Gang,
Despite poor propagation, roving gangs of QRM, and a truly peanut
whistle fox station, 15 of you from 10 states made it into my
log.
First, thanks to each of you for patiently re-sending until I
copied everything. This is truly a gentleman's
contest/activity/event/whatever!
TIME CALL HIM ME QTH PWR NAME QRP-L
==== ==== === === === === ==== =====
0201Z WA9PWP 439 449 Madison, WI 5W Paul
0208 W3PM 339 439 ALA 2W Gene
0226 NQ7K 439 449 Phx, AZ 3W Mike
0236 * N3KFL 339 229 PA 5W Al
0245 W1HUE 439 539 IDAHO 1W Larry
0249 KK5RO 449 229 Shawnee, OK 5W Vernon #325
0255 NQ7X 339 449 Nr. Phx, AZ 5W Floyd
0259 WW7Y 549 559 UT 5W Steve
0303 AB5UA 549 559 OK 5W Clif
0309 WA7FCU 549 559 Park City, UT 5W Bob #129
0317 K2NF 329 339 Fla. ? Norm
0325 KG7WS 589 599 Chandler, AZ QRO Larry
(You owe me a set of headphones, Larry!)
0330 * AE4IC 329 119 Greensboro, NC 3W Bob #53
0339 K5UP 329 ??9 OK ? Glen
0346 WB4TPW 329 229 Hillsboro, OR 2W Roger
(*) indicates 1000 m/W candidate with my 1.5W.
The 5-8 wpm slow speed session the second hour did seem to draw
out a few additional ops. I responded at or below their sending
speed, and it seemed to work in most cases. Nobody responded as
slowly as I called, so maybe 5-8 wpm is overkill (underkill?).
Next time, I'll focus on 7-10 wpm for slow speed.
I've found that slowing down the speed a little adds 2-3 dB to my
QRP signal.
No stations from CA (until after the fox session), NM, TX, or
WA... places I usually hear all the time.
It always surprises me how we can become content with the weak
signals. I kept the NE-40/40 RF gain wide open (except for
KG7WS)... a setting that I consider "S-1", but here I am giving
out RST's of S-2, S-3, and S-4 because they sound incrementally
louder than other signals I can hear. It doesn't take much to
make us QRPers happy, does it?
That's it from the Phoenix desert! Tally ho! Long live the fox!
72,
-- Mike Pulley, WB4ZKA
Phoenix, AZ
Mike_J_Pulley@ccm.hf.intel.com
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