Pennsylvania QSO Party
Call: N1CC
Operator(s): N1CC
Station: N1CC
Class: Single Op QRP
QTH: North Texas
Operating Time (hrs): 8
Summary:
Band CW Qs Ph Qs RTTY Qs PSK31 Qs
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160:
80: 22 0
40: 17 3
20: 32 30
15: 2 4
10:
6:
2:
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Total: 73 37 0 0 Mults = 43 Total Score = 16,338
Club: North Texas Contest Club
Comments:
Station: Elecraft K3/100 at 5 Watts to Force 12 C3 @64', 80-40 Fan Dipole @50'
broadside E/W, PRO-1B Loop (80 Meters only RX aid). WriteLog V11.28J did not
do calculations correctly, required manual intervention before submitting
Cabrillo 3.0 to contest sponsor.
Radio conditions were best on Saturday, Sunday had its "high" spots
but ran out of gas here in North Texas early Sunday afternoon. Very brief
opening on 15 Meters allowed a few contacts, and while 10 Meters was open,
skipped over Texas.
Running QRP under these conditions required more calling, more fills, and
outright frustration when S9+40 signals on 40 Meters could not hear me calling
at all. RBN showed that I was hitting PA with about 25 dB SNR, and that must
mean that the RBN locations are much quieter than "real" stations
seem to be.
The score above includes W3C X 3 for 600 points, and QRP gets a
"double" kick power multipliers - that helps. There is confusion
about "county lines". I suggest that PA fully adopt the "one
QSO per county" that the other contests have started to mandate, such as
AB3AH who would only give me one SN and I think he took my TWO serial numbers I
gave him back.
This was one, my first foray into this QSO Party ... will keep it in my yearly
plan now.
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