[ILQSO] 20 meters- a further analysis

[Josh Kittle]

This was my first ILQP, so I didn't know what to expect. However, I
started on 20 and worked one or two DX stations and several stateside.
I then moved to 40 an hour or so into the contest and called CQ for a
while, worked a good run of stations and then saw some spots for 80M
in-state stations, so I moved over there. Ran S&P forever on there,
several very loud stations in state and nearby. At one point it seemed
stations were evenly spaced from 3800-3940. I had some line noise that
seemed to come and go and pretty well wipe out 80M. My noise level
would shift from an S3 to S9 and sometimes even 20+. After that I went
back to 40 and couldn't hear anything there either! However, 2M didn't
fail me and I was able to make contact with N9FN across the county
from me on the VERM/DOUG/CHAM/EDGR. During this time of noise I also
decide to take a road trip and visit the N9FN operation. He had a
pretty slick setup for being in the middle of a cornfield, hopefully
he has some pictures he can post.

I only did SSB and hope to be able to get my CW speed up to contest
rates so I can work that angle. I know I miss a lot of points and
multipliers by only being able to do SSB.

73,
Josh, N9WEW

On 10/23/07, John Geiger <n5ten at yahoo.com> wrote:
> The 4 Illinois stations I worked this year were all
> loud, so the propagation was there, the activity just
> wasn't.  Are most of the Illinois stations on 20 early
> in the contest to work the DX for the multipliers?
>
> 73s John AA5JG
>
> --- KI9A at aol.com wrote:
>
> > In a message dated 10/23/2007 12:04:09 A.M.  Central
> > Daylight Time,
> > n5ten at yahoo.com writes:
> > Year   20m  QSOs    First 40m QSO
> > 2002      154          2226Z
> > 2003      120          2124Z
> > 2004      120          2020Z
> > 2005       89          1821Z
> > 2006       24          1757Z
> > 2007        4!        1742Z
> >
> > This mirrors the drop  in sunspots.  Every so often,
> > 20 will open in-state,
> > therefore attracting  more IL stations.
> >
> >
> >
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