Texas QSO Party
Call: N8II
Operator(s): N8II
Station: N8II
Class: Single Op HP
QTH: WV
Operating Time (hrs): 5
Summary:
Band CW Qs Ph Qs Dig Qs
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160:
80: 8
40: 42 6
20: 65 91
15:
10:
6:
2:
UHF:
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Total: 115 97 0 Mults = 94 Total Score = 53,666
Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club
Comments:
Activity seemed a lot lower than expected in the first 2 hours on 20M, probably
a lot of not workable stations from here on 40. We had a terribly wet week here;
the Potomac River crested over 4 feet above flood stage Saturday (not the first
time, was worse twice before this summer). Saturday, the grass was finally dry
enough to cut, so that finished off any hope of a serious TXQP effort. TX
stations did a pretty good job of avoiding the CQWW RTTY onslaught on 40, but
there was next to no 40 SSB activity after 24Z when 40 opened well from here.
There were not that many serious full time mobiles compared to past years.
W5CT/M and K5GQ/M were often Q5 here on 40, but could not hear me. Others
calling W5CT could not be heard as well. N5NA heard me well. Highlight was at
1622Z Sunday on 20 phone when I ran 7 Q's in a row (3 were same station on
tri-county line) with either portable or mobile stations. I did not hear any TX
on 15M, but the band opened well to EU as far north as Germany with peak
1630-1705Z, so I spent some time chatting with EU stations on 15 phone.
Judging by the highest Q total being around 350 Q's, activity is heading
downward. The long skip does not help, but 20 was in good shape until around 18Z
Sunday when there seemed to be a dip, did not hear any mobiles between
18015-1815Z when I quit and took the family to a MD park with a large flooded
flood plain, but it still was nice.
73, Jeff
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