North American QSO Party, SSB
Call: AA4LR
Operator(s): AA4LR
Station: AA4LR
Class: Single Op LP
QTH: GA
Operating Time (hrs): 10
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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160: 11 7
80: 74 28
40: 198 39
20: 147 42
15: 53 24
10: 21 15
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Total: 504 155 Total Score = 78,120
Club: South East Contest Club
Team: SSSC #1
Comments:
Equipment:
Rig #1:
Kenwood TS-430S running 100 watts
K1KP-style voice keyer (1 message)
Heil BM-10
Cushcraft A3S @ 49.5 feet (10m/15m/20m)
40 1/4 wave sloper @ 40 feet (40m)
125 foot doublet @ 35 feet (80m/160m)
Rig #2:
Elecraft K2 running 10 watts
MC-50 mike
R7000 (40m-10m)
Comments:
Well, conditions must not have been that tremendous. Very little on 10m,
sparse on 15m. Although around 2000z, 10m was wide open from GA to the
northeast through midwest -- just no one was on.
This is the second time to try 2-radio operation. First was 1995 SS Phone
at W4AN's superstation. Operation was somewhat jury-rigged. I wired up
headphone connectors with a single slide switch -- so I could list to
both radios, or just the kenwood. Used separate microphones for each
radio. Second radio was responsible for exactly 7 QSOs, mostly 15m while
running slowly on 20m. It's a lot harder to listen to the second radio on
the lower bands.
Rates weren't really that high in this contest, compared to January.
Spent three hours total on 20m, and slightly less on 40m. Managed to hold
a run frequency on 40m for an hour and a half. 40m was the money band
this contest. 80m very disappointing. I think everyone may have gone to
bed early.
Lots of fun this time. Worked a bunch of SECC'ers.
Posted using 3830 Score Submittal Forms at:
http://www.hornucopia.com/3830score/
Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL Mail: aa4lr@arrl.net
Quote: "Not within a thousand years will man ever fly!"
-- Wilbur Wright, 1901
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