CaQP Soapbox built 10-31-2011 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: 6Y6U Class: SOFixed HP Total Score = 140,070 Another great CQP is in the books! I had the opportunity to stay a little longer here in Jamaica, so took advantage of the 1 week difference between CQWW RTTY and CQP and managed to get both contests in. Goals in this one were simple: I wanted to be the first DX station to win a bottle of that great CQP wine! Sub goals were a sweep, 1000 Qs, and a top 5 finish. Made the sweep, the 1000s Qs, but don't yet know about the finish! Had a number of problems this weekend. 14 power outages on Sunday, all lasting less than 10 seconds; each power outage required a minimum of 3 minutes to reboot the computer, restart the computers, etc. A thunderstorm Sunday afternoon at 2000Z took me off the air for almost an hour; it seemed to pass right over us, with the time lag between the lightning and the boom in several cases being less than 2 seconds. Still, the station survived intact; since I had no particularly desire to be fried in Jamaica, I turned everything off and disconnected everything. 10 and 15M were so good that Cal participation suffered on all the other bands; there was no one to run on 40M when the running is usually very good from Massachusetts, as they were still on the high bands. 20M seemed to be open all day, but no one was home. I had gone into the contest thinking that, being a DX station, I would be bothered by stations outside California calling during the contest; that turned out to be the case, as about 300 stations outside Cal were logged during the contest. What I hadn't expected was the number of requests for my county; since I was a "6", ops put me in Cal and not in 6Y. I hate to discourage them, but the CQ that included "California Only" was the only way to stem the tide. Last two counties worked were Colusa and Merced; I was on 40M before I worked my first Merced. Did wind up working 4 other ops there, but it was 0130Z before I got the sweep. Another highlight of the contest was a QSO from KF5MUN. He is a 10 year old lad in Texas, and I was his first QSO. He came on, gave his call, and I did reply to it knowing he wasn't in Cal, because he sounded so young, and I stopped contesting for a few minutes to give the lad his first QSO. His dad came on afterword and said that I really made his day. I'll be sure to send him a QSL so that he can always remember his first QSO. All in all, another satisfying CQP weekend. I'll be sure to be on again next year, but probably not from 6Y! BTW, if you're interested in antennas, etc. you can get the full station rundown by googling 6Y1V. Dennis 6Y6U ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AA3B Class: M/SFixed HP Total Score = 78,980 Missed Colu, Merc and Shas. I had to travel for work on Sunday afternoon so my time was pretty much limited to Saturday. Hope to see everyone in the Pa QSO Party next weekend. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AA4GA Class: SOFixed QRP Total Score = 6,003 FT817ND - 5w to PAR End Fedz 10/20/40 and 30m loop fed w/ ladder line ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AA4NC Class: SOFixed LP Total Score = 28,392 First CQP in a long time... Just getting on to say hi to old friends. Lots of new calls in the mix is a good sign. 73 and KB to all! Will AA4NC ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AA6K Class: SOFixed LP Total Score = 68,970 Working conditions: IC-756PII 3 el Steppir with 30/40 loop Inverted Vee for 80 M. I spent the last 2 hours looking for SK for a sweep but there was no joy!!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AA6PW Class: SOFixed HP Total Score = 264,423 Nice to see 10 meters open both days. Never heard VE5. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AA7V Class: SOFixed HP Total Score = 49,113 Heard YOLO, no luck. Why no CW only category? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AA8IA Class: SOFixed LP Total Score = 63,558 10-20m was a blast. 10/15 were open both days just great between OH and CA. I probably spent too much time on those bands, but I couldn't help myself. I did better on 80m last year. Can't tell if it was a noise problem or that nobody was hanging out on 80m. I just know I barely heard a station, and the few that I did hear had trouble copying me on 80m. I did a lot more SSB this time around, which forced me to make some extra contacts just to beat out my score from last year. When bands are good and the radio is working right, it's too easy to go to Phone and neglect CW. I gotta remember that there is usually a point bonus for CW Qs. I was down about 30 Qs from last year on 20m and but made up for them on 10m this year. I missed YOLO, SHAS, DELN and MERC. Last year I only missed two, and they were SISK and GLEN. K6AQL was sounding great from all the counties I worked him on 40-10m. Thanks to the sponsors and all of the CA crowd for putting on an extremely fun contest. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AB1OD Class: M/SFixed LP Total Score = 22,572 I enjoy playing S&P blind, but considering how quickly I got over 30 counties, I decided that I might have a shot at making a clean sweep with a little spotting help. Sadly, four either didn't appear as I turned the VFO, or they were either not spotted or were spotted while I was tending to the honey-do list. 15 was fantastic. 10 seemed good too, but I'm beginning to appreciate just how much I ought to get a better antenna for the band. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AD4EB Class: M/SFixed HP Total Score = 62,712 Wanted to pay back the CA CW operators who have worked me while mobile in various other QSO parties the past few years. Thought 100 QSOs would be plenty, but got sucked in. Conditions on the high bands were great. 73 - Jim - AD4EB ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AD8J Class: SOFixed LP Total Score = 9,472 Operated from my car up on the Blue Ridge Parkway and from my driveway. This was the final test before the big effort as a mobile in PA next weekend. Look for us as W3NO in most of the western PA counties. For PA we will be running high power and melting Hamsticks! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AE1P Class: SOFixed LP Total Score = 70,296 Had fun,and got my First CQP sweep, had all counties worked Sunday morning... Except one...Just needed Yolo to get the sweep.... A big thank you to my neighbor Randy, N1KWF.. Who worked John, KC6SEH, on 15m, and told him I needed Yolo.. Jim was gracious enough to find me calling CQ on 20m.... hence...my 1st sweep... Thanks Guys!!! This little pistol& peanut station did all right... Thanks to all from CA for a great qso party,and all the Q's!! 73 from NH Neil AE1P ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AE6Y Class: SOFixed HP Total Score = 311,360 I spent the weekend at Ken (K6TA) and Kay's (K6KO) fine QTH in Pine Grove, Amador County. The good news is the station plays very well, and Ken was willing to let me trash his normal setup to install my own adaptations. Also, they are wonderful hosts. Kay cooked up a coq au vin dinner Friday night and kept me supplied with food and water during the contest, not to mention a Farmers' Market food basket to take back home to the XYL! When we last convened in 2009, my claimed score was 333k points. This year, in spite of all the fun times on 10 meters, it was down to 311k points. Now, not missing SD and VE5 (how embarassing!) would have added back 11k points, still leaving me another 11k or so below 2009. That was disappointing. I agree with comments made by N6TV and some others that there seemed generally to be less CW activity this year, and also many fewer DX stations. For example, in 2009 I worked 124 DX contacts, but only 76 this year (and 8 of those wre 6Y6U). Anyway, as always a fun weekend. Thanks to everyone for their participation, to NCCC for all the hard work in sponsoring the contest, and most of all to Ken and Kay for their outstanding hospitality. 73, Andy, AE6Y Rig: K3x2, Alpha 87Ax2 Ant: 6 el, 5 el, 4 el, 2 el, 1 el, vee (10-160) Software: CQPWIN ver. 12.5 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: AL1G Class: SOYL HP Total Score = 49,533 Well dang, I missed one county: Madera! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K1GIG Class: SOFixed LP Total Score = 22,400 Had a few computer crashes, operated about 13hrs. Deployed a hex beam before starting, which caused me to start late, but it was worth the wait! The hex beam rocks! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K1TN Class: SOFixed LP Total Score = 60,129 CW only. Missed BUTT, DELN, KING, SHAS, SISK, SUTT, YOLO. Elecraft K3, dipole, NA software. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K3FIV/6 Class: SOFixed LP Total Score = 112,632 Wow, I bet that was as much fun as you can have with 100W and a dipole! It's novel to be on the "prey" side of the hunt, and a nice surprise to be called even by DX on 20/15/10 where I occasionally found a little bit of elbow room for my weak signal. This was 95% running, which is the opposite of what I normally do in contests. I hopped around from band to band, mode to mode, trying to make MEND available. Sadly, no one in SD was around...but the other 57 made it into the log. When my voice failed Saturday nite, I switched to only CW. Then when my brain failed, I struggled into bed. Most interesting event was about 15 minutes before the end. I was on 20CW, and all of a sudden the noise level went from S2 to S8, pretty much wiping everything out. I thought maybe the antenna/tuner succumbed to the early rain we've been getting since yesterday. But when I switched to 10M to check it out, the signal levels there were way up, much better than any time before in the contest. Hmmm, I wonder what the sun did at 2145 UTC? Every contest is a learning experience, and I learned a new thing about the optimal way to structure your exchange macros. They have to be the right length, not too short, not too long. If it's too short, you won't be able to grab that glass/bottle/can of whatever you're using to avoid dehydration. If it's too long, prospective callers will get tired of waiting and you'll lose Qs. It turns out there is a critical length, to be avoided at all costs. If it's long enough to reach out for the refreshments, but not long enough to get back to the keyboard when that next station calls, instability occurs, and the container has a high probability of falling over, especially if the headphone cable provides an assist. Don't ask me how I know this. Hope everyone had fun! Thanks for all the Qs and the patience. 73, /Jack de K3FIV/6 Point Arena, CA Rig: Flex-3000, 100W Ant: 135' Carolina Windom at 35' on all bands ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K3TD Class: M/SFixed LP Total Score = 18,144 Inverted L 30'H x 75'L IC-7700 N1MM Part time M/S effort with W3TD, Dave, who is visiting from PA - lots of fun! Thanks everyone for the Qs! 73! Tad, K3TD ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K3TN Class: SOFixed LP Total Score = 16,770 Just dropped in periodically to see how many counties I could fill in. Paradoxically, having so many bands open makes it harder to try to get that 58 county sweep - you can't just look on 20M any more. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K4BAI Class: SOFixed HP Total Score = 133,226 FT1000MP, Alpha 78, 1 KW, TH6DXX, dipole, inverted vee. Thanks to KU8E for fixing up an old laptop for logging to replace mine for which the mouse had become unstable. He came down just before lunch on Saturday, so I was almost ready at the beginning of the contest. Discovered on first QSO that the .mlt file was up to date and had to edit about half of the mults before making other QSOs. The new (to me) logging computer worked fine. Nice to work 3D2R on one band and T32C on several bands during the weekend. Had very high line noise and was unable to hear a few callers. Band conditions on all six HF contest bands seemed pretty good and certainly 10M was better than it has been for CQP in many years. Thanks for all QSOs. Thanks to K6AQL/M for many QSOs in different counties and, I think on 80, 40, 20, and 15M. Last county was MERCed, for some reason. I ended up working two of them. Next to last was DELNorte. I worked only one station there, but worked him on two bands. Don't think anyone thought it necessary to mount a county expedition to MERCed, but it might be a good idea next year. 73, John, K4BAI. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K4QPL Class: SOFixed QRP Total Score = 20,412 Thanks to all the great CA ops for great job copying QRP. Very part time but a lot of fun. Nice to have activity on all three high bands. Here comes the Sun! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K4RO Class: SOFixed HP Total Score = 102,999 Only planned a few hours but got sucked into the fun. Never heard Del Norte, so missed the sweep this year. Hopefully CA stations had no problem working TN this year. 73, Kirk K4RO ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K4ZGB Class: SOFixed LP Total Score = 99,465 No luck finding Del Norte. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K5LH Class: SOFixed LP Total Score = 59,616 Don't like format. It sadly discriminates against those of us who cannot operate phone (apples/oranges). Mainly tried to give out points to my CW friends in CA. Condx seemed elevated over last year's, with CA QSO numbers up and solid 10 meter openings. Rather disappointing Saturday night with surprisingly little activity on 80 and 160 meters. Never heard or worked COLU, DELN, SHAS, SISK. Thanks to K6AQL/m for a few needed ones. Rig: Omni V (90 W), wire dipoles, Aetherlog for Mac. Chris, K5LH ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K6AAX Class: SOFixed HP Total Score = 155,904 My contest time was cut short unfortunately, but the operator quality in this contest was simply AMAZING. I respect so many of you. It also is a lot of fun to be hunted like rare DX. Outside of the 160m Phone Contest in February, this is my favorite contest. The NCCC really does this right. They should be applauded. Congrats to the W6YI station for putting up a mind numbing score!!!!!! Final Note: W0BH...thx for your patience on 160m SSB. What's your number? Got it after 15 times! Totally my fault for living in the noisy suburbs.... YOU ARE IN THE LOG!!!! Patrick ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K6C Class: M/SFixed HP Total Score = 312,214 For the third year in a row, I did this contest with my long time contesting partner, Martin, AA1ON, who lives part time in VR2 and W1 and plans his commute around CQP. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K6CQP Class: SOFixed LP Total Score = 49,735 Thanks to the membership of the NCCC for the use of the K6CQP call. 73, Todd KH2TJ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K6CSL Class: SOFixed LP Total Score = 35,673 Wow! This breaks all records for my little station. This was almost all running. Conditions were great. During the 20 hour, just before the end of the contest, I ran across a huge pile of stations being attracted by T32C who was a true 599. It was so tempting. But stayed with CQP to pick up final contacts on 40 and 20. I went to 40, hoping to pick up some of the Cal Counties I had missed. However there were none there. I finished on 20, getting me over the top of 250. I need to get my computer control system up and running. CQing with a manual paddle for 24 hours is a real pain. TNX to all the Kb'ers who gave me points on 80 Saturday night. 73's to all. Bert, K6CSL As a post script. I never found another Stanislaus County station on CW. Was I the only one? Is that what kept feeding my runs? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K6CTA Class: SOFixed HP Total Score = 100,320 I hadn't planned on making a full effort, so I started on 15, and just sat at one place and called CQ. Thought about entering as single band - single frequency! But as I had just put up a new antenna for the lower bands on Thursday, I decided that I should at least try it out. So I came back and fooled around on 40. The antenna works great. Had a little time Sunday morning, so I decided to see what was happening on 10. Thanks for the Q's....always a fun time. 73, Ed - K6CTA Elecraft K3 Alpha 89 8 ele yagi 43' vertical ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K6GHA Class: SOFixed QRP Total Score = 26,496 My second CQP running SSB only, and first running QRP. Things started out well, but I found that holding a frequency is not easy if no one can hear you. I was squashed a number of times by folks settling up next to (or on top of) me with much more power (even from out of state) forcing me to move. Had a few issues, antennas not very good with 80 and 40, a strange radio issue that was cured with a power cycle, and usual operator improvements needed. Only ran 21 of my expected 24 hours with conditions favoring my lack of antennas. Thankfully noticed a significant improvement over my first year, and the recent SSB sprint helped overall skills. I already look forward next year to run in the 200W or less small pistol group, retiring my 5W derringer, and getting a broom to sweep. Thanks to everyone who put this together, your time and investment makes the one fun run every year. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K6IDX Class: SOFixed HP Total Score = 187,572 I hadn't planned to do CQP, but a last-minute offer by Brad (K6IDX) gave me hope of a weekend getaway to a super FB hilltop in the woods, and so I was happy to go. It ended up being a part-time operation due to me being extremely tired and some problems with antennas. So the weekend allowed me to mostly play and have fun on the high bands, and do so in a relaxed way...thanks to Brad, as always, for being such a gracious host, and allowing me to use his station, the QTH can only be described as "magic". It was great to hear conditions in such great shape, fantastic signals from all over, and hearing A9 and other middle-east stations on 10M, as well as working Europe again on 10m was a treat. 20M appeared to be wide open most of Friday night before the contest, and during the contest was open just about every time I checked. Congrats to all the FB scores I have heard on the air, there's some amazing numbers floating around, and some fantastic ops behind those big numbers. CQP remains a great time! 73 de N6GQ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K6L Class: M/MFixed HP Total Score = 64,077 although we pulled the K6L call for the station, K6LRG was not ready for prime time use for this contest, and still remains under development for the 2011/2012 contest season. Operating positions were undergoing change and modification during the test.. amps, computer work etc. and A rigorous tower climb yesterday by N6ML with myself on the ground for his safety prevented any real operating, little more than a handful of q's by the two of us, and left N6ML in no condition to operate today. So.. I headed up to the station with my 11 year old son in tow and worked the last 4 hours of the contest as full bore as I could, trying to get as many q's in the log I could. I hope that closed the gap for folks looking for ALAM, and really wish I could have been on the air more. Thanks to all for another wonderful time, I hope you all enjoyed this running of CQP! Antennas: Hygain 103BA for 10m Force 12 C3SH used on 15m (replacement underway with F12 EF415) Hygain 204BA (leeson mod) for 20m Station 1 K3-100 Ameritron AL-1200 Station 2 K3-100 Alpha 86 Log: N1MM 73 and seeya next time! Chris N6WM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K6LA Class: SOFixed HP Total Score = 352,872 Claimed score just beats my LAX (its not really LANG)record from 2006. The only negatives were my 160m antenna just wouldn't tune, although it did before the contest. My 15m stack match stopped working intermittently in what seemed like a heat related problem. On the positive side, 10m was wide open. Unfortunately, it seemed not too many casual operators noticed. Lots of fun. 73, Ken, K6LA ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K6LRN Class: SOFixed HP Total Score = 204,060 Missed SD. Tried phone, but between noisy bands & almost losing voice stayed w/ CW most. Thanks to all for the Qs...always great to see/work the 'usual suspects'. Lots of work to do before SS & WW. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K6MM Class: M/SCntyExp HP Total Score = 151,250 A few unexpected political problems at our chosen location near Candlestick Park forced us into a shorter operating schedule as M/S class rather than M/M as originally planned, but we were able to put San Francisco County into many logs this year. We managed 1,100 QSOs in 13.5 hours on just 3 bands. The final count showed an exact 50:50 split between CW and Phone. Missed Mults included ID, SD, and NT. Thanks for the QSOs and nice comments this past weekend. The Total Score will be divided evenly between two clubs: MLDXCC and REDXA. 73, John (K6MM), Dean (N6DE), and Kevin (K6TD). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K6NV Class: M/MCntyExp LP Total Score = 185,020 "Submitted by Jim W6EU: At one of the Friday, coffee-gatherings in Truckee, NCCC emissary Jack, KF6T visited from Auburn to state that the bean counters in CQP Headquarters were worried about the lack of station signups for Sierra County this year. "Nobody has signed the CQP web county-list for Sierra.", said Jack as he stuffed a muffin into his mouth. "It may mean only 57 counties will show up this year for CQP." K6NV, Bob, stepped up, set his bowl of granola and Geritol down and said he'd be glad to lead a Sierra county expedition to our favorite Stampede Reservoir campsite. The same one we used for Field Day this year. "Low-tech", he said. After much gnashing, flogging and pleading, Bob was able to gather up enough warm bodies and gear to stage a fun, Fall event. Using his RV, a borrowed K3 and P3 from N6XI (thanks Rick!), a borrowed MP from K6ST (thanks Barry) and a C3 from KU6J (thanks Eric), a 2el 40M wire yagi from WX6V (thanks Jim), a 80m receive loop from N7OM (thanks John), the Sierra Chapter of the NCCC was able to mount a successful, 'low-tech' effort. And a big thanks to K6NV YL, Lois for the great, hot, delivered enchilada dinner with all the trimmings Saturday night! She did the same for Field Day. YL of the Year, up here, for sure. Our score reflects that our tribander was too low (the deer and dogs kept running into it!)...but the 2EL 40M wire yagi screamed on 40M and 15M and the high, 80M dipole was good also, a Sunday addition was a 20m dipole up 60' + a little that performed very well. The Sierra County Expedition Team consisted of a handful of experienced ops and a handful of rookies. The less experienced ops had a good time getting their feet wet behind the mic. And we had plenty of dogs! In fact, there were more dogs than CW ops! Got to train those hounds to copy the code. OPS: K6NV + Lois K6ST (+ dog) K7MS (+ dog) KU6J WB6CZG AE6WT (+2 dogs) N6MED KI6PKT W6EU + KB6LMA (+ dog) We'll be back next year for another try, maybe this time with some firepower and higher antennas. Jim W6EU Sierra Chapter, NCCC scribe " ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K6OK Class: SOFixed LP Total Score = 13,716 Small pistol, 100W and 40/20 inverted vee wire. Had a lot of fun on 10 meters despite my antenna not being resonant on 10 meters, just used a tuner to provide an acceptable match. Highest number of stations worked on 10m were from Ontario. Low score but high fun. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K6QK Class: M/SCntyExp HP Total Score = 318,072 We took advantage of rare perfect weather and even rarer fantastic conditions to set a new M/S HP CE record. Hooray for 10M! Thanks for all the QSOs. 73, Bud N7CW for the Imperial Contest Group, K6QK ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K6RB Class: SOFixed HP Total Score = 127,200 So nice to have both 10 and 15 open and productive. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K6RIM Class: SOFixed HP Total Score = 256,360 Nothing like sunspots to make contesting more fun! Ten Meters was excellent, with Sunday better than Saturday. Lots of CQP activity on the bands and excellent ops! Almost all of the multipliers were plentiful .. except ND. Almost missed it, but thankfully I found a mobile station on 20 SSB just a few hours before the end of the contest, to complete the sweep. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K6TU Class: SOFixed HP Total Score = 191,748 Thanks for all the contacts! It was great to have 15 and 10 open, busy and made for a huge improvement over rate, Q's and score over last year. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K6TUJ Class: SOFixed LP Total Score = 10,810 Fun contest. Too bad that Sunday bands were not more cooperative. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K6VO Class: M/SFixed HP Total Score = 278,284 For the ninth year in a row, members of the Southern Orange Amateur Radio Association (SOARA) joined me at my San Bernardino desert ham shack to put K6VO in the California QSO Party. Conditions were good, with lots of DX QSOs and openings on all bands. The QRN was bad, so apologies to the stations calling we were unable to pull out. We all had a great time, hope you did too. See you next year. Dana, K6NR Station: K3 to AL-1500; 5L@48' on 10 meters, 5L@45' on 15, 4L@60' on 20, 40m 4 square, 80m vertical, 160m inverted L. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K6VVA Class: SOCntyExp LP Total Score = 21,177 Just a short QRV Saturday from SBEN and ditto in MONT on Sunday. A very distinguished guest showed up while I was in SBEN: http://www.k6vva.com/cqp2011 (with photos from both mini County Expeditions). Lots of loud signals and since I had EU callers, I know I was getting out. BUT, too many unanswered CQ's ;-( 73 & Tnx for the Q's & Mults... Rick, K6VVA * The Locust NCCC Co-Founding Member ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K6VVA/6 Class: SOCntyExp LP Total Score = 13,579 Just a short QRV Sunday in MONT after ditto in SBEN on Saturday. A very distinguished guest showed up while I was in SBEN: http://www.k6vva.com/cqp2011 (with photos from both mini County Expeditions). Lots of loud signals and since I had EU callers, I know I was getting out. BUT, too many unanswered CQ's ;-( 73 & Tnx for the Q's & Mults... Rick, K6VVA * The Locust ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K6YL Class: M/MCntyExp HP Total Score = 326,714 This was an incredibly fun QSO party and we already look forward to another county expedition to Trinity next year. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K6Z Class: M/MCntyExp HP Total Score = 666,014 Soap Box: Another excellent CQP in the books, and a very memorable one for our Team. A big Thank You to the NCCC for all the hard work that goes into sponsoring the contest. Station Description: Four stations running N1MM Version 11.9.3 in a wireless network. 10 Meters: IC-7000, 30L-1, 4 element homebrew beam at 30’, Ops: KI6VC, N6KZ 15/80 Meters: K3, SB-220, 5 element homebrew beam at 48’, Quarter Wave Sloper for 80M, Ops: N6WIN, K6ZZ 20/160 Meters: K3, LK-500ZB, 3 element homebrew beam at 48’, Inverted-L for 160M, Ops: W1MD, WA1Z 40 Meters: IC-7000, AL-80A, 40-2CD at 48’, Ops: W6PH, K6VR Antennas were installed on AB-577 military surplus portable masts and a 30’ homebrew tower trailer. Commentary: Building on our efforts from last year, we set up Field Day style again at W6PH’s cabin outside of Lone Pine under the shadow of Mount Whitney. Thankfully God put Mount Whitney on the west side of Lone Pine. We moved to this location from our customary location at Fossil Falls three years ago. When W6PH heard about our BBQ and homebrew, it was more than he could handle so he invited us to join him! With 10 Meters expected to be viable this year, we felt a fourth station would be worth a shot. We needed more operators and were fortunate to have Tim, N6WIN join us as well as Marty, W1MD and Bob, WA1Z. Tim, Marty and Bob are all excellent Ops and all around good dudes and made great additions to the Team. W1MD and WA1Z flew all the way from the East Coast just to participate in the CQP. K6VR drove from Colorado and N6KZ from Arizona. Now that’s dedication. It really shows how much fun a CQP County Expedition can be (or could it be the homebrew…Hmmm). We had several goals this year the first of which was to have fun. Everyone got along great and chipped in when needed to set things up, troubleshoot problems, cook, clean, take things down, etc. We were shooting for a win and figured we had a good shot of beating the old 1999 MM County Expedition record if 10 Meters opened. Even without 10 Meters our claimed score beats the old record, so we were happy to see that. Murphy did show up this year. No getting around that. We had an amplifier failure on 10 Meters followed by a radio failure on 10 Meters so we had to do a lot of switching things around to keep things going. We lost about an hour of prime time on 10 Meters. When the contest started we found that one station was erroneously set to Single Op instead of Multi-Multi so our serial numbers were all goofed up. We sorted that out and things were fine after that. For the most part, everything seemed to work well. Thanks for the QSO’s. Bob, K6ZZ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K7HBN Class: SOFixed LP Total Score = 14,805 No antennas for 40 and 80 made this a single band contest for me, but I enjoyed the time I had to operate. de K7HBN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K7IA Class: SOFixed LP Total Score = 42,930 15m appeared to be in good shape, but skip was motly too long for NM, except late on Saturday afternoon. Good warmup for next weekend's Arizona QP. I used all of my portable equipment, sans antennas. Thanks for the QSOs and for the many kind signal reports. Will see you from an Arizona County Line next weekend! 73, dan k7ia ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K7UT Class: SOFixed HP Total Score = 60,320 FT-1000mp, Alpha 374, Inverted V. Great fun. Wish I were further away from California so I could have enjoyed the propagation on 10, 15 and 20! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K7WA Class: SOFixed LP Total Score = 34,545 Didn't have any openings on 10 or 15, 40 and 80 were fun into the night. Many thanks to the Expeditioners and K6AQL who I worked in 11 counties! 73, Jim K7WA K3 100w 20m Hamstick Dipole 40m Inv Vee 5BTV ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K8MM Class: M/SFixed LP Total Score = 36,308 What a difference from last year, lots of stations worked on 10 and 15. I worked N6ZFO in LAKE for my first sweep in CQP. K8MM plus packet. 73, Ian - K8MM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: K8MR Class: SOFixed HP Total Score = 56,000 A good way to spend yet another cold, wet Sunday in Cleveland. Missed Del Norte and Madera for the sweep. Great to have 10 meters back! See you next weekend in the PA QSO Party. I'm still looking for a driver, but even if none found, I will make an appearance from my old home county of Mercer, and maybe a few others. California guys: keep in mind that the PaQP does multipliers by ARRL sections, not just states, so get on and you may find yourself passing out a rare one! 73 - Jim K8MR ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KA3DRR Class: SOFixed HP Total Score = 113,400 Improved my score from last year while enjoying a stellar Saturday operating the best State QSO Party in the country. Ten meters was a lot of fun and 15m really surprised me whit 40m a little heavy on QRN making copy difficult at times. Eighty meters was a big hoot and logging 6Y6U extends my DXCC count for this band. Thanks for a great weekend and kudos to all the low power, low profile stations who make the big difference in one's RadioSport log. 73, Scot KA3DRR Icom 756PRO 80m Dipole 40 3L Monobander 20m (Matched 80m Dipole) 15m 6L Monobander 10m 4L Monobander 1Kw driven by Alpha N1MM Contest Logger ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KC0DEB Class: SOFixed LP Total Score = 8,568 Great Qso Party as ususal ! Besides 1 lonely QSO on 10m, the bands to be for SSB were 15m & 20m. I was in and out of the shack most of the time, but really enjoyed the event! Hope do do it again next year. 73 de John KC0DEB 2011 California QSO Party KC0DEB SINGLE-OP-LP QTH = KS QSOs QSO pts. Mults. -------------------------------------------- 20m 32 64 13 15m 69 138 28 10m 1 2 1 -------------------------------------------- TOTALS 102 204 42 Claimed score = 8568 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KD5J Class: SOFixed HP Total Score = 20,352 2011 California QSO Party KD5J SINGLE-OP-LP QTH = AR QSOs QSO pts. Mults. -------------------------------------------- 80m 1 3 0 40m 7 21 1 20m 27 67 10 15m 109 236 39 10m 28 57 3 -------------------------------------------- TOTALS 172 384 53 Claimed score = 20352 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KH6LC Class: SOFixed HP Total Score = 122,032 Thanks again to Lloyd KH6LC for making his station available for this fun event, and to the organizers and in-state participants for keeping it lively. Conditions were very good Saturday morning and during the day, but less good on Sunday, when from Hawai'i 10 meters was only moderately good and only for the last hour or so. So there is still room to hope for even higher scores than the ones that will be seen this year. By now I'm used to having to co-exist with the Oceania DX SSB on Saturday, but new this year was the multitude of callers from the RSGB 10/15 meter contest who sometimes topped S9 on 15 meters. Next year I will have three different logging programs available to keep track of it all. 73, Curt AH6RE ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KH7Y Class: SOFixed HP Total Score = 80,528 Never was able to get a run going, Ca. stations beams pointed east. Missed Del Norte and Merced this year...I do not think there were as many CAl. stations on the air this year either. Worked N6O on all the HF bands few others close. We had fun and look forward to next year. Thanks to the stations that made a effort to get the rare ones on. Aloha, Fred, KH7Y ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KI7Y Class: SOFixed HP Total Score = 21,285 Very part time effort. Oregon is just too close to California for many daytime QSOs. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KK4CIS Class: SOFixed LP Total Score = 2,800 Was only able to operate sporadically on Saturday (went to the beach on Sunday). 20m was tough b/t FL and CA. 15m was definitely easier, but many stations said I had a light signal. Many thanks to all of the patient CA stations that took the time to pull out my weak signal into CA. Looking forward to doing better in 2012. 73 KK4CIS ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KL2HD Class: SOFixed LP Total Score = 3,364 Modest effort as I looked for new DXCC entities in the Oceania contest. 10m was fun. Lots of repeat calls necessary as I was bouncing into the sides of all that Cal steel beam material not pointed north. Thanks to all who dug me out of the noise level as I was operating Low Power. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KM6I Class: SOFixed HP Total Score = 37,840 Nice to see the high bands productive. The first few contacts I made were in my car at my son's soccer match, running 50 watts to a not-very-good mobile whip on 15 meters. Even got a "you're really loud" comment from a station in MN. Back home, our new neightbors were building a shed at the back of their property, which is about 10 feet from my shack. The hammering was loud enough to trip my vox. QRM comes in many forms. Thanks to all the stations who get on and make this fun for us left-coasters! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KN4Y Class: SOFixed LP Total Score = 18,630 Operated CW and kept busy moving from signal to signal, also worked a mobile several times.Big surprise was ten meters opening for long periods, I needed Del Norte on ten meters to complete all California counties on four bands, so I spent most time on ten meters. Sadly I did not work the county, try again next year. No sweep. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KO7X Class: SOFixed HP Total Score = 56,376 Never heard Butte, Kings, Madera or Merced. There was lots of local QRM, QRL and QLF, as usual. As a result, I only put in 10 hours. Conditions seemed to be good and there were some big scores out there. I missed some prime time Saturday and Sunday, and a thunderstorm forced an early QRT. We even had a nice opening on 10 meters Sunday. I think I worked everyone who I heard. N7MZW put up a good score although I think he is SSB only and low power to boot. It might be close although we are in different classes, I think. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KQ6ES Class: SOFixed HP Total Score = 138,171 The plan was to do this mixed mode, but after another tiring week I didn't think I had the energy to put in the hours unless it was all CW. I'll be a little below last year's mixed score, mainly due to the low multiplier count. I never heard any of the ones I missed: SK, NT, MS, SD, and ID. Sunday was a worse struggle than usual, a disappointing finish, but I was pleased to blow away my personal record for CW contacts in a contest. John kq6es FT-1000MP, 400 watts (100 watts on 10m) Cushcraft A3 at 20ft and Butternut vertical ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: KU5B Class: M/SFixed HP Total Score = 76,560 Great fun. Always a good party and lots of participation. Took many breaks and slept a good amount Saturday night. Nice to come back to a band full of people I hadn't worked yet. Had my dad, W5JSJ, operate a little bit and am still trying to get him interested in the contesting side. Thanks to K6AQL for making SUTT my last county this year! Had a chance to test out the new 1/4wave elevated vertical on 160 and it seems to be a winner. Can't wait to play with it this winter. See you in SSCW as N5UH (University of Houston) in the School category. Colin KU5B ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N0TA Class: M/SFixed HP Total Score = 83,049 Very enjoyable time. Missed Yolo county. Really enjoy the "modeless" format. Thanks to K6AQL for all of the counties. Sunday really drags in this contest - wonder if it could be a little shorter? K3/KPA500, doublet & vertical, N1MM. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N1CC Class: SOFixed LP Total Score = 94,791 FT-990 100W Force 12 C3 @ 40', 80/40 Inverted Vee Apex 40' MFJ Noise Canceller WriteLog 10.88b Good Activity with better 10M conditons to W6 on Saturday, not that good on Sunday. Lot of one-way skip where my 100W signal was strong in California, however stations in CA coming in weak here on 15M. Noise situation helped by the MFJ Noise Cancel, however, the noise isn't going to get better here until we have "rain" to wash off the insulators for miles arouond. The drought has brought noise levels up significantly. I never heard Merced. I listed on 40/80 looking for them Saturday Night and Sunday morning, I missed them if they ever went to 20 or above Sunday. Evenly split S&P and running, with rate averages of 60 QPH running typical. As if not enough stations to sustain better. My first CQP was back in the 70's ... this is the best low-power performance that I have had (Previous was 83K) with eleven earlier years in the "Wine" in the top 20. From #'s heard in the contest I am way off the mark for the top 20, however, this was a great contest! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N2CU Class: SOFixed HP Total Score = 63,180 Couldn't put in a full effort so I opted to try for a sweep on CW only. Not an efficient way to earn some wine but what the hey. Missed DELN, SHAS, SISK and YOLO. Nice to have 15 and 10m open. Big thanks to K6AQL/M for being the only mobile worked (9x) in a state with a gazillion hams. One half of the first 10m director on the TH6DXX is missing so the 10m antenna is 3 1/2 elements. Didn't seem to matter much with conditions so good... 73, Tom N2CU <>< K3 #3582 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N2MM Class: SOFixed HP Total Score = 103,124 Interesting contest....Had a sweep Saturday night when DEL NORTE called me on 40m SSB for the last county. I never heard another!!!! Lost 2 hours Saturday night to go out to dinner. 80m ant died. Generally speaking, propagation not so great on Sunday. As I was working CA, A61EE called me on 10m or 15m. Sunday afternoon brought good signals from CA, but I also had a run of EU at the same time with the beam pointed west !!!! I made the mistake of switching to the low EU antenna. Lost all the CA signals. OH well.... Thanks for the qsos. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N2NT Class: M/SFixed HP Total Score = 119,248 Had no intention of operating but this contest is addicting! Especially with good propagation on 80-10m. I skimmed the rules and didn't see anything about using the cluster so I left it on. It was right there on the page, but I missed it. Had all the counties at 0400z, with DELN the last one. One of the best QSO parties there is! 73, Andy N2NT ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N2ZN Class: SOFixed LP Total Score = 3,888 Probably the first contest I've entered in a long time where the 10 meter QSO totals were higher than 20 meter totals. Don't forget: New York QSO Party in 2 weeks! See nyqp.org for more info. 73, Ken N2ZN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N3RC Class: SOFixed HP Total Score = 18,130 No Ca on 10 or 15 heard here! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N4DW Class: SOFixed LP Total Score = 32,844 Nice contest, good activity, all good ops, many super signals. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N4DXI Class: SOFixed HP Total Score = 15,136 Surprised to find QSO's on 10 meters, even CW! Good news, no thunderstorms in Florida to terminate contest!!......73 John Bescher, N4DXI ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N4GG Class: SOFixed HP Total Score = 24,288 Nice to hear 10 and 15 open. Sorry no time for LF this year.... 73 N4GG ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N4JF Class: SOFixed QRP Total Score = 40,953 A VERY ENJOYABLE CAQP..CONDX WERE EXCEPTIONALLY GOOD ON 20-15-10. NO SHORTAGE OF STNS TO WK. NICE WKG OLD FRIENDS AND MAKING NEW ONES. PART TIME EFFORT. 73s JERRY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N4PN Class: SOFixed HP Total Score = 107,474 Still the greatest!! I had to leave on Sunday morning for Alabama....worked the last 33 Q's from the mobile....tuff going!! Sorry for the dupes as had no computer and logging on a legal pad....hoping it wasn't a dupe.....four contacts on 10m CW were dupes... Thanks to ole faithful, K6AQL/m, for several new ones and for the last one, MER, at 2326Z...seven hours into contest for sweep.. Thanks to all and let's do it again next year!! 73, Paul ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N4XL Class: SOFixed LP Total Score = 94,050 Great to have 10 mtrs open! Worked a guy running 1 watt with an HT to a roof mounted vertical -- Southern California to South Carolina with 1 watt! Computer problems with radio made me have to manually track band and mode changes. Hope didn't lose too many q's by logging errors. Thanks to all! Kevan N4XL ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N5JB Class: SOFixed HP Total Score = 132,994 Sweep earned in 7 Hrs 12 min. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N6DW Class: M/SFixed HP Total Score = 22,000 As often happens family obligations got in the way, and I had a limited effort, only about 9 hours. Last year, no one would respond to my CQ, so it was all S&P. This year I even got a few runs going and was spotted a couple of times. Nice to know the microphone still works, even if the antenna doesn't. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N6IE Class: SOFixed HP Total Score = 225,834 Amazing conditions on 10 meters...at last! Thanks to the folks NCCC for a great contest. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N6KI Class: M/SCntyExp HP Total Score = 279,578 This was part serious, part training exercise for some new and or rusty Ops. We met our goal of 2,000 QSOs and got one very new contest Op in the Hot Seat and a few rusty ones that hadn't contested for a while or had little contesting experience in the past. 10 mtrs provided a wealth of QSOs on SSB but not as many as expected on CW. 15 mtrs return was adequate but 20 and 40 mtr bands did not yield as many SSB QSOs as we had hoped for. I know our 20 mtr antenna was a bit too high on the 70 foot tower trailer but the 40 mtr 2 Element Yagi at almost 78 feet should have reeled in a lot more QSOs - Gonna have to look at the HFTA software results again to see why the 40 mtr antenna on a 950 foot hill with land sloping away from the North to the Southeast horizon didn't perform well even with the best Ops of the crew in the Hot Seat. 80 mtrs had no QRN but neighbors RFI generating TV did hurt us in copying weak sigs. This has to be one of the best CQP experiences since the peak of last sun spot cycle and hoping we will see even better propagation over the next few years as we move in to teh peak of the cycle ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N6M Class: M/MCntyExp HP Total Score = 389,984 The contest ended at 3PM local. We got home about 8:15 PM after breaking down the site and driving 231 miles back to Bend. We dropped off the tower trailer and unloaded stuff from the van. Our Cabrillo log shows the score is 389,984. Here's the raw score breakdown: Band CW SSB 160 21 7 80 162 179 40 282 272 20 412 427 15 346 133 10 290 265 total 1513 1283 raw score 412,090 389,984 less dupes We worked all 58 mults and every CA county but Del Norte. The SSB and CW QSOs are nearly equal on each band. This is the best result possible. It shows we put pressure on all the right places. The barn station made 1219 contacts, all CW. The station in Martin's motorhome made 307 on CW and 650 on SSB. The station in Stirling's motorhome made 620 SSB contacts despite troubles with the small beam. Murphy was well represented. The TH3 on the tower trailer did not pass initial testing - infinite SWR on all bands. With considerable effort "shaking down" the tower, we lowered it and found a bad solder joint on the feed line center conductor attachment lug. This was easily resoldered and it performed perfectly for the rest of the test. Dick's K3 blew smoke Friday evening after receiving too much RF the other station on 40m. The K3 was returned to service after the extraordinary efforts of Paula, Martin, Ron's i-pad, and Dick. The 40m dipole was moved to the south side of the lookout tower. Mid Saturday morning, Bob's K3 went dead. After some disassembly, tapping and fiddling, Paula and Bob chased the intermittent joint away and it stayed in service through the rest of the test. The TH3jr had several bouts of fainting but remained serviceable until 45 minutes to go when it died, again with intermittent performance. This needs to be doctored before 7QP. While Murphy caused frustration and some down time, he was met and overcome with the best combination of skill and ingenuity. This is what ham radio is all about. We ate very well because we had Diann as chef and "mother". Her clam chowder and apple crisp on Friday night was as good a way to start the weekend as there can be. Then there was eggs and bacon, cheese biscuits, OJ and coffee on Saturday morning. And because the food guy (me) forgot to bring any coffee, she borrowed Ed's truck (thanks Ed!) and drove 67 miles back to TuleLake to buy some. She made the lasagna dinner Saturday night and then topped it off with OJ, coffee, pancakes, biscuits and bacon on Sunday morning. Throughout there was always hot coffee. We made just under 3000 contacts. Diann made it enjoyable. And she is also an ace logger. KF7PLP, our newest member and new Extra, was the designated trainee. He was always there when something needed to be done. He had the right coax adapter to make the radio tests. He had his FT450 ready to go if either of the K3s went off. He logged for the SSB guys for a while and then made about 50 QSOs. And he brought his i-pad. It provided the internet platform to get critical information needed to fix the radios. He has now demonstrated all the requirements to become a full-fledged member of the Modoc team. He's going to be a contester! A hearty WELL DONE to all. I have not checked the records but this is likely the best score we have ever posted in the 13 years we have been going to Modoc. 2011 Modoc crew: NX1P, K2DI, K4XU, AE7IK, KE7UCE, KF7PLP, WN7K, W7YAQ, K7YLO, W7YOW, D1ANN ...and FR1SKY (the cat). For the benefit of non-club readers, we had three stations, each with an SB200 amp. Antennas: TH3 at 50', TH3jr at 30', 2el 40m inV @ 40', 80m inV @ 45', 40 and 20m dipoles @ 30'. The site is a NFS fire lookout on Timber Mountain in the Modoc National Forest. Elevation 5300'. Dick -- K4XU CODXC pres Web page: www.codxc.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N6O Class: M/MFixed HP Total Score = 681,036 4 stations, including one SO2R for simultaneous 80/160m: Radios: five K3s, two A76s, AL1200s, LK550. Stacked yagis on 10 thru 40m, 2L quad on 80m, 4 SQ on 160m. N1MM logger. Radios played well, had minimal inter-band interference, but we lost the 40m computer late Saturday afternoon. Took an hour to configure the replacement - N6ML coached us by telephone on setting up N1MM/network on the 'new' computer. Special thanks to N6ML and N6WM for replacing two rotators in the week before CQP and and software assistance; and to K6AW for station setup. This was an iron-man operation by five young old guys; we need some new blood to keep all the radios manned for 30 hours! QSO total (5039) was up by more than 1000 over last year, thanks to 10m. I missed a few stations on 80m while on the 160 radio in SO2R config. with one computer. Stations would QSY if they didn't get an immediate answer. But it was fun (challenging) to CQ and listen on two bands simultaneously. CU in SS, N6RO ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N6TV Class: SOFixed HP Total Score = 263,592 CW only. Missed Idaho and South Dakota. Conditions started so much better than last year, especially on the high bands, that I was expecting to do pretty well, but I ended up about 100 QSOs behind last year's total. Entering as CW only, I guess I see a different contest. Where were all the CW ops this year? Last year I worked over 929 different callsigns, whereas this year I only worked 741. I logged 165 fewer Europeans this year. Nevertheless, it sure was nice to see 10m come back to life, including G0TSM who called me for my only European contact there. Rig: Elecraft K3 (2) Amp: Alpha 87A, Alpha 86 Ant: 5 el 10, 5 el 15, 5 el 20, 3 el 40, 80m rot. dipole, 160m shunt-fed tower Software: N1MM Logger V9.10.3 I should have updated the logging software. The program kept sending serial no. 1 whenever I switched from S&P to RUN mode or vice/versa, so I was constantly fumbling with exchanges. I hope I caught all of the mistakes. Apologies also for not copying some stations; the line noise was S-4 on 10 and 15, so the weaker stations were really tough copy, though the K3 noise blanker helped a lot. 73, Bob, N6TV Cabrillo Statistics (Version 10g) http://bit.ly/cabstat CALLSIGN: N6TV CONTEST: CA-QSO-PARTY CATEGORY: SINGLE-OP ALL HIGH CW OPERATORS: N6TV -------------- Q S O R a t e S u m m a r y --------------------- Hour 160 80 40 20 15 10 Rate Total Pct -------------------------------------------------------------------- 1600 0 0 0 25 51 25 101 101 6.4 1700 0 0 0 0 49 27 76 177 11.3 1800 0 0 0 28 17 42 87 264 16.8 1900 0 0 0 19 28 19 66 330 21.0 2000 0 0 0 19 19 31 69 399 25.4 2100 0 0 0 28 41 1 70 469 29.9 2200 0 0 0 9 38 22 69 538 34.3 2300 0 0 0 73 2 0 75 613 39.1 0000 0 0 31 28 28 0 87 700 44.6 0100 0 0 79 23 0 0 102 802 51.1 0200 0 0 62 16 0 0 78 880 56.1 0300 0 34 56 4 0 0 94 974 62.1 0400 2 34 38 0 0 0 74 1048 66.8 0500 14 48 6 0 0 0 68 1116 71.2 0600 4 31 17 0 0 0 52 1168 74.5 0700 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1170 74.6 0800 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1170 74.6 0900 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1170 74.6 1000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1170 74.6 1100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1170 74.6 1200 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1170 74.6 1300 0 1 21 21 0 0 43 1213 77.4 1400 1 1 2 34 14 1 53 1266 80.7 1500 0 0 0 3 24 23 50 1316 83.9 1600 0 0 0 0 31 19 50 1366 87.1 1700 0 0 0 6 12 23 41 1407 89.7 1800 0 0 0 11 19 12 42 1449 92.4 1900 0 0 0 4 23 9 36 1485 94.7 2000 0 0 0 17 14 9 40 1525 97.3 2100 0 0 0 25 13 5 43 1568 100.0 ------------------------------------------------------ Total 22 149 313 393 423 268 1568 Gross QSOs=1578 Dupes=10 Net QSOs=1568 Unique callsigns worked = 741 The best 60 minute rate was 111/hour from 0049 to 0148 The best 30 minute rate was 128/hour from 1602 to 1631 The best 10 minute rate was 162/hour from 1854 to 1903 There were 364 bandchanges and 153 (9.8%) probable 2nd radio QSOs. ----------------- C o n t i n e n t S u m m a r y ----------------- 160 80 40 20 15 10 Total Pct --------------------------------------------------------------------- North America 22 148 306 372 383 258 1489 95.0 South America 0 0 1 0 1 2 4 0.3 Europe 0 0 1 15 32 1 49 3.1 Asia 0 0 2 1 4 2 9 0.6 Africa 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Oceania 0 1 3 5 3 5 17 1.1 -------------------------------------------------------------- Total 22 149 313 393 423 268 1568 U.S. Call Areas Worked Area QSOs Pct -------------------- 0 98 6.3 1 115 7.3 2 112 7.1 3 104 6.6 4 185 11.8 5 121 7.7 6 344 21.9 7 122 7.8 8 87 5.5 9 82 5.2 -------------------- Total 1370 87.4 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N6UWW Class: SOYL LP Total Score = 63,600 Great fun as always to run into the "regular" contesters and to "share the love" with the newbies. Many thanks to WB6BFG for letting me sit in the hot seat this weekend, keeping me fed, quenching my thirst (HAPPY ALMOST FRIDAY!) and for encouraging me along the way. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N6XT Class: M/SFixed HP Total Score = 200,332 Had a few issues but most were resolved. Thanks to all the operators. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N6YEU Class: SOCntyExp LP Total Score = 149,853 Great fun again this year as County Expedition to Lassen. All was going well until high winds (30-40 mph) almost took down portable tower/antennas.(guy anchors were pulling out) I was able to lower antenna to about 10 feet off ground and re-guy. My inverted vee 40/80 wire antenna was now almost literally on the ground a near vertical incidence antenna which worked surprisingly well. Thanks to all who worked me. I never worked or heard any station in VERMONT! 73,Fred ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N6ZFO Class: SOFixed LP Total Score = 92,232 Limited operation and embarrassingly low score due to co-occurring wine harvest at our Talleyrand Winery. The wine activity took some priority because of guests, two of whom had made a major donation to my SF High School's auction to experience a harvest weekend. Grabbed some time Sat afternoon, but we did not finish dinner until 0700Z, and bands were pretty uninteresting by then. So missed the prime evening 40/80 meter qso's. 160m activity is low, but did manage a few Q's and, perhaps more importantly, worked T32C for a new band-country. Several Eu stns Sunday afternoon on 15m, some incredibly strong, but very few called in. GM0NIU was S9+20 at least, stonger than almost all stateside stns. I worked NT in first 100 Q's and eventually added two more NT QSO's. Sadly missed both Vt and VE5, but was lucky to have AG5Z call in on 15m SSB in closing minutes for the only Ms qso. Just one ND Q a #1 from K0HL. KC6MCI provided some LAKE Q's fairly early on Saturday when I was unable to operate; received #47 from him at 2200Z on 20 SSB; was a little worried after receiving #1 from another Lake county stn a few mins earlier. 73 Bill n6zfo ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N7VS Class: SOFixed LP Total Score = 20,562 Again, a number of conflicts limited my operating time. I have installed several upgrades over the summer, and this time they performed flawlessly. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N8II Class: SOFixed HP Total Score = 83,810 There was an unexpected major running event in Shepherdstown and we sat for 40 minutes waiting for the runners to cross a highway, arrgh! So, with the errands to run (including going out of business furniture pruchase), I didn't get home until around 19Z. I didn't fire up in CQP until around 2020Z. 10 was wide open to CA, but activity up there was not overhwelming. I scoured up what I could mostly S&P, then did the same on 15 (running was not at a good rate) arriving on 20 after a dinner break around 2245Z. 20 still was suffering a bit from absorption and my noise level was high aided by precip static on the yagi. We set record low high temperatures both Saturday and Sunday with rain most of the the time. So, around dark, it was back to 15 for a try and conditions were absolutely perfect to CA with booming signals lasting until around 0045Z, but activity could have been better. By the time running and S&P had worked out 20, I was ready for bed,a busy day! I started Sunday needing 4 counties and by 1830Z still needed 3, it was looking like a bad luck mult Sunday. Then at 1845Z, KC6SCH called in on 10 SSB from Yolo, I found KE6RGB on 20 CW in Mereced at 1929Z (sending me #130), then with only 90 minutes left WA6OHP called on 15 sending only #67 for Sutter and the sweep! Amazingly, I made an insurance contact with each in the last 90 minues even with 40 minutes off to walk the now water logged dog, logging Sutter again at 2157Z. Conditions, although far from bad, were down a bit on Sunday with very few 20M CW sigs mid afternoon. 20, 15 and 10 were slower to open than expected, but 10 and 15 opened nearly the same time both favoring southern Cal. 10 really didn't open fully to northern Cal until 20Z. My best run of the day was the last 15 minutes on 10 SSB. The casual ops started coming out of the noise and showing up in numbers the last 2-1/2 hours. Having 20-10M open at the same time seems to dilute the activity to the point that running is slow and more CA stations tend to stay in run mode as they can switch bands and modes to keep it going. As alaways the guys with poor audio and weak signals were really a challenge to copy. There must be a lot of really poor antennas on the left coast as W6JTI/QRP was easy to work every time I heard him and was S9 on 10M beating out 2 other ops. N6YEU/P with a small yagi 12 feet off the ground was also consistently loud from Lassen. About a hundred of my Q's were a real struggle to copy, some due to marginal condx, but others weak when the loud guys were S9+20-30 db. Thanks for the Q's; I got some running practice in for SS. There were some huge numbers from out of state and from CA (records falling for sure), congrats. Prop from here near DC to CA is not as good as FL or TX, needless to say. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: N8XX Class: SOFixed QRP Total Score = 13,038 Great that 15 and 10 came alive. Was absitively amazed that my 5 watts to an 80 metre inverted vee with apex @ 28' could actually be heard amongst the cacophony of the "full gallons" even on SSB! Thanks to the FB crew who put on a grand party! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NA4BW Class: SOFixed LP Total Score = 78,344 Missed and never heard Shasta and Yolo. Kept going back to CW expecting more 'unique' callsigns on Sunday, but it seemed to be the same guys/ladies I had already worked on Saturday. SSB was a vastly different experience though. 10m was what keep me in the chair. That was fun on 10m!! All low wires here, but it didn't seem to matter on 10m. There's no meters like 10 meters right! About time. 73 Brian NA4BW ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NA4K Class: SOFixed LP Total Score = 106,488 Good activity and good band conditions. Last two Mults SHAS and BUTT. Steve NA4K ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NA6G Class: SOFixed LP Total Score = 8,320 Limited time but had a good time. Mostly S&P. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: ND0C Class: SOFixed QRP Total Score = 75,936 This was fun! I've been looking forward to CQP for several months and was very protective of the weekend, trying to avoid any conflicts. I was still able to somewhat sociable to my family and get a pretty strong effort in the contest. It was difficult to be inside though with some gorgeous fall weather here! All the bands seemed to be pretty noisy, but my 5 watts still felt pretty loud. I usually have decent propagation to CA from here. Over-all I was pleased with my hourly rates. I was able to get some runs going on 15 and picked up a couple tough mults that way. The only real disappointment was 10 meters. If it had opened here for just a couple hours I really could have padded my score. 10 was very long, especially on Saturday and I took the opportunity to work some Oceania stations includng 3D2R and T32C. I could hear KH6's and some eastern US guys working CA, but didn't hear any 6s myself. There was a bit of a 10 meter opening on Sunday - but brief and with some nasty QSB. 15 was definitely the "go-to" band and I got almost 1/2 my QSOs on 15. 20 was pretty decent most of the time. Considering my modest antennas, I'm pleased with how things went, especially racking up 567 QSOs. I'm bummed that I didn't get a sweep, but I never did hear Yolo or Merced. According to the CQP website, I broke the old QRP record which was my goal. Now we'll see who else did well with QRP this year! Thanks to everybody that pulled my 5 watt signal out of the QRM/QRN. Special recognition should go to N6JW who really worked hard to get my ESP exchange on 80 SSB. I'll be back for CQP again next year, running QRP as always! Station: Yaesu FT-897D running 5 watts Wilson SY-3 three element triband Yagi at 48 feet Inverted vee (tuned feeder) with apex at 45 feet 73, Randy, ND0C "You don't have to be crazy to contest with QRP ... but it helps." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NE7D Class: SOFixed LP Total Score = 48,516 From Oregon, not a "brisk" contest during the daytime hours -- missed all the fun on 10 and 15 . . . and 20 was a challenge, but was the only option until dusk. By Sunday morning there was very little left to work, but was surprised to be able to get some decent runs going when begging for CA stations. Not normally a fone op, but spent some time at that end of the bands when CW Q's got scarce. Have to admit to enjoying it! Mni tnx to K6AQL for 10 contacts in 9 counties! Final Q was on 20 SSB so got to thank him vocally for delivering so many Q's. Still came up short 6 counties, but had a great time trying. 73 & tnx for the contacts, Rock NE7D ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NF4A Class: SOFixed HP Total Score = 108,927 Missed Merced...didnt use the cluster trying to sweep without it but never heard Merced. Great participation by CA stations! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NI6T Class: M/MCntyExp HP Total Score = 500,674 3 running stations: dedicated SSB and CW for 15/20/80 and CW/SSB for 10/40. We stopped trying to get the network working on Friday night about 11pm local. Great time had by all. Once again K6MI kept us all well fed. Our site is just to the side of CA-36. Lots of local visitors: Neighbors, California Highway Patrol, Sheriff, CDF (Fire Dept), CA Forestry Ranger One person asked if we were aliens or just looking for them :) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NI7R Class: SOFixed LP Total Score = 38,070 I took advantage of the 200 watt rule for LP, which seemed to help. Working CA on 15 meters was a real struggle, as all CA stations were weak. Almost all S&P here with no assistance from skimmers, or DX clusters. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NK6A Class: SOFixed HP Total Score = 122,192 Great openings on Sat for 10 and 15M. Used high power for a change which allowed me to run on many bands. Never found a SD or SK. This was my personnel best for this contest. Learned many new skills. Always an enjoyable contest. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NO5W Class: SOFixed LP Total Score = 29,088 First time in a long time that 15M has been the money band for me and it was in great shape. That was the good news. Saturday was great but Sunday was the doldrums here as I couldn't find many new stations to work on 40-10. Heard only one (GLEN) of the 10 counties that I missed. Thanks to K6AQL for several mobile contacts. 73/Chuck/NO5W ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NO6F Class: SOFixed HP Total Score = 267,387 First CQP from my little pistol home station. Hexbeam and 80/40 inverted vee.= and THP amp with about 800w. Wonderful experience with all those sunspots but WHERE WERE THE VE5's????? Had 4 VY1/VE8 qsos!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NR5M Class: SOFixed HP Total Score = 126,092 Pretty much a full time effort except for the 45 minutes or so about an hour into the contest that I "gave up" in frustration over the S and P amp faulting out on each band change. Finally just decided to get some SO2R practice and go barefoot on the S and P radio. I use Win-Test and just before the contest found a surrogate contest template that allowed input of the CQP info (IOTA contest). The mults got recorded but without a proper check proceedure to disallow incorrect abbreviations. That, combined with my ignorance of the counties AND their proper abbreviations, caused a lot of fumbling during my manual look-up process on each Q. Things got a little smoother as the test progressed. I eventually worked out the SO2R sequencing AND learned the more common county abbreviations midway into the test. I had great fun and will be back next time with a less make-shift contest setup. George NR5M ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NU6T Class: M/MFixed HP Total Score = 172,710 Great fun operating at W6SR! Very nice antennas and an operator friendly station. Enjoyed making a Summits on th Air (SOTA) contact when KI6ZHC broke through a nice pile-up from high on Mt. Tallac. Thanks to all who made contacts in CQP. Much appreciated! 73 Rich NU6T ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NV9L Class: SOYL LP Total Score = 40,320 I am also a brand new contestor. What a blast it was!!! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: NW2K Class: SOFixed LP Total Score = 3,021 75W, matchbox, 80M loop at 30 feet. Thank you for all QSOs. Hope to hear you on the 15th for the NY QSO Party (operating from Livingston County). www.nyqp.org. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: OQ5M Class: M/SFixed HP Total Score = 13,806 Had fun last year so I put this one on the calendar again. Score and numbers way down compared to 2010 with even more time spent. Propagation only so-so from here to CA. East Coast and Central US stations were loud on all bands. It's the last stretch that was too long. On Saturday only 15m seemed to work. Glad I decided to try 10m on my Sunday evening: despite high A value I managed to work a dozen light signals. Then 15m opened up 'long' for another batch of SSB QSO and then finally some decent but noisy signals on 20m - but not too much on SSB. Every CA I heard on 40m had a muddy signal. I answered one on SSB but he kept slapping CQ's in my face. Bummer. 132 DX QSO without launching a single CQ - for a 'running type op' this sure is an achievement. I used the cluster but I think 80% of the contacts was made by just going up 'n down the bands. It's always fun to discover a signal from the West Coast, no matter what band. 73 de Franki ON5ZO = OQ5M http://www.on5zo.be/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VA3EC Class: SOFixed LP Total Score = 15,222 First time in quite a while when I had my most Q's on 10. Only a few hours to play. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VA3GKO Class: SOFixed LP Total Score = 3,596 With work on sat got up sunday morning & worked one hour. Got back for the last half hour with band conditions sounding really good. A few points for cco.See you guy's next year.Greg va3gko. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VA3KAI Class: SOFixed LP Total Score = 20,076 Rig : Kenwood TS2000 Antennas : Off-center fed and trapped wire dipoles Soapbox : Fun contest with great good conditions from California to Eastern Ontario. I'll be back for sure next year and will plan more operating hours. Software: CQPWIN by AE6Y (ver. 12.5) I have observed all competition rules as well as all regulations established for amateur radio in my country. My report is correct and true to the best of my knowledge. I agree to be bound by the decisions of the Awards Committee. Date:__October 3, 2011__ Signature:__Allan Niittymaa, VA3KAI___ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VA3NR Class: SOFixed HP Total Score = 34,476 Been a while since I played radio. Had fun. Good sig's. Happy ten is back. 73, Chris [Mk-V, Al811 400watts, dipoles at 35', vertical] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VA3OR Class: SOFixed LP Total Score = 33,900 Fewer mults than last year...but still beat last years score. 10m was the workhorse. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VA3RKM Class: SOFixed QRP Total Score = 1,672 FT897, 5w, vertical. Could only get on at the the end of the party due to illness. Not used to having 10m as the best band! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VA7ST Class: SOFixed LP Total Score = 30,135 Managed a very part-time effort this time out, with just 6 hours on. 10M and 15M were way too long to do very well from BC. Didn't find the 80M array particularly effective this year. The 40M dipole and quad both got me into CA, but still had lots of fill requests, so the band was obviously not quite right for this distance. As usual, was tough to be heard in the cone of silence behind the primary beam headings from CA. Enjoyed the hunt for counties as always. -- Bud VA7ST http://va7st.ca/home.html http://orcadxcc.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE1BVD Class: SOFixed LP Total Score = 13,770 IC 746PRO, SteppIR DB-18 @ 40 ft. I was disappointed in 10 and 20 metres, but 15 was great!! Only heard one other Maritimer being worked; VE9OA--who/where is he? Took a couple of short breaks to work MM0RAI/p on Rockall (40M) and T32C (10M) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE3AD Class: SOFixed LP Total Score = 15,272 Good conditions,lots of signals lots of fun. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE3CX Class: SOFixed HP Total Score = 37,950 Nice to see 10 meters open! Thanks for the QSO's Tom - VE3CX ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE3GTC Class: SOFixed QRP Total Score = 4,788 Great conditions but was only able to use 20 and 15. I was out and about and operating portable. The weather was rainy and cool but the good conditions made for an enjoyable few hours of portable contest operating. This contest has a great many different categories but not a one for portable, something to consider. cheers, Graham ve3gtc ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE3HG Class: SOFixed QRP Total Score = 13,524 Nice to have LogiTalker working with Flex 1500 running 5 watts. Bands got hot. DX on 15 kept interfering with CQP HI HI. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE3JI Class: SOFixed LP Total Score = 1,350 Only got home for the last hour ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE3KZ Class: SOFixed HP Total Score = 124,004 I can thank K6AQL/m for the last two counties. As I worked him up from Kings I saw on the map that he was headed towards SUTT and BUTT and snagged them both for 57 and 58 after about 13 hours of operation. It was hard to keep up steam pressure after that at 1 a.m. so I hit the sack neglecting 80 almost completely. Sorry about that. Congratulations to Tony, VE3RZ and the rest of the CCO crowd! Sounded like some heavy competition from 4-land! 73 Bob VE3KZ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE3VE Class: SOFixed LP Total Score = 39,600 Fun contest. With the SFI Index finally reaching a respectable level, 10 meters was finally back to its magical self, so was 15. Worked only SSB and during daylight hours. Just could not find the remaining 3 counties. Was aiming to get ALL counties on side band. Thanks to all the CA. stations for putting on a great show. Sam ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE4EAR Class: SOFixed HP Total Score = 64,736 Booming signals on 15m and 20m at times. 10m only opened very weakly to CA from here. 80m was very noisey and by the time things settled down, CA and me must have gone to bed. Always a lot of fun! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE6TL Class: SOFixed LP Total Score = 77,546 I ran barefoot (200W) with my FT-5000MP as I didn't think it would make much difference if I kicked in the little amp (FL-7000). Probably true. Still, I had a better score in 2007 (about 80,000 points) with my old FT-1000MP running 100W. This weekend was hurt by some higher velocity solar wind that seemed to cause quite a bit of noise and wiped out 10m and 15m. I heard lots of east coast on 10/15 as they were working W6, but I couldn't hear W6. So this was a case of being too close. The night time condx on 40/80/160 weren't great either ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VE7WO Class: SOFixed LP Total Score = 45,087 Goal was to work all California Counties. Lassen were are you?? About 1.5 hours left and had to leave to go shopping for new appliances. ARRGGHH!! That one elusive County gives me a reason to get on again next year. Great event and lots of fun. Thanks for all the Q's! 73 Brian VE7WO ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: VY1EI Class: SOFixed LP Total Score = 22,560 Good band conditions. Hope this lasts into next month. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W0BH Class: SOFixed HP Total Score = 150,162 Several weeks before the CQP, my XYL Lorna accepted a dinner invitation (for both of us) on the Saturday evening of the CQP. I also work with the Hesston College ARC as we use the CQP to gain contesting experience before Sweepstakes. Given both of these issues, I had once again ruled out a full-time effort for 2011, but ... First, the start. It's great fun to try for the Sweep and see how fast the counties come. This year, they just didn't stop coming. It seemed like there were more ops out there sooner in the rare counties .. likely a result of hard work by the organizers. I like to count down the final five, so at 1902Z, the countdown started with W6USN in Stanislaus. Six minutes later came KC6MCI in Lake followed in another six minutes by KE6UAR in Del Norte. At 1927Z, I worked N7YDX/6 in Imperial, thanked them for being out there, and told them I had one county to go. They wished me good luck. Which left Sutter .. a county I've had to wait a very long time for in past CQPs. Not this year. K6TAZ/m called in at 1948Z with Sutter, and mobile op Steve and I both celebrated! So imagine my surprise when N7YDX/6 called back in on the same band about 45 minutes later. I told them it was a DUPE, but I wasn't in their log, at least not that log. They mentioned that they had several stations with several logs, so I hope they find me somewhere! If not, we worked again at 2029Z which would make Imperial my last county. In either case, I'm really glad they called back, because my next IMPE came at 0200Z. Band conditions were terrific from Kansas both days. 20 and 15 were well over S9, and I was running 100/hr on the 10-minute meter when Lorna came in and tapped her watch, expecting me to quit immediately. I did .. after I worked down the four stations still calling me. It wasn't quite the optimal time to take time off, but I'm guessing if I hadn't, my future rates might have suffered! We drove in two cars to Newton for a great meal and good company, then I bowed out early and came home two hours behind. It felt the same as taking time off the first six hours of Sweeps, but at least I was full and rested. Lots of great ops and fun stories along the way. K6AQL/m did another fine job of putting out counties as one of the few mobiles I heard who were actually out running. On Sunday when things slow down dramatically, I enjoyed moving stations around the bands to fill in missing CW and SSB slots in the log. It was also fun chatting with Dennis/W1UE from time to time all the way from 6Y6U, and with John/N6MU who kept encouraging me to hang in there. It sounds like 10m was good to both of them. I heard signals on 10m, but not from CA, though I perhaps didn't check often enough. My most unusual contact came with KC6NDC who said he was using an underground antenna. He has info on it on his QRZ.com page. I worked 652 unique calls. Top ops for me: 10 N60 (missing only 10m) 09 K6Z 08 AE6Y K6AQL/m K6LA K6NA N6M W6YI 07 K6NV K6YL KF6T NI6T W6YX 06 9 ops 05 18 ops 04 26 ops Since I had good conditions to all counties most of the time, I thought it might be fun to sort by county. I wonder how this compares with combined stats. The number is how many contacts I made to each county. 02 DELN 05 GLEN KING MERC 06 TULA SBEN ALPI MADE MEND 07 SUTT IMPE 08 SIER COLU MARP 09 TEHA NAPA BUTT 10 MONT MODO LASS 11 MONO LAKE YOLO 12 PLUM SFRA STAN CALA 13 SHAS YUBA SOLA 14 HUMB TUOL TRIN MARN 16 SISK KERN 17 INYO AMAD 18 SBAR 19 NEVA 21 SACR 22 PLAC SJOA 25 SCRU FRES 27 SLUI 28 ELDO 30 SMAT 31 ALAM 32 RIVE 33 VENT 38 CCOS SBER 47 ORAN 55 SONO 77 SCLA 99 LANG 116 SDIE To keep myself entertained on Sunday, I start over again trying for a Sweep. This Sunday, I heard all counties except Del Norte and Modoc on Sunday, although I didn't work Glenn and Kings because they would have been DUPEs. Thanks to the NCCC for sponsoring another great CQP! The local clubs and ops really did a job this year and are likely already looking forward to next year. So am I! 73, Bob, w0bh ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W0PAN Class: SOFixed LP Total Score = 14,112 Had a great time. Short skip prevented working some of the other bands. Great QSO Party - looking forward to next year. Hope to get all 58 counties then. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W1AJT Class: SOFixed HP Total Score = 12,600 K3 / ACOM 1000 43' vertical ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W1CTN Class: SOFixed HP Total Score = 54,346 First time I worked all 58 counties ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W2AJW Class: SOFixed LP Total Score = 21,504 Ten Tec Omni D, 20m dipole @ 20ft, 40m horizontal loop @ 12ft, random wire @ 15ft, N1MM Logger 99% S&P. So close to the clean sweep! Missed Butte and Yolo. Heard Butte a few times, never could catch one. Never heard a peep from Yolo. 15m and 10m just too long to work, maybe if I had a beam I could have tried working CA via backscatter. Super fun contest, thanks to all who participated and put it on. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W2CDO Class: SOFixed HP Total Score = 41,616 Lots of activity, lots of CA counties. Lots of fun. 15 was amazing on Saturday. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W4AU Class: SOFixed HP Total Score = 50,615 Great QP, as usual; it seemed like half of the hams in California were on the air! tnx fer the Q's - 73, John ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W4GDG Class: SOFixed LP Total Score = 34,476 k3/100, 135 ft dipole. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W4NZ Class: SOFixed HP Total Score = 45,900 K6AQL seemed to always be there when I needed a new county - thanks! 73, Ted W4NZ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W4UCZ Class: SOFixed LP Total Score = 43,407 Hmmm ... more 15 meter QSOs than 20 meters and more 10 meter QSOs than 40. Maybe some of that hokum about those sunspot thingies is true (hi). The pace and mix was so lively I had trouble abritrating between the CQP and ballgames. As a result, this one was a personal best. Only missed five (northern) counties : Butte, Colusa, Del Norte, Shasta & Siskiyou. With a K3 barefoot into a random wire up 10' that's better than it seems. As usual, it was CW only. It was fun side-show working K6AQL/M for 14 QSO's. At times they made the CQP almost feel like it was a state QSO party (hi). Thanks to all for making the CQP a "Fall Classic" party. 73, Mark, W4UCZ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W5WZ Class: SOFixed HP Total Score = 20,502 Very casual effort. Many small time slices of operating in between an event filled weekend. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W6DOJ Class: M/MFixed HP Total Score = 167,695 Bob1, K6YN, Bob2,K6YN and Ted, K6XN, operated from a wilderness area in Northern California in Nevada County from Ted'd cabin in the Tahoe National Forest at an elevation of 5000 feet. No power lines, no paved roads, no neighbors. We ran our stations from generators, batteries and solar panels. This is our best CQP ever. Murphy visited us but we were able to solve every issue and we all had a *great* time. We also learned a lot and we all improved our contesting skills. Thanks for another great CQP all. I hope you all had as much fun as we did!! 73 from K6XN on behalf of K6ON, K6YN and myself. I hope we were able to give you all at least one contact from Nevada County (you know who you are :-) . ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W6ML Class: SOCntyExp HP Total Score = 249,516 This was my 20th anniversary CQP Trip...20 consecutive county expeditions to Mammoth Lakes in Mono County...I tried to make an extra push for a competitive score because I am not sure how many of these very physical trips are going to be possible as the years are starting to add up. I made the 300 mile drive to Mammoth on Sunday night, the weekend before CQP so I could have some extra days to setup. In addition to the usual wire beams for 15m & 20m and 40/80M dipoles, I brought a 3 el 10m mono band beam. I spent most of the next 4 days setting up my 5 antennas. The wire antennas were spread though the pine trees and the 3 element 10M mono band beam was mounted on a 30ft mast on my deck. During the week as I installed and tested each antenna I was getting great signal reports and working lots of DX too. I was very optimistic about the upcoming CQP weekend. At the beginning of CQP I spent the 1st hour on 15M and then went to 10M. I soon realized that 10M SSB was fine, but on 10M CW I was getting too much RFI and the transmitter was locking up. As a result I only had 3 QSOs on 10M CW on Saturday. On Sunday morning, I put a bunch of toroids on all the lines and solved the RF problem, but I never quite caught up on my total CW QSO goal. All of the mults came pretty easy until all I needed was UT & SK. I was excited when VE5KJS called and gave me his #2...I never heard another VE5 for the rest of the weekend. I worked K7UT a bunch of times and others to cover the UT section and get the sweep. I worked so many Canadian stations, that I started "awarding" somw of them by using my special phonetics "W6 Maple Leaf" at the end of each Canadian SSB QSO...nice, eh? When I quit for a 6 hr sleep break at 0748Z I had 1262 QSOs which was my best ever mid-point QSO rate (81/hr). Sunday was not as productive as my rate for the balance of the contest was 56/hr. This was my first time using my new K3 for a CQP. I particularly enjoyed it on CW...once I setup on a run frequency, I almost never heard anything but the station replying to my CQ. And to go with the "state or the art" K3, my logging software was still CT running in DOS under a Windows 98 PC. I know that it's pretty obsolete, but using it with the DVP voice card that I have had since 1992, it still provides a sweet interface for SSB QSOs. Maybe next year I'll make the jump to the N1MM bandwagon. It was nice to have dinner with Larry (W7AB) and Don (W7FD) at W6M. They operated from further south in Mono County at Larry's cabin and this was the 12th year that we have met at the local Chart House restaurant for a pre-CQP Friday night dinner. And special thanks to Hank (W6SX), a very contest active ham in Mammoth, that always gives me good tips and encouragement. Even the weather cooperated...on Monday through Thursday while I was working outside putting up antennas, the weather was perfect...On Friday when I was working inside setting up my station, it rained heavy off and on all day. Then when I had to take down all the antennas on Sunday afternoon and Monday morning the weather was clear, but it started raining again just as I was leaving to drive home...the forecast was for snow beginning on Tuesday/Wednesday. I was happy to do my personal best in this CQP and beat my prior high score from 2006 (235,480) by about 14,000 points. Thanks for all the QSOs and great ops in CQP! 73, Jim, W6ML (W6KC) http://www.vistasierra.com/w6ml ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W6OAT Class: SOFixed HP Total Score = 195,852 Missed NT ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W6ONV Class: SOFixed HP Total Score = 41,973 It seemed to have a little bit of the good, the bad and the ugly. Since I broke my rotator I just set the antenna to work the US. I had some good runs on 15/20 SSB on Saturday but about 2017z I lost 15M on my FT-1000MP. I thought it might be an antenna issue, but it wasn't. So I went the rest of the afternoon without 15M. I missed out on all the low band activity due to family responsibilities. Figured I would get up early Sunday but could not be heard on 40/80M CW even by N6RO, 3 miles down the road. I finally called it a day as I found myself getting frustrated, still had a great time! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W6PK Class: SOFixed LP Total Score = 1,488 Tks for all the Q's! Very casual effort. I enjoyed finding working counties, even though they aren't multipliers for W6's. 73 de Phil W6PK ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W6RFU Class: M/SSchool HP Total Score = 200,925 This was our best UCSB Club M/S effort in CQP. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W6SX Class: SOFixed HP Total Score = 178,200 K3, ACOM 2000A, wire antenna at 46 feet with Matchboxes, N1MM. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W6UE Class: SOSchool HP Total Score = 292,030 One man, one computer, one radio, one amplifier, one antenna per band, one heck of a lot of fun! It was great to have 10 back this year. May it continue to awaken. Hats off to N6MJ for a mind boggling performance and score. Congratulations, Dan! Thanks to the NCCC for another enjoyable CQP. 73, David N6AN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W6XR Class: SOFixed HP Total Score = 39,788 Lots of fun working so many Cal. friends again. High band conditions were good here in Upstate NY but I obviously didn't take full advantage of what was available. This is a trying contest being a W6 and not in Cal. Many people are still not aware the FCC stopped issuing call signs by call area when you changed QTH back in the mid seventies! Had about a dozen people complaining about using W6 when I'm a resident of NY...... as it confused them,Oh well. Looking forward to next year and maybe a competition for W6 expatriate category. 73 Natan W6XR Freeville NY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W6YI Class: SOFixed HP Total Score = 421,312 Thanks again to Jim, W6YI, for letting me use his world class station. Since Win-Test doesn't do CQP, we had to tear the computer network apart and start from scratch. We settled on TR4W for this one, but won't make that mistake again. We will be ready to go next year with N1MM. Conditions were great overall to the East, but over the pole suffered quite a bit. I had visions of working hundreds of EU with the elevated solar numbers, but it didn't pan out that way. I only worked a hand full of EU on 10, 15 and 20, and the ones I did work were either very weak or extremely fluttery. The rate at the beginning was much slower than normal, which I think was due to the activity being spread out between 10, 15 and 20 instead of everybody being crammed in just on 20m like years past. The rate remained steady throughout the day, and I was able to make up the lost ground by the evening. If anybody cares to see the rate sheet just let me know. 73, Dan N6MJ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W6YX Class: M/MSchool HP Total Score = 567,008 First time above 4,000 QSOs! We've been above 3,000 QSOs for four years now, but with the recent great conditions, Mike N7MH thought we could do better than our usual two or three transmitter operation. In the last week he pushed us to get seven transmitters ready, and we had up to SIX operators a few times, although most often was only two or three operators. We only had three amplifiers, and some transmitters were only one mode. Conditions were not as good as last week, but we were pleased to break 4,000 QSOs. The out-of-California participants certainly didn't have a hard time finding or working us. The 5,000 QSOs level set by N6O (Congrats!) will have to wait for another year... We started with great rates of 280, 220, 220, but then it dropped, and the only other highlight was a 300 rate at 03Z when we finally went to 80m. Sunday wasn't as slow as might be feared, and 10m was surprisingly good with lots of SSB activity. W6YX Equipment: Tribanders: Force 12 C-31XR at 60ft, Mosley Pro-67 at 50 ft 10m: 6 el yagi at 70 ft, 5-el at 30 ft 15m: 6 el yagi at 70 ft, 5 el yagi at 25 ft 20m: 6 el yagi at 60 ft, 5 el yagi at 36 ft 40m: 4 el at 60 ft, inverted vee at 50 ft 80m: two inverted vees at 50 ft Beverage receiving antennas Yaesu FT-1000MP, Yaesu FT-1000MkV Elecraft K3, Icom 756Pro3, Icom 761, TenTec Omni 6 Alpha 86, Alpha 78, Ameritron AL-80A. Writelog software ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W7GKF Class: SOFixed HP Total Score = 91,257 N/S 15m and 10m openings to WA weak. K6AQL/m was amazing, as usual. Great county representation. Second day extremely slow. Sponsors should consider making CQP a one-day event, say 6:00am to midnight. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W7KAM Class: SOFixed LP Total Score = 12,900 Good to see 10 meters open. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W7WHY Class: SOFixed LP Total Score = 8,415 Only got in a couple of hours as had to go to a wedding Saturday. Thanks for the Q's. Fun to work the NSL bunch. 73 Tom W7WHY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: W8TM Class: SOFixed LP Total Score = 76,410 Very nice to have 10 open. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WA1FCN Class: SOFixed LP Total Score = 57,232 Just a relaxing effort this year. Congrats to Tom K4ZGB for overtaking my 2004 Alabama record. You know I will not be relaxed next October hi hi. Always happy to see all the Cal. regulars on. It should be a great DX contest season this year. 73 BoB WA1FCN ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WA6KEK Class: SOFixed HP Total Score = 83,334 Had stations calling me after only having transmitted "Is the frequency in use please?" on Saturday's start. It was really exciting and fast paced all day. Sunday conditions were not nearly as good, it was a lot more work to hear weaker stations, especially on 20m. 15m turned out to be the money band for me. 73 Alan WA6KEK ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WB2ABD Class: SOFixed HP Total Score = 13,400 K3 KPA500 Steppir 3el @ 45ft 160/80/40 inv vees @ 60ft N1MM GHE Radio Boss developed a control/connector issue with beam, so used wires and a tuner for most of the contest. Pleasantly surprised with many new band counties on 15 and 10. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WB6JJJ Class: SOFixed HP Total Score = 90,770 That was a lot of fun... I just wish that I had more time to play radio. I was fortunate that RI came along during a CW run an hour before close for a sweep. I think everyone in Onterio was on the air - they were everywhere. Conditions seemed good throughout the test until near the end when the bands went dead and the noise level rose very high. My DSL also went down. Must be the sun... Thanks for all of the Qs. Bill WB6JJJ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WC7S Class: SOFixed QRP Total Score = 29,400 Wonderful fun, great ears, great conditions. And even better was meeting neat friends. Thanks to all. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WD8RYC Class: SOFixed HP Total Score = 17,820 Had a great time doing S&P. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WF7T Class: SOFixed LP Total Score = 1,125 Was able to make the last few minutes of the contest. Next year I hope to have more hours to play. My appreciation to the organizers and thanks for the Qs. 73 Brad WF7T Nashville, TN --- IC-7600@100, Doublet@35' N1MM v11.9.4, YCCC SO2R+ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WN6K Class: SOFixed LP Total Score = 162,064 "Just Wait Till Next Year" With last year's score as a target, I blew the deal by finding some quick SSB contacts on 10m and thought I could sustain the rate by shuffling back and forth to the dark side....wrong!!!! Should have stuck with the plan and I would have been better off for it. Missed ND and SK which put my sweep bucket in the back of the room. Sunday morning when I woke after my 'forced time' nap, I found out that someone had knocked off a power pole on the highway and 72 homes were without power...so we waited and waited till it got back on. Spent some of that time saying my goodbyes to W6NOW as he is on his way to Silicon Valley for his new job. Sunday was raggedy sounding and I got a 3D Sun Alert from my phone app warning of yet more CME activities. Lots of fun all in all as usual and my be the last 'major' contest with this antenna setup as expect new antenna here in week or so. WN6K, Paul ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WO4O Class: SOFixed HP Total Score = 62,350 As a non-Ca party-er, running stations on phone is more fun for me, than cw, regardless of the point differential. The 10-meter openings to the West coast are a blast. My primary goal was to qualify for another "First to 58" plaque. My second goal was to work 500 Ca stations within 9 hours. Met both goals and left the party to pursue other interests. Next year I may operate this one from Ca. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Call: WW9DX Class: M/SFixed HP Total Score = 24,957 FB condx! 73, Mike K9NW Index of Calls Call: 6Y6U Class: SOFixed HP Call: AA3B Class: M/SFixed HP Call: AA4GA Class: SOFixed QRP Call: AA4NC Class: SOFixed LP Call: AA6K Class: SOFixed LP Call: AA6PW Class: SOFixed HP Call: AA7V Class: SOFixed HP Call: AA8IA Class: SOFixed LP Call: AB1OD Class: M/SFixed LP Call: AB4GG Class: SOFixed HP Call: AB4SF Class: SOFixed LP Call: AD4EB Class: M/SFixed HP Call: AD8J Class: SOFixed LP Call: AE1P Class: SOFixed LP Call: AE1T Class: SOFixed LP Call: AE6Y Class: SOFixed HP Call: AL1G Class: SOYL HP Call: K0IO Class: SOFixed LP Call: K1GIG Class: SOFixed LP Call: K1GU Class: SOFixed HP Call: K1PQS Class: SOFixed LP Call: K1TN Class: SOFixed LP Call: K1XM Class: SOFixed LP Call: K1ZZI Class: SOFixed HP Call: K3FIV/6 Class: SOFixed LP Call: K3IE Class: SOFixed HP Call: K3SV Class: SOFixed HP Call: K3TD Class: M/SFixed LP Call: K3TN Class: SOFixed LP Call: K4BAI Class: SOFixed HP Call: K4BP Class: SOFixed LP Call: K4FT Class: SOFixed LP Call: K4HAL Class: SOFixed HP Call: K4QPL Class: SOFixed QRP Call: K4RO Class: SOFixed HP Call: K4WW Class: SOFixed LP Call: K4ZGB Class: SOFixed LP Call: K5LH Class: SOFixed LP Call: K6AAX Class: SOFixed HP Call: K6C Class: M/SFixed HP Call: K6CQP Class: SOFixed LP Call: K6CSL Class: SOFixed LP Call: K6CTA Class: SOFixed HP Call: K6GHA Class: SOFixed QRP Call: K6IDX Class: SOFixed HP Call: K6JS Class: M/SCntyExp HP Call: K6L Class: M/MFixed HP Call: K6LA Class: SOFixed HP Call: K6LRN Class: SOFixed HP Call: K6MM Class: M/SCntyExp HP Call: K6NA Class: SOFixed HP Call: K6NV Class: M/MCntyExp LP Call: K6OK Class: SOFixed LP Call: K6QK Class: M/SCntyExp HP Call: K6RB Class: SOFixed HP Call: K6RIM Class: SOFixed HP Call: K6TU Class: SOFixed HP Call: K6TUJ Class: SOFixed LP Call: K6VO Class: M/SFixed HP Call: K6VVA Class: SOCntyExp LP Call: K6VVA/6 Class: SOCntyExp LP Call: K6XV Class: M/SFixed HP Call: K6XX Class: SOFixed HP Call: K6YL Class: M/MCntyExp HP Call: K6Z Class: M/MCntyExp HP Call: K7HBN Class: SOFixed LP Call: K7IA Class: SOFixed LP Call: K7JQ Class: SOFixed HP Call: K7UT Class: SOFixed HP Call: K7WA Class: SOFixed LP Call: K8MM Class: M/SFixed LP Call: K8MR Class: SOFixed HP Call: KA3DRR Class: SOFixed HP Call: KC0DEB Class: SOFixed LP Call: KC7V Class: SOFixed LP Call: KD5J Class: SOFixed HP Call: KD7JET Class: SOFixed LP Call: KE2VB Class: SOFixed HP Call: KF7GNI Class: SOFixed HP Call: KG4CUY Class: SOFixed LP Call: KH6LC Class: SOFixed HP Call: KH7Y Class: SOFixed HP Call: KI7Y Class: SOFixed HP Call: KK4CIS Class: SOFixed LP Call: KL2HD Class: SOFixed LP Call: KM6I Class: SOFixed HP Call: KN4Y Class: SOFixed LP Call: KO7X Class: SOFixed HP Call: KQ6ES Class: SOFixed HP Call: KS4X Class: SOFixed QRP Call: KU5B Class: M/SFixed HP Call: KU8E Class: SOFixed LP Call: KY7M Class: SOFixed LP Call: LZ5R Class: SOFixed HP Call: N0TA Class: M/SFixed HP Call: N1CC Class: SOFixed LP Call: N2CU Class: SOFixed HP Call: N2MM Class: SOFixed HP Call: N2NT Class: M/SFixed HP Call: N2SQW Class: SOFixed HP Call: N2ZN Class: SOFixed LP Call: N3LL Class: SOFixed HP Call: N3RC Class: SOFixed HP Call: N4DW Class: SOFixed LP Call: N4DXI Class: SOFixed HP Call: N4GG Class: SOFixed HP Call: N4JF Class: SOFixed QRP Call: N4PN Class: SOFixed HP Call: N4UC Class: SOFixed LP Call: N4VV Class: M/SFixed HP Call: N4XL Class: SOFixed LP Call: N4ZZ Class: SOFixed HP Call: N5JB Class: SOFixed HP Call: N5QQ Class: SOFixed HP Call: N5UJ Class: M/SFixed HP Call: N5ZK Class: SOFixed HP Call: N6DW Class: M/SFixed HP Call: N6IE Class: SOFixed HP Call: N6KI Class: M/SCntyExp HP Call: N6M Class: M/MCntyExp HP Call: N6MEF Class: SOFixed LP Call: N6MW Class: SOFixed HP Call: N6O Class: M/MFixed HP Call: N6QQ Class: SOFixed HP Call: N6TV Class: SOFixed HP Call: N6UWW Class: SOYL LP Call: N6XT Class: M/SFixed HP Call: N6YEU Class: SOCntyExp LP Call: N6ZFO Class: SOFixed LP Call: N7LR Class: M/SFixed HP Call: N7MAL Class: SOFixed LP Call: N7VS Class: SOFixed LP Call: N8II Class: SOFixed HP Call: N8UM Class: M/SFixed HP Call: N8XX Class: SOFixed QRP Call: N9FC Class: SOFixed LP Call: NA4BW Class: SOFixed LP Call: NA4K Class: SOFixed LP Call: NA6G Class: SOFixed LP Call: ND0C Class: SOFixed QRP Call: ND3D Class: SOFixed LP Call: NE7D Class: SOFixed LP Call: NF4A Class: SOFixed HP Call: NI6T Class: M/MCntyExp HP Call: NI7R Class: SOFixed LP Call: NK6A Class: SOFixed HP Call: NO5W Class: SOFixed LP Call: NO6F Class: SOFixed HP Call: NR5M Class: SOFixed HP Call: NU6T Class: M/MFixed HP Call: NV9L Class: SOYL LP Call: NW2K Class: SOFixed LP Call: OQ5M Class: M/SFixed HP Call: VA3EC Class: SOFixed LP Call: VA3GKO Class: SOFixed LP Call: VA3KAI Class: SOFixed LP Call: VA3NR Class: SOFixed HP Call: VA3OR Class: SOFixed LP Call: VA3RJ Class: SOFixed QRP Call: VA3RKM Class: SOFixed QRP Call: VA3YOJ Class: SOYL HP Call: VA7ST Class: SOFixed LP Call: VE1BVD Class: SOFixed LP Call: VE1RGB Class: SOFixed LP Call: VE3AD Class: SOFixed LP Call: VE3CX Class: SOFixed HP Call: VE3EY Class: SOFixed LP Call: VE3GTC Class: SOFixed QRP Call: VE3HG Class: SOFixed QRP Call: VE3JI Class: SOFixed LP Call: VE3KZ Class: SOFixed HP Call: VE3RZ Class: SOFixed HP Call: VE3TU Class: SOFixed LP Call: VE3TW Class: SOFixed LP Call: VE3VE Class: SOFixed LP Call: VE4EAR Class: SOFixed HP Call: VE6TL Class: SOFixed LP Call: VE7BC Class: SOFixed LP Call: VE7WO Class: SOFixed LP Call: VE8DW Class: SOFixed LP Call: VE9HF Class: SOFixed HP Call: VY1EI Class: SOFixed LP Call: W0AO Class: SOFixed HP Call: W0BH Class: SOFixed HP Call: W0BR Class: SOFixed HP Call: W0PAN Class: SOFixed LP Call: W1AJT Class: SOFixed HP Call: W1CTN Class: SOFixed HP Call: W1TO Class: SOFixed LP Call: W2AJW Class: SOFixed LP Call: W2CDO Class: SOFixed HP Call: W2JU Class: SOFixed LP Call: W3DYA Class: SOFixed LP Call: W4AU Class: SOFixed HP Call: W4BK Class: SOFixed LP Call: W4GDG Class: SOFixed LP Call: W4NZ Class: SOFixed HP Call: W4UCZ Class: SOFixed LP Call: W4UT Class: SOFixed QRP Call: W5WZ Class: SOFixed HP Call: W6DOJ Class: M/MFixed HP Call: W6ML Class: SOCntyExp HP Call: W6NF Class: SOFixed LP Call: W6OAT Class: SOFixed HP Call: W6ONV Class: SOFixed HP Call: W6PK Class: SOFixed LP Call: W6RFU Class: M/SSchool HP Call: W6SX Class: SOFixed HP Call: W6SZN Class: SOFixed HP Call: W6TK Class: SOFixed HP Call: W6UE Class: SOSchool HP Call: W6XR Class: SOFixed HP Call: W6YI Class: SOFixed HP Call: W6YO Class: SOFixed HP Call: W6YX Class: M/MSchool HP Call: W7GKF Class: SOFixed HP Call: W7KAM Class: SOFixed LP Call: W7WHY Class: SOFixed LP Call: W8TM Class: SOFixed LP Call: W9WE Class: SOFixed LP Call: WA1FCN Class: SOFixed LP Call: WA2JQK Class: SOFixed LP Call: WA2MBP Class: SOFixed LP Call: WA5ZUP Class: SOFixed HP Call: WA6KEK Class: SOFixed HP Call: WA7PRC Class: SOFixed HP Call: WB2ABD Class: SOFixed HP Call: WB6JJJ Class: SOFixed HP Call: WC6H Class: SOFixed HP Call: WC7S Class: SOFixed QRP Call: WD0BGZ Class: SOFixed LP Call: WD8RYC Class: SOFixed HP Call: WF7T Class: SOFixed LP Call: WN6K Class: SOFixed LP Call: WO4O Class: SOFixed HP Call: WU6W Class: SOFixed HP Call: WU9B Class: SOFixed LP Call: WW9DX Class: M/SFixed HP Index of Calls organized by Class Class: M/MCntyExp HP Call: K6YL Call: K6Z Call: N6M Call: NI6T Class: M/MCntyExp LP Call: K6NV Class: M/MFixed HP Call: K6L Call: N6O Call: NU6T Call: W6DOJ Class: M/MSchool HP Call: W6YX Class: M/SCntyExp HP Call: K6JS Call: K6MM Call: K6QK Call: N6KI Class: M/SFixed HP Call: AA3B Call: AD4EB Call: K6C Call: K6VO Call: K6XV Call: KU5B Call: N0TA Call: N2NT Call: N4VV Call: N5UJ Call: N6DW Call: N6XT Call: N7LR Call: N8UM Call: OQ5M Call: WW9DX Class: M/SFixed LP Call: AB1OD Call: K3TD Call: K8MM Class: M/SSchool HP Call: W6RFU Class: SOCntyExp HP Call: W6ML Class: SOCntyExp LP Call: K6VVA Call: K6VVA/6 Call: N6YEU Class: SOFixed HP Call: 6Y6U Call: AA6PW Call: AA7V Call: AB4GG Call: AE6Y Call: K1GU Call: K1ZZI Call: K3IE Call: K3SV Call: K4BAI Call: K4HAL Call: K4RO Call: K6AAX Call: K6CTA Call: K6IDX Call: K6LA Call: K6LRN Call: K6NA Call: K6RB Call: K6RIM Call: K6TU Call: K6XX Call: K7JQ Call: K7UT Call: K8MR Call: KA3DRR Call: KD5J Call: KE2VB Call: KF7GNI Call: KH6LC Call: KH7Y Call: KI7Y Call: KM6I Call: KO7X Call: KQ6ES Call: LZ5R Call: N2CU Call: N2MM Call: N2SQW Call: N3LL Call: N3RC Call: N4DXI Call: N4GG Call: N4PN Call: N4ZZ Call: N5JB Call: N5QQ Call: N5ZK Call: N6IE Call: N6MW Call: N6QQ Call: N6TV Call: N8II Call: NF4A Call: NK6A Call: NO6F Call: NR5M Call: VA3NR Call: VE3CX Call: VE3KZ Call: VE3RZ Call: VE4EAR Call: VE9HF Call: W0AO Call: W0BH Call: W0BR Call: W1AJT Call: W1CTN Call: W2CDO Call: W4AU Call: W4NZ Call: W5WZ Call: W6OAT Call: W6ONV Call: W6SX Call: W6SZN Call: W6TK Call: W6XR Call: W6YI Call: W6YO Call: W7GKF Call: WA5ZUP Call: WA6KEK Call: WA7PRC Call: WB2ABD Call: WB6JJJ Call: WC6H Call: WD8RYC Call: WO4O Call: WU6W Class: SOFixed LP Call: AA4NC Call: AA6K Call: AA8IA Call: AB4SF Call: AD8J Call: AE1P Call: AE1T Call: K0IO Call: K1GIG Call: K1PQS Call: K1TN Call: K1XM Call: K3FIV/6 Call: K3TN Call: K4BP Call: K4FT Call: K4WW Call: K4ZGB Call: K5LH Call: K6CQP Call: K6CSL Call: K6OK Call: K6TUJ Call: K7HBN Call: K7IA Call: K7WA Call: KC0DEB Call: KC7V Call: KD7JET Call: KG4CUY Call: KK4CIS Call: KL2HD Call: KN4Y Call: KU8E Call: KY7M Call: N1CC Call: N2ZN Call: N4DW Call: N4UC Call: N4XL Call: N6MEF Call: N6ZFO Call: N7MAL Call: N7VS Call: N9FC Call: NA4BW Call: NA4K Call: NA6G Call: ND3D Call: NE7D Call: NI7R Call: NO5W Call: NW2K Call: VA3EC Call: VA3GKO Call: VA3KAI Call: VA3OR Call: VA7ST Call: VE1BVD Call: VE1RGB Call: VE3AD Call: VE3EY Call: VE3JI Call: VE3TU Call: VE3TW Call: VE3VE Call: VE6TL Call: VE7BC Call: VE7WO Call: VE8DW Call: VY1EI Call: W0PAN Call: W1TO Call: W2AJW Call: W2JU Call: W3DYA Call: W4BK Call: W4GDG Call: W4UCZ Call: W6NF Call: W6PK Call: W7KAM Call: W7WHY Call: W8TM Call: W9WE Call: WA1FCN Call: WA2JQK Call: WA2MBP Call: WD0BGZ Call: WF7T Call: WN6K Call: WU9B Class: SOFixed QRP Call: AA4GA Call: K4QPL Call: K6GHA Call: KS4X Call: N4JF Call: N8XX Call: ND0C Call: VA3RJ Call: VA3RKM Call: VE3GTC Call: VE3HG Call: W4UT Call: WC7S Class: SOSchool HP Call: W6UE Class: SOYL HP Call: AL1G Call: VA3YOJ Class: SOYL LP Call: N6UWW Call: NV9L