[PVRCNC] NAQP CW K4QPL

[Jim Jordan, K4QPL]

TEAM: PVRC Full time

        Band    QSOs    Pts  Sec
         1.8      73      73   29
         3.5     220     220   47
           7     136     136   43
          14     121     121   39
          21      29      29   11
          28      27      27    7
       Total     606     606  176

           Score : 106,656

SOAPBOX: It's been said before, but NAQP is THE great contest format. Right 
time, right length, no rockcrushers, continuous activity and wall to wall 
fun! And the salute to SK contesters from a state or region adds a 
meaningful touch.

To top it off, conditions were good but challenging. Openings on all bands 
but some odd atmospherics under great propagation on 80. My reworked short 
beverages north and west were so directional I had to keep switching not to 
miss callers during an 80M fun run filled with noise and qrm. Beverages less 
directional on 160 but in any event I could copy more stations than I could 
work with just a low inverted vee. Hearing the west coast but alas they were 
not hearing me. AZ was best mult on 160.

One of my radios is in the hospital so I didn't keep track of conditions as 
I should and missed out on 40M opportunities, particularly late when 40 came 
back and I assumed it had "gone long". Can't run on 160 so would have been 
better chasing mults there SO2R while running 40.

Great PVRC participation. Thanks for the Q's.

73,

Jim, K4QPL