2017

Stew Perry Topband Challenge

Call: NR4M
Operator(s): NR4M
Station: NR4M

Class: Single Op HP
QTH: VA
Operating Time (hrs): 11

Summary:
Total: QSOs = 624 Total Score = 2,488

Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club

Comments:

Thanks for the contacts.

Steve, NR4M

Normally, K7SV and I do this contest as a team. This year Larry decided that he wanted to try it from his home QTH, so I was on my own. I figured this was going to be 'interesting' as I really don't do nights well at all. For a while my EU Beverage had been working/not working and we were not having any luck figuring out why. Sure as heck, when I started the contest I did not have any EU Beverage. As it was, things went OK, if you subtract no Beverage. Good activity from both US and DX sides.

CQ Worldwide DX Contest, CW

Call: NR4M
Operator(s): N2YO VE3CX NR4M K4QS WS6X K7SV K4GM K4GMH KA4RRU
Station: NR4M

Class: M/M HP
QTH: va
Operating Time (hrs): 48

Summary:
Band QSOs Zones Countries
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160: 199 17 69
80: 1073 25 111
40: 1824 36 141
20: 1826 36 139
15: 945 29 121
10: 81 13 23
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Total: 5948 156 604 Total Score = 12,518,720

Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club

Comments:

Thanks for the Q's

Normally, without a doubt, I don't operate FFFFFone.
This time I had 3 ops that were new to contests that wanted to try their hand
at it in this contest. I think they enjoyed themselves and, hopefully, learned
something from their time spent on the bands.
I think they did just fine.

ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, CW Call: NR4M Operator(s): NR4M Station: NR4M Class: SO Unlimited HP Total: 610 Sections = 83 Total Score = 101,260

Had some 'down time' with about 2 hours to go when a double female panel feed-thru connector had finally gotten hot enough for the center pin to lose tension and no longer make a solid connection to the PL-259 center pin. Was just *a bit* discolored...

WAE DX Contest, CW

Call: NR4M
Operator(s): NR4M, K7SV, W7IY, KN4DEB, N2YO
Station: NR4M

Class: M/S HP
QTH: va
Operating Time (hrs): 41

Summary:
Band QSOs QTCs Mults
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80: 117 23 112
40: 563 572 132
20: 884 993 98
15: 25 0 40
10:
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Total: 1589 1586 382 Total Score = 1,212,850

Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club

Comments:

Thanks for the Q's

Steve

Was Arnie's, KN4DEB, second ever contest. Very new ham.
The late hours really killed me. Got bed after 2 AM and back up at 6 AM!

As sometime happens with CQWW WPX CW following Hamvention, there was some international flair to the NR4M operation this year. We had Mattieu CE3MVW and Andy YO3JR join us. Add to that KO8SCA, K4GMH, N3UA, CE2MVF, N3AIU, KN3DEB, N2YO, KG3V, KA4RRU, K4GM, W7IY, K7SV and NR4M to round out the list of great ops.

Russian DX Contest

Call: NR4M
Operator(s): NR4M
Station: NR4M

Class: SO CW HP
QTH: va
Operating Time (hrs): 6:00