North American QSO Party, CW
Call: KE9R
Operator(s): KE9R
Station: KE9R
Class: Single Op LP
QTH:
Operating Time (hrs): 6
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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160:
80:
40:
20:
15:
10:
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Total: 17 15 Total Score = 255
Club:
Team: Young Women in Contesting
Comments:
KZ9O calls me up, yells incoherently that he is instituting the beer/QSO rule.
After calling me a California Girlie Man, among other things, I agree.
I always get nervous that I won't be able to find a frequency at the start of
the contest. I wonder if I should have a beer to make myself easy. I realize
it might hurt me in the long run, but determine the relaxation will be worth
it.
It hits the fan and I find I'm only transmitting sidetones in my headphones.
I fix that, work my first QSO. Three more come quickly. I then suddenly get
confused and walk out of the shack.
I pull myself together, sit down, and foucs. I work two more Q's. In the back
of my head I know KZ9O can't be doing this well, not in his dreams.
The next four QSOs blur by.
I put my head in my hands and concentrate. Concentration becomes more like
meditation and I wake up to the keyboard jammed and beeping.
At this point I count the bottles and realize I'm up to 10 QSOs. I know KZ9O
can't be doing this well, but I realize he often comes from behind so I am
determined to keep driving the pile.
The next six Q's happen at a rate of just 4/hr. I listen to the exchange of
the running station least 10 times before I call in. Sometimes they sound like
forest noises, sometimes it's like on I'm on the live fire range with Sgt
Mauler
on the M2. I turn on the CW decoder. It makes no sense. I turn it off.
At this point I'm unsure how to save my log. I try to locate the manual for
a half hour but realize I don't have one. I call up AF4QZ and he hangs up on
me.
I log one more QSO in a stasis that was only possible because of my drive and
dedication to radio sport. Thank you all.
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