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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