ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, CW
Call: K7BG
Operator(s): K7BG
Station: K7BG
Class: Single Op LP
QTH:
Operating Time (hrs): 24
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band QSOs
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160:
80: 172
40: 236
20: 333
15: 333
10: 65
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Total: 1139 Sections = 80 Total Score = 182,240
Club: Northern Rockies DX Association
Comments:
What a weekend! In the process of trying to get one more 15m antenna ready to go
a few hours before contest time, I did the stupidest thing I have ever done. I
was sawing some PVC with a hand power saw and decided to saw into my foot which
was holding the PVC. I knew I was going to do it before I did it. Incredibly
stupid. Anyway, I bandaged it all up and decided to take a closer look at the
damage after the contest. It doesn't look as bad as originally feared.
I also was coming down with a bad cold and ended up with a sore throat by Sunday
that felt like I was swallowing razor blades.
Had all mults in the bag by 1400z Sunday morning. I was looking forward to
hunting out all the new meat that shows up at the end of the contest. That was
not to be. I managed an average of 11 Qs per hour the last 3 hours. I couldn't
wait for 0300z to roll around. That's the first time I ever looked forward to
the contest ending. There were some loud signals on 40 meters the last hour or
two that I could not decipher. There was so much multipath echo and auroral
flutter that I litteraly could not make out the calls. I tried using different
antennas to receive thinking some of the multipaths would get attenuated, but to
no avail.
Worked 7 MAR mults and 4 NL mults! That's more than the last 5 sweepstakes
combined!
Looking back, breaks were taken at the worst possible time given the condx at
the end, but who knew?? Maybe I better look at those forecasts a little closer
next time.
Thanks for all the fun,
Matt--K7BG
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