Call: K3PP
Country: United States
Mode: SSB
Category: Single Operator Low Power
BAND QSO
QTC Cty Mult
160
0 0 0
0
80
10 10 4
16
40
9 8 4
12
20
411 401 41
82
15
1 1 1
2
10
0 0 0
0
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Totals 431 420 50 112 = 94,640
Club Affiliation: Frankford Radio Club
I originally started in this running of the WAE for a casual effort to hand out QSOs to the serious participants and to keep my ears in tune for my own serious efforts. I got so wrapped up in it that I decided I was going to make a more determined attempt. Several other commmitments took some time through the weekend, so I was unable to make a strong showing. I did, however, thoroughly enjoy my time while I could participate.
I
entered my log into an Excel spreadsheet, ran some calculations and produced
an interesting graph of my progress over the contest period. This
kind of data will be a useful study for my next WAE contest. Click on the
image for a larger version.
The graph shows the growth in QSOs, Mults, and Score over time. It also shows the rate for the past 10 QSOs at each point and the band I was on at the time. It's easy to see how my numerous off periods hurt my score. You can also see how my decent runs produced a lot of QSOs. You can see how fast my score shot up during those times.
The evening hours were tough with my poor low-band antennas and low power. I was also tired from a difficult week, so I didn't have a lot of energy to fight the evening contitions. Off to bed, I went!
Thanks to everyone for the QSOs!
Transceiver 1: Icom
IC-775DSP
for most of my QSOs
This was my first contest with my new IC-775DSP!
Transceiver 2: Icom
IC-736 for other QSOs
Gateway 2000 486 33 MHz
Computer for logging, running CT Version 9.37
It's an old, clunky computer now, but it does the job for
logging!
160m antenna: 1/2 sloper
80m antenna: Inverted-L
40m antenna: Dipole at 20 feet (I
need better)
20m antenna: Force
12 EF-420 4 el monobander at 68 feet
15m antenna: Force
12 EF-415 4 el monobander at 76 feet
10m antenna: Force
12 EF-410 4 el monobander at 84 feet
Other antenna: Butternut
HF9V-X Multiband HF/6m
vertical
Automated HF antenna switching using Top-Ten
Devices band decoder
and automatic antenna switch