ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, SSB
Call: W3GRF
Operator(s): WR3R
Station: WR3R
Class: Single Op LP
QTH: MDC
Operating Time (hrs): 22.5
Summary:
Band QSOs
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160: 0
80: 546
40: 197
20: 80
15: 12
10: 0
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Total: 835 Sections = 83 Total Score = 138,610
Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club
Comments:
Lot of great fun! Thanks for all the Q's!
I was very fortunate to work all sections, and was actually aided by the lack
of my beam antenna which I was unable to put up this fall. With dipole
antennas, all I could do was S & P most of the daylight hours. On Sunday
this allowed me to find pileups, dig out who they were calling, and then try
and get my call through. A special thanks to the last two; SB, W6RFU, and
lastly ND, KD0CVZ, who actually answered my CQ on 40 mtrs at 00:20Z Sunday
night. Never heard another ND the entire contest!
Really a honor to use the PVRC Club call W3GRF, that was originally the call of
Len Chertof, one of the PVRC founders. I used my own check of 64, which was
confusing to some contesters that still had Len's check of 36 in their software
program! Spoke to a number of people who knew Len....sorry I could not talk
longer with you about your experiences with W3GRF. I was fortunate to have met
Len when I joined the PVRC in the early 1970s. He was one of the true pioneers
of contesting.
Condx: FT1000MP and dipole antennas on all bands.
Happy Thanksgiving to all!
73s, Gary WR3R
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