1997 ARRL Sweepstakes SSB -- 1997
call: W0R (@NX0I)
cata: multi-op
sec: MO
W0R (@NX0I) multi-op MO 1923 Q's x 79 mults => 303,834
Band Q's sec's
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160 10 2 phased verticals
80 337 4 square
40 843 inv V at 70'
20 627 stacked kt34xa's at 90' and 50'
15 103 stacked kt34xa's, 7 ele at 90'
10 3 " 8 ele at 60'
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total 1923 x 79 => 303,834 score
ops: NX0I + K0RWL, K0VBU, KM0L, N6TDM
guests: KG0US, KG0UT, KB0VVT
rig #1) TS-940sat, Alpha 76a, Heil HC4, pentium running CT9
rig #2) TS-940sat, Alpha 77, Heil HC4, Pentium networked
soap: Special 1 x 1 call was courtesy of Raytown (Mo) ARC for "Raytown
Roundupn Days" - QSL via KM0L. We had fun with call and gave it maximum
exposure, so everyone is happy! The 1 x 1 caused confusion when we answered
cq's- we kept having to tell them "THAT's IT". When we were calling cq
there was no confusion.
We had our sweep at 07:30 z when NP4A answered our cq on 80 meters. That
was cool! We ended our 24 hours at 01:00 z, which was two hours before the
end. I think this was probably good strategy since the Sunday evening rates
on 40 and 80 were the pits. We had good rate on 40 up until about 23:00
when it got dark, then the bands got noisey and went long. We were using
beverages to recieve on 40.
Also, we used an inv V on 40 instead of Jerry's 3 ele at 120 feet thinking
the V would be better for statesides- guess that was correct as 40 was THE
band as can be seen by the breakdown.
Great fun! Let's do it again!
73 de KM0L Steve in KC
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