Callsign Used : W4WA
Operator : W4WA
Hours of operation: 34
Category : SO/HP/AB/+PACKET
Default Exchange : 599 5
Name : RON HOOPER
Address : 2953 HY 51 SOUTH
City/State/Zip : LULA, GEORGIA, 30554
Country : United States
Team/Club : SECC
BAND Raw QSOs Valid QSOs Points Countries Zones
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160CW 10 10 22 10 6
80CW 54 54 150 38 11
40CW 187 187 537 77 25
20CW 237 237 672 102 33
15CW 337 337 952 106 30
10CW 365 365 1027 130 36
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Totals 1190 1190 3360 463 141
Final Score = 2,029,440 points.
Hi SECC'ers,
I was not up to doing a serious effort but wanted to contribute something to
the SECC club score. For those that didn't operate the contest, the bands
were full of tricks this past weekend. I found it hard to make qso's on 80
and 160 with the QRN from the rain storm passing through and the poor band
conditions. Something killed two of my beverages and the rotor stuck to the
South on the 10/40 meter beam Friday night. I was able to get the rotor going
on Saturday morning but have not checked the beverages.
I was working a CO8 on 10 meters Sunday morning at approximately 11:45 EST
and noticed the noise level suddenly increased. When I starting tuning around
the bands were almost dead. The most fun I had was while working stations
across the North Pole via aurora on Sunday evening. There were only a few
stations crossing the pole with any tone in the CW signal. This brought back
old memories of the days when I worked the VHF bands and was able to make
contacts during an aurora on 2 and 1.25 meters. It is rare that aurora will
allow propagation on the VHF bands this far south so when it happens its a
lot of fun.
The10 meter band seemed to be the best band for operating during the test.
The high solar flux really helped the conditions but the solar disturbances
seem to hurt conditions as well. I missed zone 22,26,29 and 36, on 10
meters. The 10 meter contest will be a big event this year, especially if the
solar flare activity continues over the next two weeks.
NO9E, Ignacy Misztal, came up and operated my second station on Saturday
evening. He used his call and operated high power all band, except the one I
was on at the time..Hi. He came in first place US last year in the SP contest
operating from here. I think he won the contest because he is from Poland and
he can speak the language????. I hope to get him active in the SECC but for
now his schedule is very busy at UGA. Ignacy brought me some imported OK beer
for the contest, I didn't drink any but still had a head ache on Sunday
morning for some reason.
Hope to work you on 160 this weekend. I don't have any plans other than to
just get on.
Ron W4WA
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