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

Mon May 30 11:03:31 EDT 2011

Agreed with BUGA.  sheeesh they sent it EVERY time!

Running low power from a hotel in LX, in an area where they EXPECT the
station to be a DK station (or the Russians a UK9), not a K9....... LOTS and
LOTS and LOTS of resends.  Then, 20 meters decided to get into my keyer, so
every serial number was exciting.... NOT.  Bless those that put up with the
nightmare of slow speeds and the keyer sending random digits.  I am going to
visit Ferrite-Beads-R-Us soon.

Deaf stations?  LYs.  Great ears?  Asiatic Russians!

In LX, I was hoping to be the only station,  Serial number 1?  LX7I.  Is
there a lower power division for LX?

Kent
K9EZ/LX now in ON Land paying my respects to the fallen at Bastogne.

On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 3:23 PM, Jim Jordan <k4qpl at nc.rr.com> wrote:

> 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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