California QSO Party - 2019
Call: N6WT
Operator(s): N6WT
Station: N6WT
Class: SOCntyExp LP
QTH: Westport, CA
Operating Time (hrs): 10.5
Summary:
Band CW Qs Ph Qs
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160:
80:
40: 67 25
20: 90 24
15: 2
10:
6:
2:
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Total: 159 49 Mults = 47 Total Score = 27,166
Club:
Comments:
This was an expedition to MEND, I was told I was the only one in the county. I
had many problems.
First I was in a canyon. Never having been to this RV park I had no idea what to
expect. If I had known what I know now I would have picked a spot out in the
open.
The verticle antenna I wanted to use did not work as expected. I had tested it
at home but something was not right when I set it up. I had to scramble to put
up the dipole I use for SOTA. Stations were very hard to hear. I had planned to
work a lot more SSB but this was very difficult. Thank goodness for CW!
At the start of the contest, I had a pipeline into the Northeast on 20m, but
that was it. Things opened up after that.
My Flex 6500 started to die. When I started on Sunday I turned on the radio. I
could hear a fan making noise. Then I got a CPU fan error. I guess the radio
bouncing around in the motorhome for 4 weeks did not help. I was able to turn
the radio upside down and it would work. I'm sure taking the weight off the
bearings in the fan.
I had to quit a bit early for personal reasons.
Thanks
73
Kent
N6WT
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