Congrats on the great score. I listened to ya'll on 80 Friday night working
Europe. Sorry I couldn't come but the new venture seems promising and
consumes most of my time.
73, Larry
On Dec 2, 2014 7:27 AM, "Rick Dougherty NQ4I" <nq4i at contesting.com> wrote:
> Call: *NQ4I <http://www.3830scores.com/findcall.php?call=NQ4I>*
> Operator(s): KM4HI <http://www.3830scores.com/findcall.php?call=KM4HI>
> N4XL <http://www.3830scores.com/findcall.php?call=N4XL> NQ4I
> <http://www.3830scores.com/findcall.php?call=NQ4I> VE3CX
> <http://www.3830scores.com/findcall.php?call=VE3CX> VE7ZO
> <http://www.3830scores.com/findcall.php?call=VE7ZO> W4IX
> <http://www.3830scores.com/findcall.php?call=W4IX>
> Station: NQ4I
>
> Class: *M/2 HP*
> QTH: Griffin, Ga
> Operating Time (hrs): 48
> Location: USA
> Summary: Compare Scores
> <http://www.3830scores.com/comparescores.php?arg=e4cfyKz6fqgcW&call=NQ4I>
> BandQSOsZonesCountries160:57143680:5102911040:20004014020:16703914915:1838
> 3815310:145038155Total:*7555**38**155*Total Score*20,296,429*
>
>
>
> Club: South East Contest Club
> Comments: [email] <rick%40nq4i.com> 2014-12-01 04:01:22We had
> planned to a M-M with a small crew, but some operators had to cancel, and
> we dropped back to M-2....Strategy for M2 is interesting...8 band changes
> per hour per station sounded like we could make lots of extra contacts and
> still run...not so! We were so busy on the two run band that we hardly used
> any band changes at all! Some Highlights: 1. New 4th Call area record 2.
> DXCC on 40m in 3 hours and 21 minutes! 3. 5 Band DXCC in under 24 hours! 4.
> All 40 zones on 40m in 13 hours and 31 minutes! Watching and listening to
> VE7ZO and N4XL interleave qso's on 40m is like listening to a really great
> Symphony perform. They make it look easy and seamless! Crew Canada was of
> course at the NQ4I station...Tom VE3CX travelled from Thunder Bay, Ont to
> be with us once again...Tom had a great time and really enjoyed the 70
> degree weather in Georgia...quite a change from minus 20 degrees
> Centigrade. We had only one equipment failure...the Alpha 87A on the 10
> meter RUN station had a cooling fail and seize and we pulled the amp from
> 160m RUN to finish the contest. It was pointed out to me that we managed to
> score 50% of K3LR's and W3LPL's total score with only 2 transmitters! My
> Congratulations to Craig K9CT for a well run race, and especially for
> posting his scores for all to see....using the Russian site is really a lot
> of fun for the whole team. We were constantly checking the hourly charting
> feature. It is apparent that M2 requires some changes in strategy. Unlike
> single or MS, M2 should not start on the highest bands, but start on the
> bands that will attain the highest rates....we started on 20m and 40m, and
> it really worked well for us...it was hardest to know when to go to 80m and
> 160m, when those other bands were so productive! I want to thank all the
> operators who made the journey to operate at NQ4I during the Thanksgiving
> holiday. Time with family is important. We had operators travel from
> Canada, South Carolina, and central Florida. KM4HI had told us in years
> previous that he just wasn't a cw op. After strong- arming him in the CQWW
> SSB contest, he felt compelled to join us. Let me tell you that he is now a
> cw operator. Jim made the transition and is now a worthwhile MULT operator.
> Good Job! The conditions were possibly some of the best we have seen in a
> long time. All the bands were exceptionally quiet and signal levels were
> really good both day and night. I want to thank all for the qso's and the
> wonderful time we had this weekend. As always qsl via LOTW only please. The
> NQ4I station will miss the ARRL CW and SSB contests due to work
> commitments. But we expect to be full bore in CQWPX SSB and CW. 73 to all.
> de Rick NQ4I
>
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