[PVRCNC] WPX CW NR3X(@N1LN) M/2 HP

Mon May 30 09:23:24 EDT 2011

So that's where most of PVRCNC East was this weekend!!! Sounds like a party, 
not a contest although a FB score. Sorry Murphy was there but fortunately he 
stayed to the west and left me alone.

I had either not heard or forgotten you had commandeered Nate's club call 
for WPX. Then Jack said hi so I assumed Nate was at his QTH. And I wondered 
where everyone else was and why I hadn't heard NC4KW and all the other usual 
suspects. I only realized when you ID'd when we ended up at the same place 
when the contest ended. I think I heard KAZ working someone but our paths 
didn't cross otherwise.

I had originally planned to be either at the beach or at Howie's but ended 
up neither as had a schedule conflict and tied up until about 10 p.m. Friday 
night. This QRP thing can be habit forming but it takes a totally different 
mindset than worshipping the god of rate. It's more like DX'ing against 
pileups and each QSO is a micro-contest. It's also hard to remember to take 
a quick look at the S meter since a Q5 signal on my end is not the same 5000 
miles away with the RF equivalent of a night light.

There were only a few alligators with loud mouths and no ears. The 4L's come 
to mind. Descendants of Uncle Joe??

And I was pleased to learn K4QPL is not the worst cw callsign. How about 
DR11BUGA???

73,

Jim

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bruce Meier" <bemeier at bellsouth.net>
To: <pvrcnc at mailman.qth.net>; "'PVRC'" <pvrc at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, May 30, 2011 8:28 AM
Subject: [PVRCNC] WPX CW NR3X(@N1LN) M/2 HP

>                    CQWW WPX Contest, CW
>
> Call: NR3X
> Operator(s): W0UCE, N4YDU, N4CW, AA4NC, KF7ADB, N1LN
> Station: N1LN
>
> Class: M/2 HP
> QTH: NC
> Operating Time (hrs): 48
>
> Summary:
> Band  QSOs
> ------------
>  160:   28
>   80:  305
>   40: 1207
>   20: 1519
>   15:  584
>   10:  114
> ------------
> Total: 3757  Prefixes = 1078  Total Score = 9,898,196
>
> Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club
>
> Comments:
>
> Before WPX started the big question mark for the weekend was the weather.
> In
> this part of NC thunder and lightening was on the menu from 22:00 UTC 
> Friday
> until 01:00 Saturday.  So, the first 25 hours of the contest were up for
> grabs.
> Fortunately we never had to deal with the lightening, but the QRN levels 
> on
> 40,
> 80 and 160 Friday night very high.
>
> The next bit of fun was to be the solar actions and the, less than 
> helpful,
> 101, 36, 5 numbers with the G2 storm and the R1 blackout.  Although both 
> 15
> and
> 10 meters were significantly impacted, we would not be suffering alone, so
> the
> weekend of fun moved on.
>
> The final events of the weekend were quite unexpected, but Mr. Murphy is
> always
> in the house.  On Friday evening we tried to turn the middle 204BA to EU 
> to
> run
> the top and middle in phase.  Well, the Tic Ring was stuck at 280 degrees
> and
> that was NOT going to help.  Fortunately it was pointed stateside, so not 
> a
> total bust.  Then early Saturday afternoon Bert was thought he was having
> issues being heard on 20 meters.  The rates were not as expected so he 
> moved
> to
> the backup 20 meter antenna, the T10 Tennadyne Log.  Problems solved.  I
> think
> that is why many say that you just can not have too many antennas. 
> However,
> the Log and the top XM240 are on the same rotor, so as long as 20 and 40
> want
> to be looking in the same direction, all is good.  Also, the log is the 
> high
> 10
> meter antenna, but as 10 meters was in the tank most of the weekend we 
> were
> quite fine with just the bottom two yagis.  Delete the 20 meter stack and
> insert the single Log until I get time to climb the tower.
>
> Next issue?  NO, we were DONE and the issues were now behind us.  Time to
> get
> back to the fun.
>
> With every Multi Operator CW event at our QTH Chef Archie comes to visit.
> Once
> again Archie (aka Jack, W0UCE) put together an outstanding dinner for
> Saturday
> evening.  The chicken barbecue was cooking, the wine was flowing and
> everyone
> enjoyed the feast.
>
> It was also great to have Will, AA4NC, join the team for the first time. 
> He
> typically has very busy weekend schedules, so it was great he was able to
> join
> us this time and hopefully will be free for other future contests.
>
> The rest of the weekend was pretty much normal.  Rates were up and they 
> were
> down.  Our multiplier count was good, but not great.  We were almost 200
> mults
> down from WPX SSB weekend which was a Multi Single entry for us.  Perhaps
> time
> to again refer to the SOLAR event?  Our original target score was in the 
> 12m
> -
> 14m range, which quickly got adjusted down to 10m.  We got very close to
> that.
> No other state side M2 postings yet, but hope our score will be 
> competitive.
> The
> team worked hard all weekend.
>
> One final observation.  It is great to have a day off after a sleep 
> deprived
> weekend.  Might need to consider that for futures.
>
> Hope everyone has a HAPPY and SAFE Memorial Day.
>
> 73 from the NR3X team,
>
> Jack, W0UCE
> Nate, N4YDU
> Bert, N4CW
> Will, AA4NC
> Mike, KF7ADB
> Bruce, N1LN
>
>
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