Call: W6RKOperator(s): W6RKStation: W6YXClass: SOSB(A)/15 HPQTH: Stanford, CAOperating Time (hrs): 21:44Summary:Band  QSOs  Zones  Countries------------------------------160:80:40:20:15:  643    30       9210:------------------------------Total:  643    30       92  Total Score = 188,734Club: Northern California Contest ClubComments:My original plan was to do all bands single op effort but I decided to change tomore family and sleep friendly category of 15m single band assisted. I thinkthis was a good decision and enabled me to go home to sleep at night. I didsome casual DXing on other bands after 15m had closed so if you worked me onother bands, you'll be in my checklog for those bands.Both mornings 15m opened to EU but it was very difficult to work stationsbecause they mostly came from odd skew paths between 40 and 90 degrees and Ihad to be swinging antennas all the time to find the best signal strength (thebest direction also varied all the time). Only direct path EUs were mostsouthern stations on Sunday (EA/CT) and OH/SM/UA1 area over the pole around20-21Z but everything else was skewed. Signals weren't too strong either andgetting through zone 4 and 5 wall was difficult. But I'm still happy to my EUresults.Of course, bunch of JAs was worked on Friday and Saturday. Sunday was very,very slow. It seems that I ran out of the stations to work.Missed zones 17-18, 20-23, 34, 37 and 39-40.Some stats below:Rates:Hour      160      80      40      20      15      10    Total     CummOffD1-0000Z  --+--   --+--   --+--   --+--   97/22   --+--   97/22     97/22D1-0100Z    -       -       -       -     29/6      -     29/6     126/28D1-0200Z    -       -       -       -      3/1      -      3/1     129/2944D1-0300Z    -       -       -       -       -       -      0/0     129/2960D1-0400Z    -       -       -       -       -       -      0/0     129/2960D1-0500Z    -       -       -       -       -       -      0/0     129/2960D1-0600Z    -       -       -       -       -       -      0/0     129/2960D1-0700Z    -       -       -       -       -       -      0/0     129/2960D1-0800Z  --+--   --+--   --+--   --+--   --+--   --+--    0/0     129/2960D1-0900Z    -       -       -       -       -       -      0/0     129/2960D1-1000Z    -       -       -       -       -       -      0/0     129/2960D1-1100Z    -       -       -       -       -       -      0/0     129/2960D1-1200Z    -       -       -       -       -       -      0/0     129/2960D1-1300Z    -       -       -       -       -       -      0/0     129/2960D1-1400Z    -       -       -       -      7/10     -      7/10    136/3942D1-1500Z    -       -       -       -     17/18     -     17/18    153/57D1-1600Z  --+--   --+--   --+--   --+--   29/16   --+--   29/16    182/73D1-1700Z    -       -       -       -     31/10     -     31/10    213/83D1-1800Z    -       -       -       -     29/3      -     29/3     242/86D1-1900Z    -       -       -       -     31/4      -     31/4     273/90D1-2000Z    -       -       -       -     26/6      -     26/6     299/96D1-2100Z    -       -       -       -     26/1      -     26/1     325/97D1-2200Z    -       -       -       -     36/1      -     36/1     361/98D1-2300Z    -       -       -       -     58/3      -     58/3     419/101D2-0000Z  --+--   --+--   --+--   --+--   56/5    --+--   56/5     475/106D2-0100Z    -       -       -       -     14/0      -     14/0     489/106D2-0200Z    -       -       -       -      1/0      -      1/0     490/10658D2-0300Z    -       -       -       -       -       -      0/0     490/10660D2-0400Z    -       -       -       -       -       -      0/0     490/10660D2-0500Z    -       -       -       -       -       -      0/0     490/10660D2-0600Z    -       -       -       -       -       -      0/0     490/10660D2-0700Z    -       -       -       -       -       -      0/0     490/10660D2-0800Z  --+--   --+--   --+--   --+--   --+--   --+--    0/0     490/10660D2-0900Z    -       -       -       -       -       -      0/0     490/10660D2-1000Z    -       -       -       -       -       -      0/0     490/10660D2-1100Z    -       -       -       -       -       -      0/0     490/10660D2-1200Z    -       -       -       -       -       -      0/0     490/10660D2-1300Z    -       -       -       -       -       -      0/0     490/10660D2-1400Z    -       -       -       -      3/0      -      3/0     493/10637D2-1500Z    -       -       -       -     17/7      -     17/7     510/113D2-1600Z  --+--   --+--   --+--   --+--   20/2    --+--   20/2     530/115D2-1700Z    -       -       -       -     23/1      -     23/1     553/116D2-1800Z    -       -       -       -     24/0      -     24/0     577/116D2-1900Z    -       -       -       -      4/0      -      4/0     581/11631D2-2000Z    -       -       -       -     11/0      -     11/0     592/11637D2-2100Z    -       -       -       -      8/4      -      8/4     600/1207D2-2200Z    -       -       -       -     11/2      -     11/2     611/122D2-2300Z    -       -       -       -     32/0      -     32/0     643/122Total:     0/0     0/0    0/0    0/0 643/122   0/0160     80     40     20     15     10   Total      %AS       0      0      0      0    283      0     283    44.0OC       0      0      0      0     45      0      45     7.0NA       0      0      0      0    188      0     188    29.2SA       0      0      0      0     66      0      66    10.3AF       0      0      0      0     17      0      17     2.6EU       0      0      0      0     44      0      44     6.8160     80     40     20     15     10   TotalCountries and # of stations worked:3D2                                   1              14U1U                                   1              15W                                   1              16W                                   2              28P                                   2              29A                                   2              29M2                                   2              29M6                                   1              19Y                                   1              1BV                                   2              2BY                                   8              8C6                                   2              2CE                                   3              3CM                                   2              2CT                                   1              1CT3                                   2              2CU                                   1              1CX                                   2              2DL                                   1              1DU                                   2              2EA                                   9              9EA6                                   1              1EA8                                   4              4EA9                                   1              1F                                   7              7FJ                                   1              1FK                                   1              1FM                                   1              1FY                                   1              1G                                   1              1HB                                   1              1HC                                   1              1HC8                                   1              1HI                                   2              2HK                                   1              1HK0/a                                   1              1HL                                   4              4HP                                   2              2HS                                   3              3I                                   4              4IG9                                   1              1J7                                   2              2JA                                 260            260K                                  97             97KH0                                   1              1KH2                                   2              2KH6                                  10             10KL                                   6              6KP2                                   2              2KP4                                   3              3LU                                  22             22OA                                   1              1OE                                   1              1OH                                   5              5OH0                                   1              1OK                                   1              1OM                                   1              1P4                                   5              5PJ2                                   2              2PY                                  21             21PZ                                   1              1S5                                   3              3S9                                   1              1SM                                   2              2T8                                   1              1TI                                   2              2TK                                   1              1TU                                   1              1TZ                                   1              1UA                                   1              1UA9                                   3              3V2                                   1              1V3                                   1              1V4                                   1              1V5                                   2              2V7                                   1              1VE                                  43             43VK                                  12             12VP2M                                   1              1VP2V                                   1              1VP5                                   1              1VP8/h                                   1              1VR                                   1              1XE                                  10             10YB                                   6              6YN                                   1              1YV                                   2              2ZF                                   2              2ZK1/s                                   1              1ZL                                   5              5ZP                                   1              1ZS                                   2              2

We probably should add the 4^th operator to the list: MU4PHY, Mr. Murphy. But since he didn’t contribute any QSOs and only took them away, we won’t.

Several problems shadowed this years participation. Some of the antennas are under maintenance (20m 6-el, 80m 4-square) but that wasn’t supposed to slow us down. The major obstacle happened Saturday night 6.30pm when FT-1000 MkV went deaf. And really deaf, not like those stations that are spotted as deaf. Most likely the receiver front-end died. So, we had to change to Yaesu FT-847 for the rest of the contest.

It took long time to troubleshoot and replace the rig, and brought additional problems with amplifier keying and user unfamiliarity with the rig reduced our QSO count. We were only 100W for the rest of the Saturday night until we had the amplifier keying figured out and Sunday we were full power again.

Anyways, it was fun and we made the sweep. Our objective was to contribute as much points as possible for the NCCC club contest and do our best in Collegiate Championship.

Equipment:

Yaesu FT-1000 MkV & Yeasu FT-847
Alpha 78 amp (barefoot Saturday night)

Antennas:
Tribander: Force12 C31XR at 60 ft
15m: 6-el at 75 ft, 5-el at 25 ft
20m: 5-el at 36 ft.
40m: 4-el yagi at 65 ft, and inverted vee at 55 ft.
80m: inverted vee at 55 ft

Software:
Writelog 10.47E.

Picture of our rate:

See the rates as numbers.

QSO summary:
80m: 85
40m: 192
20m: 230
15m: 293

Sections: 80 (sweep), claimed score 128,000
Operating time: 21:08
Club: Northern California Contest Club
Operators: K6OWL, W6KNS, W6RK
Section: SCV
Class: Multi-Op HP
Check: 24, “OLD”

Good news! I moved my rig and used a temporary coax pull and power cord and had my first QSOs from the shed. Otherwise there isn’t much progress but now that my station is down there I will probably get some motivation to continue working on panels, floor, etc.I will be posting some pictures soon.

Update 9/4/06: Here are some pictures. Click the picture to view larger picture.