ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, SSB
Call: WB4FDT
Operator(s): WB4FDT
Station: W3LPL
Class: SO Unlimited HP
QTH: MDC
Operating Time (hrs): 24
Summary:
Band QSOs
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160:
80: 284
40: 515
20: 302
15: 2
10:
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Total: 1103 Sections = 81 Total Score = 178,686
Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club
Comments:
Thanks to Frank for putting up with me and Bob, W3IDT and I'll try not to break
anything like Headphones, rotators or ???. For a CW operator, SS Phone is a
real strain. CW contesting is more of a symphony, and SSB contest is just
noise. I missed North Dakota and Puerto Rico somehow. Again, as in the CW
contest, 15 meters was dead and 40 meters during the early afternoon was
sparse, so there was only the 20 meter band for the two of us, so this slowed
us down until 40 came back in the late afternoon.
At the Frederick meeting there was some discussion about whether to start the
SS on 40 or 20 meters. The answer is 20 meters. I started on 40 meters and
after 75 minutes or so, Bob was 60 contacts ahead of me. When Bob and I traded
positions and I got on 20 meters, after the next 75 minutes I noticed that Bob
and I now had the identical number of contacts! So unless you have a wet noodle
for an antenna, start on 20!
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