/3830faq.html
Submissions: 3830@contesting.com
Administrative requests: 3830-REQUEST@contesting.com
Problems: owner-3830@contesting.com
|