2012 NAQP CW Raw Results

A stellar WRTC2014 qualifying event and we're looking forward to an epic RadioSport season this year. I enjoyed each minute, on average, logging one station every two minutes for 10 hours. We are heavy into maintenance mode at SL's QTH with a new tower ready for the base, refurbished antennas for 15 and 20m, to include lubing moving parts for protection against our salt laden air.

I was surprised by the Q-loading on 15 and 80m this year. Currently, we matched the 80m dipole through the Icom 756ProIII using its internal tuner on 15 and 20 meters. The matched system played exceedingly well on 15m however it did not exceed performance expectations on 20m.

I hoped that 10m might produce and looking at 3830 scores this band probably fell below expectations. I listened on 10m on the hour and pumped radio frequency into the ionosphere as well. The band simply refused to play.

My biggest thrill in 2012 NAQP CW was 80m in the evening shortly after sunset. Q-loading and multiplier count was best ever and I was stoked to the maximum logging many FB/KB operators. It felt like 40m never really lived up to its renowned reputation however it maybe a result of the 3L beam frozen toward Malpelo Island.

We are going to work on the rotor at the old tower later this morning because of a wiring problem that wasn't solved as anticipated.

I operated 10 hours toward completing my 10,000 hour RadioSport challenge, logged 343 Qs, 120 multipliers, and nailed 41,846 points toward WRTC2014 qualifier weighting while completing 5 percent toward my DXCC Diamond Challenge effort. It's the game within the game that fires my wireless imagination.

By the way, my LoTW download was 120 Qs turned over in a little more than 24 hours, phenomenal.

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