[LeArc] QSO Party

[Franklin D Wolverton]

OK... so I fibbed... I stopped early.  Limitations of the station warrented
it.  However, I didn't do too bad.  Even spent about an hour actually
CALLING CQ (got about 1/3 or my contacts in this hour... maybe we should try
calling CQ in the SSB tent this year, instead of search/pounce...hmmm :)~ ).
Guess a lot of people needed Iowa.  Anyway... the double bazooka was not the
greatest for what I was doing.  It is actually DESIGNED to be set up as an
inverted V as opposed to a flat top... so it came down pretty quick and the
home brew went up.  The results show how the take off angle of the radiation
is affected at my station.  I reach the coasts rather easily, but I have a
hard time hearing the close in stuff, and I can never hear Europe or Asia,
but I can usually hear Central America.  Oh well... I am only 16 states (AK
AR HI IA ID IL KY MI MN MO MT NE RI SD WI WY) away from WAS on 20 Meters SSB
:) :) :)~  Plus, I have actually managed to get 5 DX Countries with the
comprimised setup.  Gotta get into a house... can set up what I want... this
is FUN!!!!!!! (even if the station does suck)

Here are the results...

Total Contacts: 135
Total Multipliers: 40
Total Score (Claimed): 5,400

Breakdown is:
10 Meters:  2 contacts (2 CA) , 1 Multiplier

15 Meters:  4 contacts (1 TX, 3 FL), 2 Miltipliers

20 Meters:  124 contacts (3 MA, 1 NH, 2 VT, 5 NY, 3 NJ, 1 DE, 1 MD, 10 PA, 5
AL, 1 FL, 10 GA, 4 NC, 8 TN, 5 SC, 4 VA, 1 NM, 11 TX, 2 MS, 3 OK, 12 CA, 5
OR, 4 WA, 4 WV, 1 OH, 1 IN, 8 CO, 1 KS, 1 ND, 1 Quebec, 4 Ontario, 1
Manitoba, 1 Aleberta) 32 Mulipliers

40 Meters:  5 contacts, 5 Multipliers (1 AL, 1 IL, 1 MA, 1 MI, 1 MI)