North American QSO Party, CW - August
Call: W8FN
Operator(s): W8FN
Station: W8FN
Class: Single Op LP
QTH: North Carolina
Operating Time (hrs): 10:00
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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160:
80: 229 41
40: 385 51
20: 107 32
15: 12 6
10:
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Total: 733 130 Total Score = 95,290
Club:
Team:
Comments:
This was my first NAQP since moving to NC from TX. It's a somewhat different
contest from here, but the differences may be mostly due to my lack of a decent
antenna for 20 meters and higher.
The first two or three hours were pretty brutal. It took over 2.5 hours to break
the 200 QSO barrier. I couldn't get a run going on 20 so set out doing S&P
but simply couldn't get myself to be heard in the initial frenzy. Things got a
little better as more folks started to show up on 40. I was eventually able to
establish a decent run there and things started to look up a bit.
I broke for dinner after 4 hours and returned to find conditions considerably
better on 20, but mostly to the west coast. 40 took off real well then, and I
was able to get things rolling.
After a second short break I went to 80 with about 4 hours to go and discovered
that having a real antenna was a whole lot better than the non-radial equipped
short vertical up against the house I had been stuck with in W5 land. Rates on
80 were great, and I was able to do extended runs at 90-100 rates for the
remainder of the contest, with interspersed QSOs on 40 with the second radio.
I had set a tentative goal of 700 QSOs, but in the first few hours it looked
like I'd be lucky to hit 500. Once 40 and 80 got rolling for me I ended up
actually exceeding my goal,so I'm quite pleased with the final results. Can't
wait to run one of these thing with a real antenna for 20 through 10, maybe next
year.
I worked a whole lot of CWops guys; it seemed at times like an extended CWT
session. Thanks to all for the QSOs, and CU in the upcoming contests.
73...
Randy, W8FN
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