2004 NCJ NORTH AMERICAN QSO PARTY
Call used: KU8E Location: GA
Category: Single Op All Band Mode: CW Power: Low
Callsign of Operator(s):
Exchanged Information: KU8E JEFF GA
Hours of Operation: 07:00
band QSOs points mults
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160 153 153 39
80 145 145 37
40 65 65 24
20 121 121 37
15 41 41 21
10 24 24 15
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TOTAL 549 549 173 SCORE: 94,977
Club or Team Name: SECC #1
Comments: I apoligize to all my team mates on SECC #1 . I had fully
attended to do a close to FT effort but events beyond my control prevented this.
Here is the story ... I knew I might only get in maybe 9 - 9 1/2 hours
since we had a birthday party planned for my 3 year old son , down at Chuckie
Cheese in Columbus. I took my first off time around 3:15 and we are out
the door on the way down in 10 mins.... We get in Columbus and the traffic
comes to a halt.... This is not Atlanta folks so it must of been something
big..... It turns out a gas tanker truck exploded on the freeway, right near
the
airport and they are directing traffic off the freeway. All the roads are
grid locked !!! What should of been a 25 min drive into town takes over an
hour..
If you are interested see
http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/mld/ledgerenquirer/7681604.htm . To say the
least this shot my plan of getting down to the party
and back in 3 hours....
Anyway , I finally get back on by 8:00 PM... By then 20 meters is dead and
40 meters is way long to run anyone.... I spend the rest of the contest
switching
between running on 80 and 160 , with checks on 40 every once in awhile
,which works out pretty good since I was averaging 85-90 per hour until the
end.... I
Ended up having my worse score ever on 40 and 20 was down from what I
usually do as well... On the bright side 160 meters was great !!! I had
several W6/W7
stations call in and had my highest number ever on that band.
Very disappointing considering I averaged 80/hr for the time I was on and
probably would of topped 800 QSO's with a FT effort. In retrospect I probably
should of put
either WA4PGM or N4GG (sorry Hal but I though you said you would be PT) on
SECC # 1....
73, Jeff
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