ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, SSB
Call: NN3W
Operator(s): NN3W
Station: N4RV
Class: Single Op HP
QTH: VA
Operating Time (hrs): 24
Summary:
Band QSOs
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160: 0
80: 432
40: 947
20: 580
15: 12
10: 0
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Total: 1970 Sections = 80 Total Score = 315,200
Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club
Comments:
A big thank you to Jack N4RV for inviting me to his house to operate this one.
We did a fair amount of prep work to get all the antennas ready and the shack
ready. It really played.
This was a surprising Sweeps! A personal best for me (first time over 300k);
definately a section record and possibly a division record on submission (won't
likely survive under log checking). It started off awfully with my rate well
below my 2008, and I struggled for 3 hours to get back to normal running.
I made some oddball band change decisions, and they often paid off - especially
going to 20 Sunday at 2230z. 105 hour on Sunday afternoon? Wow...
Finished the sweep early Sunday when I happened across VE8EV. I heard him,
then he disappeared. He came back about 5 minutes later without the pileup.
40 is an amazing band - now with it being partially B/C free. Bottomless pit
of callers.
Lots of bozos this time. The entitlements are getting out of hand. I got
jammed for being in the DX window which now apparently extends to 3.802 (thanks
to NF4A for his comment on this), and I got jammed for being two close to the
SSTVers which now apparently goes as high as 14.235. I also got jammed because
I dared to move within 2.0 KHz of another station. I'm sorry, but if you can't
handle QRM from a station 2.0 KHz away, consider not contesting competitively.
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