ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, SSB
Call: K6GEP
Operator(s): K6GEP
Station: K6GEP
Class: SO Unlimited LP
QTH: ORG
Operating Time (hrs): 7
Summary:
Band QSOs
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160:
80: 29
40: 23
20: 6
15: 16
10:
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Total: 74 Sections = 74 Total Score = 10,952
Club: Southern California Contest Club
Comments:
Sweeps SSB is my least favorite contest of the year, so I tried to have some fun
trying to work a sweep in 80 contacts. Missed it by 6: WPA, NNY, SNJ, NLI, DE
and SC.
Funniest pileup: K6EP and I (K6GEP) were both in a pileup trying to work
Alan,
KO7X. He sorted out our similar callsigns like a pro, and worked both of us.
I am sure there is a long history behind running the contest until 0300z, but
I think we need to realize that effectively, it is over at 0000z. Most of the
East Coast mults QRT at that time. I have never worked a needed section past
0000z.
Good to hear and work some School stations in this one.
Condix were great on 15, and pretty good on 40 & 80. I am surprised that I
ignored 20m so much. I really should have had my beam up for 15. I hope
to jury rig it for next weekend. My Windom performed well on the upper part
of
75. I used my 80m dipole for 3600 - 3700.
Gripe: Please watch the text that you spot during SS, so you don't spot a
section. If you say that someone is IN Aruba, they get spotted as Indiana!
DE seems to get mis-spotted a lot too.
Rig: FT-990 , 100W
Ants:
80 meter dipole sloping from 40 feet
80 meter OCF Windowm sloping from 40 feet
40 meter inv vee at 45 feet (for 40 & 15)
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