[KCDXC] Fw: [3830] ARRL 10 K0OU SO Mixed QRP

Mon, 16 Dec 2002 09:34:06 -0600

You did better than me, Steve.  Sorry to say I wasn't able to get on =
except
for Friday PM after 2000 local.
CW QRP=20
2 QSOs, 1 mult for a grand total of 4 points

73 de N8AU, Jim in Raymore, MO

-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Lufcy [mailto:[email protected]]=20
Sent: Sunday, December 15, 2002 9:09 PM
To: KCDXC reflector
Subject: [KCDXC] Fw: [3830] ARRL 10 K0OU SO Mixed QRP

Tom es All-
Here is the damage from K=D8OU - QRP !!
Life is too short for QRP!
-OU

>                     ARRL 10-Meter Contest
>
> Call: K0OU
> Operator(s): K0OU
> Station: K0OU
>
> Class: SO Mixed QRP
> QTH: MO
> Operating Time (hrs): 18
>
> Summary:
>  Band  QSOs  Mults
> -------------------
>    CW:  335    93
>   SSB:  237    77
> -------------------
> Total:  572   170  Total Score =3D 309,060
>
> Club: Kansas City DX Club
>
> Comments:
>
> Ran my IC-775DSP with the power all the way off! Meters did not move=20
> but
the
> watt meter on the tuner said 4 or 5 watts. Could not tell I was
transmitting by
> looking at the radio, or, alot of the time, by the responses I got.=20
> Never
heard
> so many ?'s in my life. Many CQ'ed in my face. Missed many mult's=20
> cause
QRP
> wouldn't cut the pile or make the scatter. Missed some easy's like =
MD,
VE3, TN,
> and NM. Also heard but could not work AR, UT, WV, NE. QRP is painful! =

> But
at
> least I did not get into my neighbor's surround-sound stereo. Did =
have=20
> fun and did make some neat contacts. I thought the conditions
were
> better on Sunday than they were on Saturday.
> CU all in the next one, with a better signal. Life is too short for=20
> QRP (especially when you have an Alpha sitting on the table!) 73 de=20
> K=D8OU Steve in MO
>
>
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