[PVRCNC] NAQP SSB K4QPL

[Jim Jordan, K4QPL]

 CallSign Used : K4QPL
     Operator(s) : K4QPL

            Band : ALL
           Power : LOW
            Mode : SSB
    Default Exchange : JIM NC
       Club/Team : PVRC PART TIMERS TEAM # 2
         Software: N1MM Logger V7.11.0

        Band    QSOs    Pts  Sec
         1.8       9      9    5
         3.5      93      93   27
           7      48      48   23
          14     162     162   32
          21      17      17    8
       Total     329     329   95

           Score : 31,255

Soapbox: Part time as promised- about 5.5 hours.  What a difference a week 
makes. High noise levels on the low bands wore out my wrist jockeying 
beverages and guessing where people were from their call signs.  A WB2 in Ms 
proved the futility of that! Trying to run on 80 with all that wasn't much 
fun, particularly with ears that are tuned to a 700 hz. continuous wave 
sound! S&P'd a lot and chased a few mults on 160. Quit early without 
maximizing the effort. Nice to work the locals on at least one band.

On the positive side, 20M was pretty good. Heard J3C booming in off the back 
and took a few minutes to rotate and work him.  Later in the afternoon the 
snow and ice Bruce complained about apparently put my tribander SWR at 
exactly 1.0:1 at 14.325 and I had a nice run there with good reports until 
20M finally died.

Power supply took a short time out during a run after a series of automatic 
cq's on 80M. I guess I learned that "Amateur Service" in "ICAS" ratings 
doesn't mean that for contest mode! Was probably a good warning as the 
heatsink on the Orion was also getting pretty warm when that happened. An 
extra few amps on the PS and the FSK recommended Ten-tec fan might be a good 
investment.

Lot of fun and expect a whole new ballgame for NAQP in August. Sunspots??

73,

Jim, K4QPL