North American QSO Party, SSB - January
Call: K3KU
Operator(s): K3KU
Station: K3KU
Class: Single Op LP
QTH: MD
Operating Time (hrs): 6:20
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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160: 65 17
80: 125 24
40: 162 34
20: 3 3
15: 2 2
10: 2 2
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Total: 359 82 Total Score = 29,438
Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club
Team:
Comments:
Can we do CW again, please? This was much harder than the 500/106 I managed in
NAQP CW last weekend.
Started at 2335Z, with a quick check of 20M for easy mults. Heard only a lone
RI runner. Worked him, then looked for more short skip, then tried CQinf for a
few minutes to see who else might be lurking. Nobody, that's who.
Then down to 40M to see what's left (not expecting much, but since I don't start
until nightfall I don't "get to 40M early".) Hey! 40M is alive. Run
a little; S&P a little. Cycle the low bands, running and S&P. Noisy
(including what I think is some spiky splatter, but maybe it's my receiver, but
putting in the attenuators does not help.)
S&P is difficult -- sig's are not loud, and I don't know how to tune in an
SSB signal, and my ears and brain don't process even live speech very well.
Running is difficult -- sig's are not loud, and... Oh, I said that already.
I have also regressed in my keyboard logging. E.g., having suffix Bravo
Kilowatt Germany say "Thanks for another band," but his not showing up
in the N1MM+ list. I had to ask "When was our QSO," then find it and
discover that I had logged it as BKJ. Jermany, right? I also found myself
typing what I was saying instead of what the runner had said. E.g., K8MR gets
logged as ART MD.
A few short breaks for family and nature. Push on for the points for PVRC, and
because...
I was having so much fun! But, please, let's do it on CW next time.
73, Art K3KU
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