[LCC] CQWPX - K5ER

[Mark, K5ER]

      2011 CQWPX SSB Score Summary Sheet

     CallSign Used : K5ER

Operator Category : SINGLE-OP
              Band : ALL
             Power : HIGH

         Club/Team : Louisiana Contest Club
          Software : N1MM Logger V11.2.2

         Band    QSOs    Pts  WPX
          1.8       3      3    2
          3.5      53     126   29
            7     174     549   89
           14     449     854  179
           21     362     804  211
           28     115     316   46
        Total    1156    2652  556


             Score : 1,474,512

Complete list of equipment on web site, www.k5er.com	

This was only my 4th highest qso count for a WPX, but I worked a few more 
low band (double point) contacts and prefixes, so the score is my best so far.

A couple of hours in, a relay started intermittently hanging on the big 
amp, not letting it drop back fully into receive. Figured I'd do better if 
I could actually HEAR those who could hear me, so I took time to 
dis-assemble it and clean the contacts. Worked great after re-assembly. Amp 
is 15+ yrs old, and I had never cleaned the relay, so guess it was time. 
They never break when you aren't contesting, do they? <grin>

The mono-banders played well, but I sure miss having multiple antenna (even 
though they were tri-banders) pointed different directions and not having 
to wait on rotors. I know I missed some Q's by not being able to get on 
someone before they left. Good incentive to get off my butt and get the 
cables buried, then finish building the additional antenna for the stacks.

73,
Mark, K5ER