ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, SSB
Call: K3MIM
Operator(s): K3MIM
Station: W3LPL
Class: Multi-Op HP
QTH: MDC
Operating Time (hrs): 19
Summary:
Band QSOs
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160:
80: 255
40: 517
20: 307
15: 81
10: 98
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Total: 1258 Sections = 80 Total Score = 198,720
Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club
Comments:
The father (Bob, w3idt) / daughter (Miriam, k3mim) contest team at w3lpl:
1. We wish once again to express our appreciation to Phyllis for letting us
occupy part of her home during a non-dx contest, and of course we thank Frank,
w3lpl, for the use of his station for our sweepstakes effort.
This year we also thank Mark, kd4d, for the use of a laptop and software
wizardry to permit two separate spotting streams into the two separate logging
networks.
2. At 08:00, the 11 hour mark, we were at 841/76 and 815/75, each with an
average rate of 75/hour and, as usual, very close - reasonable given that we
switch bands roughly each hour. k3mim was missing VT; w3idt was missing SD;
both were missing three of NT, NL, PR, and VI. Neither had used the spots yet
to look for missing sections.
3. We intended a 4 hours break: Eat some food, sleep 3 hours, then some wake up
coffee and food. Bob, w3idt, however, didn't sleep at all: Successive periods of
shivering and profuse sweating, tossing and turning. Two cups of coffee helped
for the next few hours, but the maladies persisted and got worse. In the middle
of the afternoon, k3mim decided - correctly - that it was time to take the old
man home.
4. Final result:
k3mim: qsos: 1258 sections: 80 score: 198,720
w3idt: qsos: 1269 sections: 80 score: 200,800
5. Oh, nearly 24 hours in bed, with copious amounts of the xyl's brew of "black
and green tea with honey and various spices" and who-knows-what from the
medicine cabinet seems to have revived w3idt, though some weakness persisted
for a couple of days.
6. Quote of the contest from a K7, "Can't some of you many MD guys sign DE?"
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