ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, CW
Call: AD1C
Operator(s): AD1C
Station: AD1C
Class: Single Op LP
QTH: CO
Operating Time (hrs): 8
Summary:
Band QSOs
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160:
80:
40: 219
20: 190
15:
10:
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Total: 409 Sections = 77 Total Score = 62,986
Club: Grand Mesa Contesters of Colorado
Comments:
Radio: ICOM 756 Pro III
Antenna: 1/2 G5RV in attic
Software: WriteLog 10.81
I had not planned to spend too much time in this one (which is why I didn't put
up the temporary vertical), but as one gets closer and closer to finding all 80
multipliers......
I started 1239Z on Sunday, 5:39 a.m. local time. About 15 minutes later, KE0A
in ND called in. That's a good omen. During my first trip to 20m, the 2nd
person to answer my CQ was VO1TA. Hmm, that's an even better omen! I worked
the contest until about 11 a.m. local time, watched football, went back after
the game was over for a little bit, working KO7X in WY for my first QSO on 40.
After going outside to do some yard work, I came back in, tuned 1KC down from
where I had left the VFO on 40, and found KE0Z/VE4.
In the end, luck did not triumph over skill. I heard WD0T in SD a couple of
times, but never could draw his attention. I heard the pileup for VY1EI on 20
meters Sunday morning. I never did hear Vermont, though Gerry, W1VE later told
me he heard me several times while operating at K2LE/1. You don't call, you
don't write.....
So it was weird to work ND, NL and MB so easily, but have trouble with VT and
SD. Every year is different. I guess that's why people keep coming back. Oh,
and lots of loud signals on 15, but the #$%^&* dipole won't tune there for some
reason, so I did not make any QSOs on that band.
73 - Jim AD1C
p.s. tks to VA2WDQ who spent a LONG TIME trying to get my exchange correct. He
was my only QC.
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