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Lloyd Rasmussen <[log in to unmask]>
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Lloyd Rasmussen <[log in to unmask]>
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Sun, 17 Aug 2014 19:23:21 -0400
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I was on for 5 hours, 44 minutes.  My 40 dipole is my worst antenna other 
than 160 meters, so I didn't spend as much time there as many locals did. 
But 20 meters became quite good through much of the evening, and I was able 
to run stations several times on 75 and 20.  Band breakdown is as follows:
Band     QSOs     Pts  Sec   Mt2
  1.8       2       2    2    0
  3.5      66      66   20    0
    7      41      41   20    0
   14     227     227   38    1
   21      35      35    7    1
   28       2       2    2    0
Total     373     373   89    2
     Score : 33,943
It was a blast, and I logged it with the beta of N1MM Logger Plus and 
Window-Eyes 8.4.
Congratulations on your efforts, and it was good to work you and Steve on 
40.  If N3FJP has a "save summary to file" sort of option, you should be 
able to see the breakdown; that's how I get the band breakdown shown above. 
Cabrillo logs only show the claimed (computed) score without even an 
indication of number of QSOs, points or multipliers.
73,
Lloyd Rasmussen, W3IUU, Kensington, MD
http://lras.home.sprynet.com
-----Original Message----- 
From: Tom Behler
Sent: Sunday, August 17, 2014 10:56 AM
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: My N A Q P SSB Contest Results

Hello, everyone.



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.



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.



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
meters.



I worked 44 states, 2 Canadian provinces, and 1 station in the Cayman
Islands.



If there was a major disappointment for the day, it had to be 20 meters.



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.



I did work Lloyd (W3IUU) and Steve (KW3A) on 40 meters, so that was a
definite plus.



Anyway, it's onward from here, and I'm sure looking forward to the N A Q P
again in January!



Tom Behler: KB8TYJ, Big Rapids, MI

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