Tom,
Sounds like you had a great time. I pulled the plug when I hit 225,
since I thought that was a nice round number. Glad to have worked both
you and Lloyd on 40. You had a nice run going when I called you. I
did hear Lloyd on 75, but we were both doing S and P.
Most of my contacts were on 40, but also some on 75 and 20, a handful
on 15, and 2 on 160.
Instead of operating, I spent some time Saturday evening playing around
with a headset microphone. Since the needed settings vary greatly
from the Heil Gold Line, I may set up the 590's A and B menus to use
the Gold Line for ragchewing and the headset for contests. Other
changes in the works here, hopefully in the next few weeks.
73, Steve KW3A
On 8/17/2014 10:56 AM, Tom Behler wrote:
> Hello, everyone.
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> The North American QSO Party SSB contest was an absolute blast here! In
> fact, I think that, in terms of the number of qsos logged, it was my best
> effort ever.
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> I operated a total of nine hours, and made 355 qsos. My point total was
> 30175. I can't seem to find my number of multipliers either in the
> statistics view, or in my Cabrillo file from the N3FJP logging software, so
> that is one mystery for me yet. since my XYL is out of town for the next
> couple of days, I may have to wait for her to look for that detail to see if
> something appears on the screen that I can't get to with Jaws.
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> 40 meters was by far my best band, with a total of 266 contacts made. I
> made 1 contact on 10 meters, 18 on 15 meters, 43 on 20 meters, and 27 on 75
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> I worked 44 states, 2 Canadian provinces, and 1 station in the Cayman
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> If there was a major disappointment for the day, it had to be 20 meters.
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> I spent a couple hours on 20 Saturday afternoon, but found the band to be
> very strange. I worked stations as close by as Illinois, and as far away as
> California, but the band seemed to be very inconsistent and rapidly changing
> at times. I think my score would have been even higher, if I had been more
> successful on 20.
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> I did work Lloyd (W3IUU) and Steve (KW3A) on 40 meters, so that was a
> definite plus.
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> Anyway, it's onward from here, and I'm sure looking forward to the N A Q P
> again in January!
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> Tom Behler: KB8TYJ, Big Rapids, MI
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