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From: Kt4zb at aol.com (Kt4zb at aol.com)
Date: Tue, 1 Apr 2014 09:07:34 -0400 (EDT)
Congrats to Rick and all on the NQ4I team...WOW, what a great effort.
 
Best - Jere
 
 
In a message dated 3/31/2014 4:21:46 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
aa4lr at arrl.net writes:

Heh. 20m  wasn?t the only station suffering from the ?wind blowing the top 
beam around?  syndrome. We suffered with that on 10m, especially on Sunday. 

You know  10m is wide open when you answer calls from Japan, Europe, South 
and North  American all within a couple of minutes. Happened to me both  
afternoons!

Thanks for letting me keep the 10m run chair warm, Rick. It  was a blast.

On Mar 31, 2014, at 1:43 PM, Rick Dougherty NQ4I  <nq4i at contesting.com> 
wrote:

> 
> 
> ----------  Forwarded message ----------
> From: <webform at b4h.net>
>  Date: Mon, Mar 31, 2014 at 1:39 PM
> Subject: WPX SSB NQ4I M/M  HP
> To: 3830 at contesting.com, rick at nq4i.com
> 
>  
>                     CQWW WPX Contest, SSB
> 
> Call: NQ4I
> Operator(s): NQ4I  AA4LR VE7ZO N4XL KD3P K4PK AG4W WB5EIN K4NV KM4HI W4DD 
K5KG
> Station:  NQ4I
> 
> Class: M/M HP
> QTH: Griffin, Ga
> Operating  Time (hrs): 48.0
> 
> Summary:
> Band  QSOs
>  ------------
>  160:  135
>   80:   656
>   40: 1361
>   20:  2045
>   15: 1903
>   10: 1864
>  ------------
> Total: 7984  Prefixes = 1715  Total Score =  33,608,558
> 
> Club: South East Contest Club
> 
>  Comments:
> 
> First and foremost, what great conditions to hold a  contest! My team has 
never
> heard the bands so hot from top to bottom.  Endless activity has made the 
CQWPX
> SSB contest one of the best  contests ever! I want to thank my 
competitors for
> making it the most  exciting and challenging events on the ham bands in a 
long
> time. K9CT  and WX3B are with out a doubt some of the finest competitors 
on the
>  bands for the WPX test. And I want to thank them for posting their 
scores  for
> all to see on cqcontest.ru. Having the online score board  available made 
this a
> real horse race for all to see and  enjoy.
> 
> We paused just before the contest to memorialize  former team member 
W4SVO, who
> has made significant contributions to  our low band success at NQ4I. Mark
> recently became a silent key and is  missed by all NQ4I team members. We
> dedicated this contest operation  and score to his memory. And I am sure 
that in
> our daily contesting  operation, he was there urging us onward and upward.
> 
> I also  want to thank the team members at Team NQ4I who gave up their 
time to
>  come and be a part of the operation. Driving and flying from all over 
the  South
> East US to be here. We had contest newbie Larry WB5EIN who drove  from 
Tupelo,
> Mississippi to join us. He fit right in. His  contributions were greatly
> appreciated.
> 
> In my 53  years of Ham radio, I don't think I have ever seen the high 
bands and
>  low bands so filled with contestor's. To quote a true sage of Ham Radio, 
 Gene
> Walsh N2AA "There ain't no meters like Ten Meters". And it held  true
> to form. Band opening lasted well into the nights and activity  was 
apparent all
> the way up to 29.900 Mhz!
> 
> One of our  prime RUN op's had to cancel Friday afternoon before the test
> started,  and it made some big changes in our lineup. Op's were told to be
>  flexible and they would be assigned and moved when needed. The NQ4I  team
> responded in great form. Seats were filled, qso's were made,  meals were
> consumed, stories were told, and memories were made in the  48 hours of 
the
> test.
> 
> Records: 1. New US M-M high  claimed score 33,608,558 points! We are 
hoping that
> after log checking  it will remain as a new US record for SSB.
> 2. New US WPX Prefix  record! We had 1717 prefixes. We surpassed the 
current
> record at 7 am  on Sunday morning and kept the bells ringing in the shack 
as new
> ones  were worked all the rest of the day.
> 3. New Station record for most  number of SSB qsos.
> 
> Band by Band comments:
> 
>  160-Don K4PK labored and toiled to make 135 qso's. The band was quiet, 
but  the
> action was on the high bands and the low bands suffered  some.
> 
> 80-Bill AA4LR really turned in a great performance,  even with the action 
being
> on the higher bands.
> 
>  40-This is the band that had suffered the greatest damage during the 
last  ice
> storm. The reflector of the top 3 over 3 stack for the RUN station  is 
still
> broken and needs repair so Jim VE7ZO only had a 2 and 1/2  element yagi 
for the
> top antenna. Didn't seem to make that much  difference. The 40m MULT 
antenna was
> severely damaged and under a  complete rebuild. Because of the windy and 
rainy
> weather leading up to  the contest, I was only able to get the antenna 
above the
> bottom set  of guy wires and it was fixed on EU at 55 feet and 
non-rotatable.
> N4XL  still managed to make a significant number of Mult qsos with it.  
Dennis
> KD3P kept 40m humming all during the daytime. Thanks  Dennis.
> 
> 20-Steve AG4W had previously been the MULT op for  15m...with the 
cancellation
> of K4BAI, Steve was pressed into RUN Op  duties and responsibilities. He 
did a
> super job and has subsequently  been promoted to RUN op. MULT Op on 20m is
> newbie Larry WB5EIN. Made  the drive from Miss to be a part of the team 
and did
> a fantastic job.  The wind blew all weekend with gusts to 45 mph and more 
almost
> all  weekend...The 8 el Yagi at 185 feet kept turning and was hard to 
keep  it
> pointed where we wanted it. More repairs will be needed.
>  
> 15- Dennis K4NV and Jim KM4HI teamed up and found that 15m was the  band 
to be
> on. The band was open nearly every hour around the clock.  It kept them 
on their
> toes staying in the seats.
> 
>  10-George K5KG flew up from the Sarasota, Fla area to be part of the 
team.  And
> I am sure he has no regrets. The 10m band was wall to wall with  stations 
and
> activity. We have never worked so many JA's and BY's as  we did this past
> weekend. Tremendous activity from SE Asia, The Far  East, and Europe.
> Unbelievable! George's team mate was Jeff W4DD, who  is responsible for 
the
> technical needs of the station. Jeff kept the  MULT station manned and
> productive all weekend long.
> 
>  Mark, W4SVO...."this one was for you"!! RIP.
> 
> de Rick  NQ4I
> 
> 
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