(Araucaria) Comentários sobre o CQWW de K1KP

[Luc PY8AZT]

Caros,

Li em email muito interessante, com comentários sobre o CQWW e
gostaria de compartilhar convosco.


This year, as in the past, I decided to try to maximize my station's
contribution to the YCCC club score by going Multi-2. Due to family
commitments, I couldn't stay in the chair all weekend, so I invited a
couple of guest ops to help fill in. KB1NOW had been to my station
before in previous CQWWs, and he invited his friend KB1OSD to help.
'OSD had done a few Field Days, but never a CQWW.



At the beginning of the contest, I started at one station while 'NOW
and 'OSD worked together on the other. I have a two-tower station,
with all bands on a single tower, plus a triband quad on the other.
Switching, filters, and stubs make it possible to run QRO on any two
bands simultaneously. 'NOW and 'OSD started off gradually, with 'OSD
learning the ropes from 'NOW. I wasn't sure about the commitment level
from these guys, but I figured every Q on the second station was one
more than I would have had if I had gone single op.



As the weekend progressed, the second station gradually picked up
speed and expertise. They had a 'multiplier bell' and I heard it ring
often. 'NOW and 'OSD took some off time, with 'OSD going back home to
his family each night and returning the next day. By mid Sunday
afternoon, we had beaten last year's score, and I was done for the
contest. 'NOW came over to my seat, with 'OSD having gotten far enough
up the learning curve to 'fly solo'. In the last hours of the contest,
my two guest ops kept both transmitters going and added almost a
quarter meg points to our score.





































As Paul Harvey used to say, '.here's the rest of the story.'


Taylor, KB1NOW, and Brian, KB1OSD, are each 13 years old.

They are already busy planning for ARRL Sweepstakes!

-Tony, K1KP


Um bela experiência. Será que não há uns garotos por aí que já tem
licença, mas ainda não tiveram oportunidade de operar em uma grande
estação?


73, Luc
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