[PVRCNC] CQWW-SSB - N1LN

Tue Oct 27 07:18:30 EDT 2009

I agree...EXCELLENT JOB folks!  Well done!

In a message dated 10/27/2009 7:04:32 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
lclarks at nc.rr.com writes:

Great  job gal and guys !!!!

73 Larry K1ZW

-----Original  Message-----
From: pvrcnc-bounces at mailman.qth.net  
[mailto:pvrcnc-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Bruce
Meier
Sent:  Tuesday, October 27, 2009 6:38 AM
To: 'PVRCNC'; 'PVRC'
Subject: [PVRCNC]  CQWW-SSB - N1LN

CQ Worldwide DX Contest, SSB

Call:  N1LN
Operator(s): W4KAZ, N4YDU, KA1ARB, K4CZ, N4TCP, N1YXU,  N1LN
Station: N1LN

Class: M/2 HP
QTH: NC-05
Operating Time  (hrs): 48

Summary:
Band  QSOs  Zones   Countries
------------------------------
160:    78    14       30
80:   290    19       82
40:   573    30      107
20: 1113   34      131
15:  924     29      129
10:   98     10       24
------------------------------
Total:  3076   136      503  Total Score =  5,018,706

Club: Potomac Valley Radio  Club

Comments:

Another CQWW-SSB is now behind us. What started  off to be a very 
frustrating
Friday evening, from the propagation  perspective, ended up being a much
better than expected finish and weekend  overall. The goals we set were 
quite
simple. To work over 3000 Qs and score  over 4 meg points. In the end, we
realized both goals, but in the early  hours of the contest the probability
for success of the journey was  questionable. 

The frustration, mostly with 75 and 160, was caused by  being able to hear
MUCH more than we could work. We kept calling the EU  stations with few
responses. They were working mid-west, south-west and  western states. So
trying to get a run going was out of the question. Some  consolation was
realized when the BIG GUN east coast stations were heard  calling and 
calling
and also not working them.  In this case misery  did not enjoy the company.
This continued for much of Friday night and into  Saturday morning. When 
this
frustration was combined with the S9+ static  crashes, on both 75 and 160,
our pre-contest goals seemed quite distant.  Saturday night was better, but
not much.  Our final Q count and Mult  counts on 75 and 160 were 10 percent
under 2008.

Salvation was to  come early on Saturday morning in the form of both 15 and
20 meters opening  to Europe early.  20 opened at 1018z on Saturday and 
1044z
on Sunday.  15 opened shortly after at 1159z on Saturday and 1128z on 
Sunday.
These  times are when Multi-two is fun.   We stayed on 15 and 20 all  day
Saturday and finally moved to 40 and 75 well after dinner. Yes,  the
occasional check of 10 meters occurred but not much success on  Saturday.
Sunday on 10 meters was better but we did not catch the EU  opening.  Our Q
count break down on 10 meters ended up being SA at 79  percent and NA at 21
percent. 

At the 16 hour mark we finally got  ahead of our 2008 totals and never 
looked
back.  The gap continued to  build for both Q count and multiplier count and
when the final bell struck  we were successful in beating both of our
original goals and, at the same  time, improving on our 2008 total score by
43 percent. Our Q count was up  by 19 percent and our mult count was up by
8.5 percent. 

Even the  equipment all cooperated without any failures.  We did drop  our
logging software network a couple times, but this was the first time we  ran
wireless.  Not sure if that was the cause, but a quick reconnect  and all 
was
well.  As expected the two K3s made the crowded band  conditions bearable. 
Another THANK YOU to Elecraft.

Imagine all  this while spending a weekend with good friends, good food, a
few favorite  teams football wins including Duke, LSU, the Patriots and  the
Texans.

The team members were W4KAZ (Kaz), N4YDU (Nate), KA1ARB  (Rob), K4CZ 
(Barry),
a new team member and hopefully a regular at future  events, N4TCP (Ken),
Laurie (N1YXU) and Bruce (N1LN).

73,
Bruce -  N1LN
(aka:  NC4KW)

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