[bars] New England QSO Party this weekend...
Tim KC1RET
kc1ret.radio at gmail.com
Mon May 8 14:29:54 EDT 2023
I was running <100w into an 40m EFHW at about 20ft so I think that puts
me in the less-than-little-pistol category... 'pea shooter' perhaps? ;-)
Yes, there were def. a strong showing of CW spots vs. SSB spots. I was
attributing that to the less-than-great conditions (CW being preferable
in low-signal situations) but I had forgotten about the CW skimmers
feeding into RBN. I did have two good runs but they only lasted a few
minutes as I ran out of callers.
I've submitted my log; 112 Qs with a score of 5,600. I'm curious what
you used to create that summary sheet below?
Thanks for the motivation!
73, Tim - KC1RET
On 5/8/2023 11:18, wo1n wrote:
>
> Thanks for getting on.
>
> SSB can be a real drag for low power/low antenna situations, this is
> why I did 100% CW. The RBN
>
> Network picks up your call instantaneously and spots you across the world.
>
> Drop me a note if you need help with submitting or anything.
>
> 73, Ken – WO1N
>
> NEWE QSOPARTY Summary Sheet
>
> Start Date : 2023-05-06
>
> CallSign Used : WO1N
>
> Operator(s) : WO1N
>
> Operator Category : SINGLE-OP
>
> Band : ALL
>
> Power : LOW
>
> Mode : CW
>
> Default Exchange : MIDMA
>
> Gridsquare : FN42IO
>
> ARRL Section : EMA
>
> Club/Team : Billerica Amateur Radio Society
>
> Software : N1MM Logger+ 1.0.9875.0
>
> Band QSOs Pts Mul Pt/Q
>
> 3.5 115 230 6 2.0
>
> 7 198 396 17 2.0
>
> 14 110 220 26 2.0
>
> 21 40 80 4 2.0
>
> Total 463 926 53 2.0
>
> Score : 49,078
>
> Station: FTdx5000, C3-SS at 38', 40MDi at 50', 80M-K2KQ, N1MM+
>
> Soapbox :
>
> Wow conditions were pretty punk for the entire event. Watching crazy K
>
> indices and long duration flares all weekend.
>
> Crappy weather all week so I didn't get the yard work done that I
>
> had planned. When Saturday dawned beautiful and bright I knew
>
> I was in for a challenge to balance contesting and the other stuff.
>
> N1MM+ says 8 hours, which is about right. One session right after
>
> I came in from moving some heavy trash barrels of compacted,
>
> wet leaves resulted in the fingers not going to where they are supposed
>
> to on the keyboard. It was typo after typo, fixup after fixup. I am
>
> a good touch typist so I'm like WTF? Eventually the fine motor skills
>
> returned.
>
> About 99% running. All CW. Best hour was 88 Qs. I need to figure out
>
> what I'm not doing right in the multiplier department.
>
> Score attributed to my local Ham club after spending some cycles in
>
> the prior week motivating members to get on the air and make some Qs.
>
> All in all, not a super serious effort but fun none-the-less.
>
> 73,
>
> Ken - WO1N
>
> *From:* bars <bars-bounces at w1hh.org> *On Behalf Of *Tim KC1RET
> *Sent:* Monday, May 8, 2023 8:39 AM
> *To:* Robert Montgomery <rob.montgomery69 at outlook.com>; Jim Idelson
> <jim at k1ir.com>
> *Cc:* BARS Reflector <bars at w1hh.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [bars] New England QSO Party this weekend...
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> “/Success is stumbling from failure to failure with no loss of
> enthusiasm/.” —/Winston Churchill//
>
> /Hey, you kept trying and eventually had some success! I took a few
> breaks during the day when nothing seemed to be working and then came
> back and tried a different band, or calling CQ rather than doing S&P.
> It was def. a tough slog early in the day but when 40 opened up WOOHOO!
>
> 73 - Tim KC1RET
>
> On 5/8/2023 7:00, Robert Montgomery wrote:
>
> Add my name to the list of failures.
>
> I called CQ for an hour Saturday at the start and only got two
> contacts.
>
> Tried again later at night and the bands were not cooperating.
>
> Same results Sunday morning.
>
> Did finally make some progress last night on 40M.
>
> Hopefully learned many lessons for future contests!!
>
> KC1QKU-Rob
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> *From:*bars <bars-bounces at w1hh.org> <mailto:bars-bounces at w1hh.org>
> on behalf of Jim Idelson <jim at k1ir.com> <mailto:jim at k1ir.com>
> *Sent:* Sunday, May 7, 2023 11:42:06 PM
> *To:* Tim KC1RET <kc1ret.radio at gmail.com>
> <mailto:kc1ret.radio at gmail.com>
> *Cc:* BARS Reflector <bars at w1hh.org> <mailto:bars at w1hh.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [bars] New England QSO Party this weekend...
>
> Yes Tim. Conditions were pretty punk on the high bands today. Hope
> you managed to have some fun on 40m, though.
>
> 73 Jim K1IR
>
> On Sun, May 7, 2023, 11:36 PM Tim KC1RET <kc1ret.radio at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Well, I did participate most of the contest hours today but
> the Sun had other ideas. I heard basically nothing on 10 & 15
> SSB and really struggled to get a handful of contacts on 20 &
> 40. 40 did open up for me late in the day and I finished with
> around ~110 QSOs in the log. Pretty disappointing overall. I
> think I had two good runs of 5-10 Qs in a row, that was fun. ;-)
>
> I'll submit my log tomorrow.
>
> Anyone else?
>
> 73, Tim - KC1RET
>
> On 5/3/2023 20:33, wo1n wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> As I discussed in the meeting tonight, the New England QSO
> Party is this weekend. See https://neqp.org/ for the exact
> details.
>
> It turns out there is a New England Club Competition
> category. The plaque is awarded to any New England club
> with the highest combined score.
>
> The plaque is sponsored by the Yankee Clipper Contest
> Club, so they are not eligible to receive it. The CTRI
> club won the plaque last year with only 6 entries and
> around 250,000 points.
>
> This is a really fun contest (and good practice for Field
> Day). You can enter SSB only, CW only or Mixed mode. You
> are the focus of the rest of the world, so if you get on
> and call CQ you will make lots of contacts!
>
> All you need to remember is to call out the “Billerica
> Amateur Radio Society” (spell it out) on your entry form.
>
> If any of you need help setting up your favorite contest
> logging program, send me a direct message and I will do
> what I can to help you.
>
> Post a note here after the event to let us know you
> participated.
>
> 73,
>
> Ken – WO1N
>
>
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