[PVRCNC] IOTA N4A Multi Op Low Power Island Expedition

[Jamey Brookover]

Great job guys!  Looks like another one in the W column for you all!

 

73...

Jay Brookover
1208 Willowbrook Drive
Cary, North Carolina  27511
919.469.3032
Amateur Radio NT4D
 
> From: n4ydu at yahoo.com
> To: pvrcnc at mailman.qth.net
> Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2010 20:37:33 -0400
> Subject: [PVRCNC] IOTA N4A Multi Op Low Power Island Expedition
> 
> 
> IOTA Contest
> 
> Call: N4A
> Operator(s): K2AV, N3ND, W4KAZ, N4YDU
> Station: N4A
> 
> Class: Multi-Op LP
> QTH: Core Banks, NC NA067
> Operating Time (hrs): 24
> 
> Summary:
> Band CW Qs CW Mults Ph Qs Ph Mults
> ----------------------------------------
> 80: 10 9 1 1
> 40: 306 45 127 36
> 20: 412 46 286 40
> 15: 53 20 1 1
> 10: 0 0 0 0
> ----------------------------------------
> Total: 781 120 415 78 Total Score = 1,416,096
> 
> Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club
> 
> Comments:
> 
> Yet another fun IOTA experience! Heading into the event, the group was concerned
> about the excessive heat in NC. Well, we certainly dodged it at the Core Banks
> (NA067). We had a nice ocean breeze of 15 to 20 MPH both days. We even shut the
> AC units off on Saturday afternoon and simply opened the doors and windows. It
> was perfect, but it wasnâ?Tt too bad for comfort in July.
> 
> We set out with a goal of breaking the 1000 qso wall. In the past we got close,
> but this time we pushed through and finished with 1195 QSOs and a new high total
> for mults with 201 and a final score of 1,412,226.
> 
> We had hoped to have five operators this time out, but team member W0UCE
> regretfully had to cancel at the last moment. He wished us well and offered
> some encouraging words and it must have stuck.
> 
> K2AV came along for the first time. He recommended using a pair 56' inverted
> vees for the run station for use on 40, 20, 15 and 10. We fed them with open
> wire line and ran that to the shack. W4KAZ led the way to get a 40 foot mast
> up. Normally we stop at 30, but we got to 40 feet this time. The antennas
> looked great and worked really well at that height. The multiplier station
> antenna was an inverted vee for 80 meters used on all bands. It worked well
> also. We had little difficulty breaking pileups.
> 
> N3ND commented that the biggest factors were improved propagation, antenna
> improvements as well as using a pair of K3s. I think he hit on the head. The
> improved propagation kept the mult station busy.
> 
> We had some spectacular runs on both CW and SSB. At times, the pile-ups were
> down right nasty! I think everyone got a decent thrill operating. K2AV did an
> awesome job on 40 CW, N3ND did a great job of running and picking out mults,
> while W4KAZ should get a medal for toughing it out during the middle of the
> night between 7-10Z! The q-rates were low, but KAZ picked up some sweet mults
> during that time.
> 
> In the end, we topped the 1K qso goal and topped 1 million points. This is by
> far our best score for the IOTA contest. We had a wonderful time.
> 
> On behalf of the N4A team,
> 
> 73,
> 
> Nate/N4YDU
> 
> 
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