CallSign Used : K4TD
Operator(s) : K4TD
QTH: AL
Operating Time: 9.75 Hours
Class: Single OP Low Power Unassisted
Club : South East Contest Club
Team: SECC #2
Band QSOs Pts Sec
1.8 5 5 5
3.5 242 242 47
7.0 287 287 48
14.0 143 143 39
21.0 37 37 9
Total 714 714 148
Score : 105,672
Comments:
Wish I had an antenna for 160. Near the end of the test I loaded my 80
meter dipole on 160 and grabbed a couple of nearby multipliers. Kudos to
the five stations that heard me on 160; I'm sure it wasn't easy.
I had an incredible amount of QRN on 80 meters, which made using 80 a
headache. I think I could have turned in better production on 80 if the QRN
had been lower. I noticed that if I turned the 80 meter antenna to 000 the
QRN would go from S8 to S6. Unfortunately, this hurt me with QSOs from out
West.
I didn't realize how dependent I had become on packet spots for multipliers
until this contest required not using them. I really missed having packet
spots (and my KW). :-)
There seemed to be lots of lulls in the action here. I had a few good runs
of 90+ QSOs/hour, but I also had some really, really slow periods as well.
Didn't come anywhere close to the average rate I had hoped, but I had fun.
Thanks to all who worked me (especially those poor souls on 160).
73,
Rick
K4TD
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