[PVRCNC] W4MR (@ AA4NC) NAQP CW M/2 LP

[Roberts, Will]

Call: W4MR
Operator(s): OZ1AA  N4YDU  AA4NC

Station: AA4NC

Class: M/2 LP
QTH: NC
Operating Time (hrs): 12
Location: NC
Summary:

Band

QSOs

Mults

160:

100

32

80:

316

50

40:

500

54

20:

407

51

15:

239

38

10:

55

21

Total:

1617

260

Total Score

420,420




Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club

Team:

Operators:

Tom OZ1AA
Nate N4YDU
Will AA4NC


This was the first time doing M2 from here. It was an absolute last minute decision to operate. Tom, OZ1AA was visiting here this week and wanted to operate a domestic contest for the first time from the US. N4YDU had been hanging out with us this week and so we had our 3 man team. Since my station is wired for SO2R, we fired up my "antique" Yaesu FT990 that had not been powered up in about 18 months for the second station. It performed flawlessly, and reminded me of how good those old Yaesu radios were (are)! My 1996 model FT1000MP still runs with the best of them as well. Besides being a world class cyclist, Tom is also a world class CW operator. Nate can check his e-mail, send text messages, eat snacks, drink beer and hold a conversation while never letting the CW rate drop under 150/hour! 15 meters was surprisingly good, but the low bands were not in great shape, despite a fairly low level of summertime QRN. It was a lot of fun! Thanks for the Qs...

73,

Will AA4NC