7th Call Area QSO Party - 2023
Call: KO6M
Operator(s): KO6M WU6P N6WM N6RO
Station: N6RO
Class: M/M HP
QTH: CA
Operating Time (hrs): 18
OpMode: SO2R
Summary:
Band CW Qs Ph Qs Dig Qs
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160: 17
80: 91 40
40: 115 151 1
20: 121 115
15: 15 0
10:
6:
2:
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Total: 359 306 1 Mults = 145 Total Score = 245,485
Club: Northern California Contest Club
Comments:
As so many have said: Conditions! (I'm looking at you 10 and 15)
However I also wonder if participation was down.
Nian (WU6P) and I (KO6M) were in the shack for the long haul. Well, I left for
an hour which means Nian gets the Iron Butt award for this one. He single
handedly got more than half of our QSOs while he covered 10-80 on CW. He
started right away on 40 and 20 while wondering if the 40 rate would increase at
some point in the day. (Spoiler, it didn't). Luckily 20 had a constant rate
throughout the day until 80 opened up at 07z and he went to town again.
Chris (N6WM) came in for a bit just to say hello but stayed for a couple hours
and motivated us while he ran a couple fantastic jaunts on 40m (CW and SSB each
in their own little time slot). Sadly the 15 opening that would have been
fruitful in a skip zone challenged area were very brief.
Ken (N6RO) not only hosted us but covered 160 as his main objective and a bit of
40 for me.
I (KO6M) ran 20, 40, and 80 all on phone while also getting in a bit of CW
practice.
Our big comment/helpful criticism would be that this contest should be on a
different weekend and/or it should be easier to make it be it's own contest in
N1MM.
Tremendous thank you to Ken for having us and keeping his station open for us to
not just use but grow our skills.
73!
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