New England QSO Party
Call: N8II
Operator(s): N8II
Station: N8II
Class: Single Op HP
QTH: WV
Operating Time (hrs):
Summary:
Band CW-Dig Qs Ph Qs
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80: 23 23
40: 72 51
20: 57 72
15: 4 1
10: 0 0
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Total: 156 147 Mults = 59 Total Score = 26,845
Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club
Comments:
Topping 300 Q's wasn't bad, but activity was not overwhelming, espceially slow
Sunday from 14-18Z when activity on 40 was extremely low and the big guns on 20
were a whisper on backscatter. That was the bad. The good was 20 being open on
Es at the start (talk about operator overload, trying to work four QP's!) then
again starting around 1810Z. I had a great run on 20 phone from 1845-1920Z with
S9+ sigs even from western CT which is only about 300 miles away!
At the same time 15 was open, but not worth the slower rate. I tried a few CQ's
on 15 phone with no Q's. 20M reopened again around 2030-2140Z with lower
activity. Highlight of the rare counties was plenty of phone activity from
Nantucket Co., MA with 3 different stations worked! The 20M openings did allow
me to increase my mults up to 59 from 53 last year and phone Q total was way up
also. I was focused on the MARAC CW and INQP, so the score suffered accordingly.
I had a pipeline into NE on 40 for most of the QP, but phone activity was
disappointing and CW down from my last year total. Many thanks to the mobiles
WA1Z, K1KI, K1EP, and N1RR for some rare ones and maybe 40 Q's total, but
please hit 40 a bit more for us without a chance on 20 most of the time. It
looks like a 5th or 6th place finish which is the same ranking as last year,
with a much better score.
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