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-------- Original message --------From: Tim KC1RET <kc1ret.radio at gmail.com> Date: 5/8/23 5:21 PM (GMT-05:00) To: bars at w1hh.org Subject: Re: [bars] New England QSO Party this weekend...
Nice -- I missed that. Thanks!
73, Tim - KC1RET
On 5/8/2023 16:30, wo1n wrote:
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Using N1MM+, Go File à Export à Print
ScoreSummary.txt to File. I use that as the base then edit it
adding station details and soapbox comments.
73,
Ken – WO1N
From: bars
<bars-bounces at w1hh.org> On Behalf Of Tim
KC1RET
Sent: Monday, May 8, 2023 2:30 PM
To: bars at w1hh.org
Subject: Re: [bars] New England QSO Party this
weekend...
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...
“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
Samsung Galaxy S23+
From: bars <bars-bounces at w1hh.org>
on behalf of Jim Idelson <jim at k1ir.com>
Sent: Sunday, May 7, 2023 11:42:06 PM
To: Tim KC1RET <kc1ret.radio at gmail.com>
Cc: BARS Reflector <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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