Internet CW Sprint Contest
Call: N3BB
Operator(s): N3BB
Station: N3BB
Class: Single Op LP
QTH: TX
Operating Time (hrs): 2
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band QSOs Op Time
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40: 0 0
20: 164 2
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Total: 164 Total Score = 164
Club: Central Texas DX and Contest Club
Comments:
N3BB
150W
Single Op
QSOs 164
QTHs worked: pa, or, ca, oh, mi, in, fl, tn, wa, mb, va, tx, nj, az, ma, g = 16
Soapbox:
My name sent on contact #1 was Jim.
Very interesting! I love these short ones.
Having not done one of the INTSPTs for quite a long while, I used my
relatively new TR LOG knowledge and had everything all set to go. 40
meters was a zilch for me, and listened some on radio 2 but never heard
anyone and made no contacts at all there on 40, even though TR was set up
for the "inactive radio CQing" capability.
20 meters was a bit unusual in that the midwest faded up and down a few
times. It appeared the band was going to go long, but it kept coming
back. There were times that N9RV was S5, but others were quite strong. It
was very very hard to hear any of the W5s other than W5JAW and AA5BT in
Austin. I never heard W5KFT (K5PI) at all. Stations like KG5U beat me out
in pileups, but I could not hear Dale in Houston. K5KA in OK was S4 and I
was not able to work him.
Kudos to G4BUO who was S5 to S7 throughout the contest. Nice going Dave.
I had my 20 meter stack split on the two coasts, so the power into any
single contact was 75 Watts. That probably explains some of the trouble
working and hearing stations when I can hear them in a regular HP Sprint.
For some reason, I faded in the second hour and was not as crisp on
reception for fifteen minutes, if I am sharp at any time!
I messed up one contact and sent the wrong name when asked for a repeat. I
sent it manually for some reason rather than use the "repeat" info I had
programmed into TR memories. Can't recall now the victim of that gaff, but
we both will lose that one. Sorry. Also, there was one QSO that failed to
meet the "three QSO separation," so that one will be lost as well.
From memory, unscientifically, the loudest guys included K7RAT, N6MJ,
K5KG, K7SV, K4RO, K3CR, K6LL, K5ZD, N2NC, and W6RGG. N0AX was always very
crisp. Nice going Ward.
After the contest, my receiver was on a random frequency, and there was
N6TR chatting with N5RZ (the hamstick king) and I was listening absently
mindedly when Tree told Gator that N3BB sure was loud! That of course was
music to my ears, and so I jumped in and told Tree thanks.
I copied the CBR file onto a disk and brought it to the house (the station
is in a guest house) to find the great Saturday night great oldies program
on KUT, our NPR station. They played "Maybe," the terrific old slow song
by the Chantels, and my wife and I danced around the living room! A tall
bourbon and coke is the perfect way to write this little note and send in
the CBR file.
What a way to end a cool operating event! Great sprint Tree! Thanks for
the effort to put this on and score it, etc.
Jim N3BB
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