ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, CW
Call: KD2MX
Operator(s): KD2MX
Station: KD2MX
Class: Single Op LP
QTH:
Operating Time (hrs): 15
Summary:
Band QSOs
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160:
80: 135
40: 110
20: 109
15: 29
10:
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Total: 383 Sections = 74 Total Score = 56,684
Club: Yankee Clipper Contest Club
Comments:
More Q's and sections than last year so I'm feeling quite satisfied, although
somewhat frustrated with my missing sections.
AK, NWT, LAX, WTX, KY, and, most amazingly, NLI which is just down the road.
AK and NWT were no surprise. I got PAC late Sunday on 15M without any trouble.
I kept trolling for LAX and WTX, especially LAX. I worked many, many 6s. Most
of them were even in CA. I figured sooner or later a LAX would come along...and
it did. Just when 20M was about ready to shut down for the night, I hear N5DO
in WTX working a station in LAX! Argh...Tried working N5DO but no luck.
I only heard two KYs. The first had the biggest pileup that I heard all
weekend. I had no luck breaking it so I decided to wait awhile. Bad decision.
The KY must've gotten more than he bargained for and disappeared. Late Sunday
evening, I heard another doing S&P on 80M. No luck getting a CQ in his way.
NLI is another story. Figured I'd run into one on 80M sometime on Sunday. I
had missed most all of Saturday and maybe a chance at NLI.
Oh well...I had a few good runs and nearly a 100 more Qs than last year when I
ran qrp. Two years ago I was struggling to copy a single exchange. I had been
away from cw for a number of decades and, newly returned to HF I thought SS
might be a good chance to get back to CW. I tried (actually did) make some
contacts with a straight-key. I can imagine the consternation of those ops who
had to sit and listen to me try and send at a reasonable rate. This year's SS
is the first contest in which I really felt comfortable running stations.
Someday I might be a real cw op.
A fine contest, even without sunspots.
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