California QSO Party
Call: K6NA
Operator(s): N6ED
Station: K6NA
Class: Single Op HP
QTH: SDGO
Operating Time (hrs): 24
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band CW Qs Ph Qs
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160: 1 13
80: 97 101
40: 190 192
20: 265 653
15: 218 432
10: 93 321
6:
2:
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Total: 864 1712 Mults = 58 Total Score = 348,928
Club: Southern California Contest Club
Comments:
This year's contest was a true bonus in my estimation with declining sunspots
and general HF interest. I thought for sure going in that there would be a
near zero chance for 10m and that 15m would be about half flat. I was
pleasantly suprised on Saturday to hear some real FB signals when a quick check
of the second radio alerted me to the 10m opening. I thought I was late to
notice it since I was so busy on 15/20 at the start so I made the move to get to
the action on 10m. That was a real moral boost!
Ken was right, the start was the deciding factor in this one. I had rates of
154, 159, and 123 over the first 3 hours with 12 total hours over 100 QSO rate.
This rate makes CQP an increadible experience in domestic contesting that is
rarely ever felt out on the "Left Coast".
The only trip from Murphy was on Sunday when I experienced a deep brownout that
tripped both amplifiers, rebooted the computer, cut power to the monitor, and
power cycled both radios. That was enough to take a few years out of my life!!
Sorry to W6TK who was unknowingly left wondering why I stopped sending right in
the middle of the exchange on CW!!! Sorry Dick!!! Lost a few minutes resetting
everything but the station was none the worse for wear and I kept on going!
I have to give credit to the guys in Ontario for getting on this year. Was it
snowing up there or something? :) Really guys, great job from all the CCO
ops!!!!
I also wanted to give a nod to N6KI who invited a couple of newbies into his
shack to teach them the art of contesting. Great job Dennis! That is the true
ham spirit!!! Your ops sounded great!
Thanks to Glenn for the use of his fine station. I'm grateful that those nasty
fires last year spared the QTH. (whew way too close for comfort)
Catch all of you in the next one!
73 de Craig, N6ED
Interesting QSOs: FR1GZ calling in early and N2ED loud on 160 SSB!
Some other statistics worth mentioning:
1457 unique calls worked
15 sections worked with less than 10 QSOs
1 QSO with ND (yikes!)
State/Province stats
CA 354
ON 143
TX 123
PA 112
OH 104
GA 102
FL 95
TN 89
IL 86
NJ 84
MI 81
NY 80
VA 75
WA 65
WI 58
IN 56
MN 53
MO 48
MD 47
AL 41
NC 39
CT 36
AR 34
KY 31
CO 30
MA 27
OK 26
LA 25
KS 25
WV 22
BC 22
OR 21
NH 20
AZ 19
NS 16
VT 14
SC 14
WY 14
DE 12
SD 12
IA 11
UT 10
NE 10
MS 9
ID 9
QC 9
HI 8
ME 7
AK 7
MT 7
NV 7
MB 7
AB 6
NM 5
YNWT 5
SK 4
RI 3
ND 1
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