[PVRCNC] NY4A SS SSB SOHP Assisted (K4QPL op)

[Jim K4QPL]

   CallSign Used : NY4A
     Operator(s) : K4QPL
            Band : ALL
           Power : HIGH
            Mode : SSB
Default Exchange : # NY4A U 57 NC
    ARRL Section : NC
       Club/Team : Potomac Valley Radio Club
         Software: N1MM Logger V5.7.2

        Band    QSOs    Pts  Sec
         3.5     341    682   21
           7     117    234   12
          14     121    242   38
          21       7     14    3
       Total     586   1172   74

           Score : 86,728
             Rig : ICOM 756 PRO II, PW1

  Antennas : 14 ELEMENT LPDA,20,15,10m, 2 ELEMENT 40m YAGI, 160 - 10m WINDOM

This was Phase I of the "Highly Motivated Operator" plan. But nobody told me 
that for a phone contest, in addition to being highly motivated, you also 
need to be "Highly Skilled!"   Having the opportunity to operate at Jack's 
first-class station taught me that lesson quickly when I had less than 50 
Q's in the first hour on 20.  These were S&P and I just couldn't get a run 
going despite great signal reports. Finding a frequency is a lot different 
from cw!   Things then settled down for a decent run for over an hour on 20. 
S&P'd a handful on 15, 40  and 80 and a few stragglers on 20. Took a dinner 
break at 0130 while Jack NCS'd EAN.

Then went to 80 at about 0200 and got in the groove with good runs and great 
signal reports. Not being able to grab calls out of a phone pileup hurt my 
rate, but it was fun. Camped on 3760 until 0545, then S&P'd a while. At 0640 
took over 7156 and ran there for an hour. S&P'd a while and went back to 80 
for a half hour until I decided to call it quits at 0818. Closed down, 
packed up the DVK and other accessories and went home for some shuteye.

Didn't have SO2R capability so couldn't keep runs going while looking for 
mults or other S&P which affected the total somewhat, but not sure how well 
I could have handled it anyway.

Stay tuned for Phase II from K4QPL.

73,

Jim