North American QSO Party, CW
Call: N4KG
Operator(s): N4KG
Station: N4KG
Class: Single Op LP
QTH: ALA
Operating Time (hrs): 10
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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160: 106 32
80: 166 41
40: 126 41
20: 120 43
15: 94 39
10: 84 32
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Total: 696 228 Total Score = 158,688
Club:
Team:
Comments:
After decades of HF contesting, this effort represents my DEBUT in the NAQP
arena which I did primarily S&P to get a feel for the territory until going to
80M LATE in the evening where I had my best hour (105) followed by a surprising
good showing on 160M.
Lessons Learned:
o With only ONE Radio, it is impossible to be everywhere you need to be.
o Staying on 20M until dark results in lost close-in contacts
when 40M goes LONG after dark.
o Band Planning and OFF TIME management is extremely complex when
there are no 'second chances' which leads to the question
"Why is there a mandatory 2 hour OFF TIME in a 12 hour event?"
What happened to the High Band Backscatter signals from close in stations?
Most were VERY WEAK and NO peak direction was found.
All in all, it was a FUN and Challenging event that I think would be even more
fun if everyone could operate the full 12 hours.
Tom N4KG in North Alabama
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