North American QSO Party, SSB - January
Call: WX3B
Operator(s): WX3B
Station: WX3B
Class: Single Op LP
QTH: Maryland
Operating Time (hrs): 10
Summary:
Band QSOs Mults
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160: 46 23
80: 156 36
40: 408 53
20: 334 55
15: 113 43
10: 93 31
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Total: 1170 270 Total Score = 315,900
Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club
Team:
Comments:
The return of sunspots made this event particularly enjoyable, even if I felt
totally off-balance trying to figure out when to be on each band.
When the contest started, I was confident that I should be able to get a decent
run going on 10 meters, and I spent over an hour trying to do so, without much
success.
After a short stint on 15 - I decided to maximize multipliers and get off the
band in favor of 20 since I had trouble sustaining a good run on 15. What I
learned later, is that the band actually had a second opening - one I completely
missed – and one that was much better than the opening earlier in the day.
Did you see Masa
AJ3M’s 259 QSOs on 15 meters? Masa has a very high noise floor in DC and he
somehow cranked out all those QSOs!!
I was happy with my 20-meter performance overall - and decided to jump ship when
the 20m run began to fade, in favor of 40. I was concerned that I was going to
make it too late to 75 meters to maximize the number of QSOs that band normally
has as potential. 40m just kept giving and giving – good signals, low noise,
and coverage all over the US made it particularly fun. I quickly realized that
my first trip to 80 would be short lived and I would end back up on 40 again. I
kept trying 160 and it was absolutely dormant until the last couple hours. An
unexpected highlight was getting a good run going on 160 at the very end of my
10 hours, and watching one multiplier after another answer my CQs!
I only worked one west coast station on 80 - NX6T. I could barely here Mitch
(Rod) K7RL - who is normally BOOMING - something fishy was happening on 75
keeping it much shorter than usual.
PVRC's turnout was impressive and the few times I looked at the scoreboard kept
me very motivated.
I truly enjoyed saying hello to so many PVRC friends and other radio friends in
this event. And to all of you that spotted me, a thank you from the bottom of
my heart. What a difference that makes!!
This was the first NAQP I operated single-op that I actually wished I had more
time to operate. I felt 80 & 160 were just getting hot when my 10 hours was
up.
So far, it looks like PVRC has a good lead in this club competition.
Next up: Some DX contests – I hope to be in several – and of course, will
be making a major multi-operator effort in CQ WPX SSB at the end of March.
73,
Jim WX3B
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