North American QSO Party, RTTY - July
Call: NC6K
Operator(s): NC6K
Station: NC6K
Class: Single Op LP
QTH: SDG
Operating Time (hrs): 10
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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80: 38 11
40: 138 43
20: 170 40
15: 6 3
10: 0 0
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Total: 352 97 Total Score = 34,144
Club: Southern California Contest Club
Team: SCCC #2
Comments:
This was one of the hardest contests I've ever done. Conditions were awful - 15
Meters was non-existent (again), so the first 7 or 8 hours were a one band
affair. I tried to get on 40 M early (1700 local time), but while I could hear a
bunch of Midwest and East Coast stations, they couldn't hear me.
The combination of the bottom of the solar cycle, low power, RTTY and competing
with a VHF contest also seemed to drive participation down. Many of the stations
I normally work weren't on (or at least I didn't hear them).
Trying to do SO2R in these conditions with a SteppIR 3-element and a dipole is
definitely not optimal. I did run interleaved CQs for the last three hours and
was able to get into a rhythm where I was between 60 and 100 QSOs/hour, which
all things considered, seemed like a victory.
I guess it can only get better from here...
73 de NC6K
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