North American QSO Party, CW
Call: K4RO
Operator(s): K4RO
Station: K4RO
Class: Single Op LP
QTH: TN
Operating Time (hrs): 10
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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160: 60 25
80: 168 41
40: 233 51
20: 212 49
15: 110 36
10: 36 13
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Total: 819 215 Total Score = 176,085
Club: Tennessee Contest Group
Team: TCG #1
Comments:
It was tough to stay inside on one of the most gorgeous
August days we've had in Tennessee in years. I spent my
break times on the porch soaking in the beautiful weather.
But this was NAQP CW, and I wasn't going to miss a minute!
I think that for me personally, the NAQP may be the most
fun contest of them all. It's got so many good things going
for it that I probably could not list them all.
- No amplifiers. Less QRM.
- Very few frequency fights. You can almost always
find another CQ frequency if necessary.
- The MOVES! What a rush to find a band open to an
unexpected area and land a mult or two!
- The friendly nature. I first learned most contesters
names through the NAQP and Sprint contests.
- The challenge. Deciding off-times can be a tough gamble.
What bands to be on and when?
It's just non-stop fun for me, and I look forward to
all of the NAQP contests every year.
This contest was no exception, and may represent my best August
CW NAQP effort to date. The power line noise (pole 10156007)
was raging just before the contest, but thankfully it died down
to a quiet roar before 1800z. I might have been able to work
a few more on ten meters were it not for the ever-aggravating
line noise. I probably didn't call the pole in on time.
Conditions seemed pretty fair, if not great. Ten and fifteen
were the usual search and beg-fest, twenty was usable the entire
contest, and the low band QRN got fierce as the evening went on.
The west coast was particularly weak on the low bands, and beacons
like N6RO were about 30 dB down from their usual signals on 80m.
The few west coast stations that did make it thgough on 80m were
tough copy. I didn't work anything west of Iowa on 160m.
I operated SO2R about 95% of the contest. I had a visitor show up
at 0400z and I only used one radio for that hour. I finally got
to demonstrate this stuff to a friend who has been curious about my
contesting. It probably cost me a couple dozen QSOs to explain
things in real time, but the fascination was definately kindled.
NAQP is the best SO2R contest hands down. You can stay incredibly
busy just about any hour of the contest. I made 277 band changes,
which may be a new personal record. And what a blast it is to move
friends through the bands and find surprise openings and new multipliers.
Thanks to everyone who tried to QSY with me, and to all who called in.
C U on phone.
73
-Kirk K4RO
And now for the numbers...
BAND Raw QSOs Valid QSOs Points Mults
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160CW 60 60 60 25
80CW 168 168 168 41
40CW 234 233 233 51
20CW 214 212 212 49
15CW 112 110 110 36
10CW 37 36 36 13
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Totals 825 819 819 215
Final Score = 176,085 points.
August 2004 CW NAQP top 25 QSO Distribution Report
1. Tx 95
2. Ca 82
3. Tn 60
4. Fl 40
5. vE3 40
6. Va 32
7. Pa 29
8. Ga 25
9. In 22
10. Nj 19
11. Wi 19
12. Mi 19
13. Nm 18
14. Mn 18
15. Ma 17
16. Oh 16
17. Ny 15
18. Nc 14
19. Nh 13
20. Co 12
21. Al 12
22. Ms 11
23. Ok 10
24. La 10
25. Mo 10
August 2004 CW NAQP Rate Sheet
HOUR 160CW 80CW 40CW 20CW 15CW 10CW TOTAL ACCUM
---- ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ----- -----
18 0 0 0 0 61 22 83 83
19 0 0 0 23 35 12 70 153
20 0 0 0 25 10 0 35 188
21 0 0 8 55 1 0 64 252
22 0 0 49 48 1 0 98 350
23 0 0 40 42 0 0 82 432
0 0 3 29 5 1 1 39 471
1 1 60 21 3 1 1 87 558
2 1 6 65 10 0 0 82 640
3 15 54 15 1 0 0 85 725
4 34 27 6 0 0 0 67 792
5 9 18 0 0 0 0 27 819
TOTAL 60 168 233 212 110 36
August 2004 CW NAQP Multiplier List
160BTH
Tn Al Tx Ia Mo Il La Sc Nh
Nc Ky Va Fl Ms Mi Vt Me
Pa In vE3 Ga Wi Ok Oh Ny
80BTH
Nh In Sc vE9 Ga Nc Ca Ut Nv
Va Tx Md Pa La Wi De Or
Tn Al Wv Nj vE3 Sd Ny Me
Oh Mo Mi Ia Mn Ks Ky Ar
Ma Ms vE2 Fl Ok Il Vt Nm
40BTH
Nc Ms Ok Wi Wv Mt Nm De Id
Mi Sc vE9 Mo Ia Md Co Wy Vt
vE3 Nh In Oh Nj Ne Sd vO1 Nv
Al Fl Va Il vE1 vE2 Mn Or
Ga Tx Ny Ma La Az Me Ar
vY2 Tn Ct Pa Nd Ca Ky vE7
20BTH
Mn Wi vE3 Wv Ok Ia Ms Nm La Wy
Ut vE4 Ca Ct Vt Wa Nj Va Ny vE2
Fl Ga Nh Nc vE1 Sd Oh vE6 Md vE5
Tx Pa Me Ma Mo Or Mi Tn vE8 Id
Co XE In Nv De Az vY2 vE7 vE9
15BTH
Tx Nj Tn Ma Ct Vt De Al Wi
Az Nv Pa Or Ut Wa La Sd Ks
Nm Ok Ga Ny Fl Mn Wv XE Wy
Ca Va Co vE7 Ms Nh In Nd vE2
10BTH
Tn Nm De Ma Ky Wi vE2
Tx Ca La Mn Sd Nh
Continent List NAQP August 2004 CW
160 80 40 20 15 10 30 17 12 ALL
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USA calls = 56 156 210 183 106 35 0 0 0 746
VE calls = 4 12 21 25 2 1 0 0 0 65
N.A. calls = 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 3
S.A. calls = 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1
Euro calls = 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3
Afrc calls = 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Asia calls = 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
JA calls = 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ocen calls = 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total calls = 60 168 233 212 110 36 0 0 0 819
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