North American QSO Party, SSB - January
Call: 8P5A
Operator(s): KA1JJR W2SC
Station: 8P5A
Class: M/2 LP
QTH: Barbados
Operating Time (hrs): 12
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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160: 6 6
80: 92 33
40: 502 48
20: 861 57
15: 224 42
10: 3 3
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Total: 1688 189 Total Score = 319,032
Club: Northern California Contest Club
Team:
Comments:
This is the fourth time my wife Kathy and I did the NAQP. The second time just
the two of us. Last year we had to miss it due to her surgery, but it was good
to be back.
Our strategy is simple. Kathy starts on 15 and moves to 40, while I do the
other bands. Usually she makes the majority of the contacts.
This year, we did not hear a single SSB signal on 15 before the contest. Even
the FT8 signals were weak. We debated what to do if 15 never opened to the US.
As it turns out, there was a very modest opening and she had a slow trickle of
callers for a few hours. She stayed for as long as she could get any answers at
all. Then she QSY'd to 40 for the rest of the contest. The band was steady,
but much slower than the last time we did this.
20 was good for a few hours, and then it closed abruptly in the 23Z hour. After
that, it was nearly impossible for me to break through on 80 and 160 as I made
less than 100 Q's total in the final 6 hours.
We could have used another 100 Q's on 15/80, and the mults to go with them, but
it was not to be, and we had our lowest ever score in this event.
Still some fun moments, and at least the station worked perfectly
Congrats to the winners who led the way
73, Tom W2SC
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