Call: K6JEB
Operator(s): K6JEB
Station: K6JEB

Class: SO Unlimited Low-Power
QTH: East Bay
Operating Time (hrs): 12:34

Summary:
Band   QSOs
————
160:     0
80:     7
40:    70
20:    90
15:    34
10:     0
————
Total:  201  Sections = 70  Total Score = 28,140

Club: Northern California Contest Club

Station: Yaesu FT-857D 100watts -> Inverted-L and Butternut HF-9V controlled by Writelog.  My antenna farm didn’t grow as much as I wanted it to.  However, the seeds are planted and once the budget settles I might have a full-time tri-bander up at least 30 feet.

Comments: There were some rather nice openings to the East Coast most of the time I was on.  15M was quite open from mid morning to early afternoon for long-haul.

Every contest I feel like I learn a little bit more about contesting.  This time I was really making full use of my filters and it makes a HUGE difference as far as helping keep you from exhausting yourself trying to mentally slice through wider bandwidth of noise.

Other commitments precluded me from operating full-time.  Will try again next year.

73
Jack, K6JEB

Call: K6JEB
Operator(s): K6JEB
Station: K6JEB

Class: M/SFixed LP
QTH: CCOS (Contra Costa County)
Operating Time (hrs): 13:05

Summary:
Band  CW Qs  Ph Qs
——————–
160:    1      0
80:  52    35
40:  15      4
20:  80    12
15:    9      2
10:
6:
2:
——————–
Total:  157    53  Mults = 39  Total Score = 22,503

Club: Northern California Contest Club

Comments:

Inverted-L for 160m up 30 feet was my only antenna.  100w

Didn’t get the time to operate the full contest.  Hope to get back on track
next year.  This is definitely a tough season.  20m was muddy at best on
Saturday.  I should have spent more time on 40m to make some easy points.
Pollen in the air helped keep me off much phone.

Will take this as a warm-up for Sweepstakes.

73 and KB
Jack, K6JEB

Call: K6JEB
Operator(s): K6JEB
Station: K6JEB

Class: SOAB(A) HP
QTH: 3
Operating Time (hrs): 9:20

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Zones  Countries
------------------------------
  160:    0     0        0
   80:   17     6        7
   40:   51    17       27
   20:   35    11       11
   15:    7     4        4
   10:    0     0        0
------------------------------
Total:  110    38       49

Total Score = 24,621
Club: Northern California Contest Club

Comments:

Worked what I could of the contest. Since we’re having an Open House this weekend, I could only participate part-time.

I’m down to just my Butternut HF9V and limited radials now with the house one sale. Used my Yaesu FT-857D and Dentron GLA-1000 at 500 watts. I stayed exclusively in Search and Pounce mode. I spotted when I thought it would be helpful.

Here’s the message buffer settings I used: