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