NA Sprint CW Contest
Call: N3BB
Operator(s): N3BB
Station: N3BB
Class: Single Op HP
QTH: Austin, TX
Operating Time (hrs): 4
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band QSOs Op Time
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80: 66
40: 153
20: 118
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Total: 337 Mults = 46 Total Score = 15,839
Club: Central Texas DX and Contest Club
Team: Austin Powers Margaritas
Comments:
The greatest contest in ham radio!
I had practiced my "TR moves" in the NCCC NS sessions, and felt like I was ready
for a good effort. The practice certainly paid off, however the level of
competition and the speed of the action in this are exceptional. There were
quite a few casual people in this, as well as the "usual suspects" who are
incredible. Congrats to some of people who had the big numbers received in the
last hour, including N2NL, N2IC, W4PA, N2NT, N6TR, and Gator (I think that was
Gator) at K5TR.
Some comments:
* A good first hour for me at 100. The F7 CQs on 40 coupled with the active
couplets on 20 worked well. The second hour at 88 was OK but was a little
down.
* Overall, a PR for me.
* Worked every mult I heard.
* The bands were quiet. Conditions on 20 and 40 were terrific. 80 seemed down
and flat but there were big signals like KO7X.
* 142 band changes.
* I was disappointed to find 4 dupes. These must have been the result of me
mistyping a call and then correcting it. I remember one such time with N8SR,
but it must have occurred other times.
* I used 35 WPM the whole time, unless called by a slower station, and went to
29 WPM for them. All my CQs were at 35 WPM, both active and F7 CQs.
* F7 CQs were quite effective.
* I used both 40 meter Yagis together (with a WX0B stack Match thingie) for the
first time and the results were impressive. It certainly beat the previous
setup of choosing one or the other depending on going East or West. The 40
meter results were improved.
* I also installed a coaxial stub to reduce the inter-station RFI on 20 when I
transmitted on 40. That helped SO2Ring a lot.
* Worked Tor, N4OGW, only on 20 meters! Thanks for MS, and I am amazed that he
made it on from Gulfport!
* I ran out of room for the dupe sheet on TR on 40 meters, and it cut off the
9th and Zero calls. Since I was "blind" on 40, I stopped calling people there
and did only F7 CQs on 40 and switched to 80 as the active band. I'll have to
ask Tree et al how to get more space for QSOs on a dupe sheet. I suppose that's
a "good problem" but a problem never the less.
*My KC keyer stopped sending CW in hour number 3, and I had to send keyboard CW
for fills and other non-standard stuff. It was horrrible and I apologize for
blowing at least two QSOs as I was not able to get the F10 keyboard CW going
soon enough to QSL a couple of contacts, which were lost. There were quite a
few QLF moments for me. Sorry!
* I crossed over QSO #300 at 03:24 and was pleased. Usually it's a frantic dash
to the end for that number. However my last hour was poor at 73 QSOs, my lowest
in quite a while. That was due to the keyboard CW problems, and apparently I
was fading and unable to maintain the momentum.
Some numbers:
Rate
HOUR 80CW 40CW 20CW TOTAL ACCUM
---- ------ ------ ------ ----- -----
0 0 29 71 100 100
1 0 51 37 88 188
2 7 59 10 76 264
3 59 14 0 73 337
TOTAL 66 153 118
Mults Worked
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Az Fl Ky Mi Nc Nv Pa VP9 Wy
Ca Ga La Mn Ne Ny Sc Va vE2
Co Il Ma Mo Nh Oh Tn Wa vE3
73, and thanks to Tree and the Boring Radio Club for the fastest four hours in
ham radio!!!
Jim N3BB
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