California QSO Party
Call: AD6ZJ
Operator(s): AD6ZJ
Station: AD6ZJ
Class: SOCntyExp LP
QTH: KERN
Operating Time (hrs): 17
Summary:
Band CW Qs Ph Qs
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160: 26
80: 49 14
40: 67 3
20: 161 122
15:
10:
6:
2:
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Total: 303 139 Mults = 52 Total Score = 61,724
Club: Southern California Contest Club
Comments:
This was my 3rd year for the CQP and my 2nd as a County Expedition to
Kern County. I had intended on this being a multi-single effort but
plans changed so I operated single un-assisted and as such reduced my
operating time from what was planned. I put up 7 self built antennas,
several that were experimental in nature. In the end I could have done
just fine with 4. The wind picked up as the antennas were going up
Friday morning but we still managed to put up all antennas without
getting hurt. The work horses: 20M folded dipole with apex at 35', 80M
vertical, 40M vertical, 160M inverted-L. The experimental 40M NVIS
didn't get me to the West side of the mountain, the 1/4 mile beverage
although effective wasn't needed as 160M was extremely quiet at this
QTH, the 15M folded dipole was not worth the trouble as I didn't work
(or even copy) a single station above 20M. I was just going to fool
around on CW and concentrate on SSB. Between 20M SSB being way
overcrowded with all of us in CA who couldn't hear each other and 40M
with above average foreign broadcast, CW turned out to be the hot
ticket. Never mind that I was calling CQ at 14 - 16 WPM I still
managed twice as many CW contacts as SSB. Note to self - continue to
work on CW speed with Morse Runner especially with pileups. Thanks go
to all those who patiently repeated call signs and reports as I only
had to turn away 3 that I couldn't pull out. Special bonus was working
a couple JA's on 40M Sunday morning and working a couple VE's Saturday
night on 160M. Multipliers missing: NT, RI, NM, ID, NV, UT mostly
close ones, same number missing as last year. Surprise - I only worked
43 more stations as last year and with the same number of mults my
score was over 20,000 point higher. Those extra CW point do add up.
Posted using 3830 Score Submittal Forms at: http://www.hornucopia.com/3830score/
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