ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, SSB
Call: W4NF
Operator(s): W4NF
Station: W4RM
Class: SO Unlimited HP
QTH: VA
Operating Time (hrs): 24
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band QSOs
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160:
80: 636
40: 496
20: 360
15: 16
10:
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Total: 1508 Sections = 80 Total Score = 241,280
Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club
Comments:
Thanks again to my brother Bill (W4RM) for the use of his fine station and to my
sis-in-law Lori and my nephew Brian for their hospitality.
This year I decided to concentarte on my runs during the first 12 hours and
then hit the SO2R real hard on Sunday. The result was that I was 50 Qs behind
last years total when I stopped after 11.5 hours to go to sleep. When I got
back on in the morning I quickly got another 50 Qs behind and then really had
to hit the second radio hard the rest of the day to catch up. At mt 1 hour
dinner break at 2200Z I had 1290 Qs. I at least wanted to hit 1500 at the end
so I needed to average 50/hour for the last 4 hours once I got back on. So I
started on 40 and got a 44 hour, Then I went to 80 and I couldn't get anything
going so I went back to 40 and went down close to 7150. For the next 2 hours I
had 69 and 64 hours on 40. Not bad for the end of the contest and I added a
few more with the second radio. So for the last hour all I needed was 24 to
hit 1500. That was fairly easy but I had to do a lot of S&P to finish up. So
as a result I beat last years score by 3 Qs. Thanks for the Qs and 73, Jack
W4NF @ W4RM
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