ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, SSB
Call: K7HKR
Operator(s): K7HKR
Station: K7HKR
Class: Single Op LP
QTH: AZ
Operating Time (hrs): 17
Summary:
Band QSOs
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160: 0
80: 44
40: 77
20: 42
15: 25
10: 0
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Total: 188 Sections = 72 Total Score = 27,072
Club:
Comments:
100 watts, 3-foot diameter (15/20) and 8-foot diameter (40/80) magnetic loops
from AZ
Last year's SSB SS was my first time ever on the air and I made a few QRP QSOs
with an early prototype loop, so this is my first real effort. All S&P.
I was so excited to find 15 meters open at the beginning that I sent the wrong
precedence in my first 5 QSOs! After dark, I thought conditions on 40 were
great, but had to take a nearly 3-hour break to be at work. I was surprised at
the number of mults I was getting, including some I thought would be difficult.
That included my first-ever RI QSO, and an S9+10 signal from MAR at their local
sunrise.
I took my second optional break at 1400UT (7am local) sitting at 68 mults and
156 QSOs. That deluded me into thinking that I might get close to a sweep.
After I came back, things sort of went downhill. There were still some new
stations to be had on 15 and 20, but getting a new multiplier became like
trying to work a DXpedition or work Europe in a DX contest, nearly hopeless.
An NT station somehow pulled me out of the pileup, but I think I botched the
exchange in the marginal conditions. I stopped to take a nap a little after
20UT, and never found my way back to the radio. Quite an enjoyable contest
through 14UT and a pleasure to work so many enthusiastic ops.
Sections missed: SFL, WTX, NV, ND, SD, NL, QC, ONE, GTA, AK, PR
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