Worked the contest in between a ScQRPion meeting, grocery shopping, a few
honey do's and 2 full night's sleep. Propagation, unfortunately, was poor
compared to the CW contest weekend. Nothing from EU, AF...heard two Asiatic
Russians but couldn't work them...heard one DU and couldn't get him either.
Mostly SA, Pacific, lots of Js and a few ZLs including ZL7, Chatham Is. and
KH7, Kure Is. for two new ones. Need four more for worked QRP DXCC but will
probably never get all the cards for it.
FYI: Valid QSOs Countries/band
40 Meters 16 13
20 48 22
15 37 17
10 4 3
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105 x 3 = 315 x 55 = Score 17,325
Equipment: TS850, 33'vertical on 40M, 3 Element Triband at 45'
Hours operated....~17
Power output...... 5W pep
LUs worked........ 15
JAs worked........ 20
Twenty meters, as usual, produced the most Qs but it was tough competing
with the east coast for South and Central American contacts. Fifteen was
somewhat easier on the ears, as the dx signals were louder than US and I
wasn't bombarded with QRO sigs trying to hold a frequency. BTW, heard lots
of splatter (bum sigs) and I'm sure they weren't QRP. Forty was all split
operation and worked out quite well using just the vertical. Ten wasn't
really open well and didn't spend much time there. Used a logging program
and still managed to have 7 dupes...guess I'll have to read the docs someday.
My score won't win any awards but in a small way it shows what can be done
with QRP even on a poor weekend. Hope you all had fun too.
Floyd NQ7X Phoenix ScQRPion dm33uq
ARCI G-QRP NORCAL ARRL
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