Lou:

The NAQP contests are one of my favorites, because they are friendly 
contests, but they also offer a bit of the competitive atmosphere for those 
who are interested.

Looking forward to the SSB contest in two weeks, although I'm not quite sure 
how I'm going to do it if we are camping out at the RV.  Still need to do 
something about the antenna situation out there, but am not quite sure just 
what yet.

73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lou Kolb" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2012 11:57 AM
Subject: Re: My Run in the NA QSO Party Yesterday


> Nice going, Tom.  I have a wonky pl-259 on my dipole feedline or i'd have
> looked for you and steve on 40.  As it was, I just gave out some points on
> 15 but that's a great little contest.
> Lou Kolb
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Tom Behler" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2012 11:49 AM
> Subject: Re: My Run in the NA QSO Party Yesterday
>
>
>>    Mike and all:
>>
>> Well, my NAQP CW contest effort was plagued like everyone elses's with
>> thunderstorm static, but I managed to make a total of 278 qsos on the
>> bands
>> in the allotted 10 hours of operating.  Made a few qsos on 10 meters
>> before
>> it washed out;  some on 15 meters;  most on 20 and 40;  some on 80;  and 
>> a
>> couple on 160.
>>
>> I need to do some editing on my log, but I believe I worked most of the
>> states, a few provinces in Canada, Puerto Rico, and Mexico.
>>
>> Overall, under the conditions, I felt pretty good about my effort, and
>> really look forward to the winter NAQP when, at least theoretically, the
>> static crashes will be gone.
>>
>> 73 from Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Mike Duke, K5XU" <[log in to unmask]>
>> To: <[log in to unmask]>
>> Sent: Sunday, August 05, 2012 7:45 AM
>> Subject: My Run in the NA QSO Party Yesterday
>>
>>
>>> Thunderstorms in the area that only brought me static, but no
>>> moisture, kept my participation down.
>>>
>>> Nevertheless, I made 51 contacts, divided among 26 states, and 4
>>> Canadian provinces with a total of about 90 minutes of operating time.
>>>
>>> Ten meters had washed out by the time I got started, so I was only on
>>> 15, 20, and 40 meters.
>>>
>>> It was fun until the static went crazy.
>>>
>>>
>>> Mike Duke, K5XU
>>> American Council of Blind Radio Amateurs
>>>
>