North American QSO Party, CW - January
Call: KK4R
Operator(s): KK4R
Station: KK4R
Class: Single Op LP
QTH: VA
Operating Time (hrs): 4.5
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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160: 46 22
80: 84 38
40: 60 23
20: 45 16
15: 0 0
10: 0 0
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Total: 235 99 Total Score = 23,265
Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club
Team: PVRC Colonial Capital 2
Comments:
After a day of cleaning up the garage and shed and hauling it all away to the
dump, I was pretty beat. I started the contest late and it felt like I hadn't
done CW in a year. On top of that, my wife notified me that we were going to a
wine tasting party in a little while. I decided it was just going to be a
"search & pounce and get what you can" event. After about two
hours, the QSOs were getting much easier, but it was time to taste wine. I had
100 QSOs in the log -- not bad at all for me considering circumstances.
I got home from the party with just two hours to go in the contest, the radio
was ready, and I was motivated. Fortified by herbal tea, which my daughter
supplies, I was motivated and got down to business. I started in search &
pounce mode again and briefly contemplated CQing; however, 160m was wonderfully
quiet and 80m was loaded with stations. The rate climbed until I hit 70 per
hour at one point, and then it slowly tapered off a bit. I averaged 60 per
hour for the last two hours of the contest! This was easily a best ever
performance for me doing search & pounce! Could it have been the herbal
tea? It certainly wasn't the wine.
Rob
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