[PVRCNC] SS CW K4QPL Single Op QRP unassisted

[Jim K4QPL]

Operating Time (hrs): 24

Radios: SO2R  (Elecraft K3s, Icom IC-7300)

Band  QSOs

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  160:    0

   80:  228

   40:  195

   20:  133

   15:   19

   10:    1

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Total:  576  Sections = 80  Total Score = 92,160

 

Comments below this paragraph posted on 3830. For "mid-Atlantic" read
"PVRC". Thanks, guys. Sounded like a PVRC reunion on 80M between 8 and 10
p.m. Sunday. It's not easy unassisted to catch new ones and it was a full
time job going up and down the relatively small CW segment listening for
newcomers and fighting the pileups with 5W to add another Q to the log. The
times I tried running my run radio with CQ repeat on, even on a clear
frequency, was like an automatic beacon with few responses. Seemed more like
single-radio  S&P so I often just gave up and used both for S&P on two
bands. Can't understand why the bands sounded OK but took more power to get
through. Even the big guns for the most part weren't "rock crushers." My
lone 10M Q was from a quick look for Ak or Yt at the same time a CA multi
was testing the band.

 

"I panicked when a well-known contester jumped the gun at 4 p.m. EDT and
people started calling him. Had to check the rules to be sure I wasn't late.

This contest was a real grind for me. Couldn't seem to get any decent runs
going and it was two-radio S&P for almost the whole way. Glad I saved time
for the end which was an 80M bonanza of fresh meat. The East Coast and
especially the mid-Atlantic turned out for the barbecue! Turned off the
second radio and just spun the dial up and down from 3.510 to 3.570 to pick
off new ones as they came in. Slow but fun!  Never did hear Ne, EWa or Ak.
Qc and De were the last of my 80 to come in. Clean Sweep will have to wait!

Thanks for all the good ears out there including the disbelievers at the end
who asked me to repeat the number when mixed with the "Q" precedent :-)(I
surprised myself also.)"