ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, CW
Call: K0AV
Operator(s): K0AV
Station: N0RU
Class: Single Op QRP
QTH: Woodland Park, CO
Operating Time (hrs): 24
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band QSOs
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160:
80: 129
40: 306
20: 262
15: 49
10:
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Total: 746 Sections = 79 Total Score = 117,868
Club: Grand Mesa Contesters of Colorado
Comments:
This year was only marginally ahead of last year's score.
SLOW START: I was there at the gun. Well-rested and ready. But, for some
reason I just couldn't get any good rate going.
Some soul searching may yield the answer. I already have some ideas.
Like George (W0UA) said in his soap box comments: "You never get back what you
don't get in the first hour."
And once you fall behind, you dread hearing the other Q stations' numbers!
80 METERS: I was trying to make more Q's on 80 - and I did - but I think it was
a mistake.
I wanted to duplicate what the midwest and southeast QRP stations have been
doing on 80 meters. Fat chance.
At night from out in the West I think we 5 watt guys have to stay focused on 40
and just do second radio S&P on 80.
15 METERS: From Colorado 15 was open to just parts of the east coast (and one
OH station and one WV station).
Therein lies the dilemma: 15 meters goes too long and we can't work all those
midwest 0's, 9's and 4's and 5's.
So we have to go stay on 20 and keep trying to get something going down there.
MISSED SECTION: NL
(S&P'ed plenty but never heard)
SO2R is such challenge. Still a long way to go.
Moved to a MicroHAM micro2R box (USB). Its nice.
Each year I get better at SO2R - but it is a slowly evolving mental process.
N1MM Logger software: THANKS to everyone who has worked on that project!
COMPARED TO PAST 5 YEARS: QSO's are generally increasing: 600 (2005); 684
(2006); 610 (2007); 648 (2008); 724 (2009);
now 746 (2010), before any penalties.
My dreams of going over 800 QSO's will have to wait. (just like the Clean
Sweep)
POLITENESS: We QRP stations are a particularly sensitive lot.
We know who picks on us little guys to steal run frequencies.
In 24 hours of operating - nobody did that.
These CW SS operators are the best.
I am very grateful to Robb, N0RU, who again invited me up into (onto) the
mountains to operate his station.
73, Alan
K0AV
@ N0RU
Q 60 CO
RIGS: K2 & Omni 6+
ANTENNAS: TH-7; TH-2 fixed to NW; TH-7 fixed to NNE; Cushcraft 40 mtr 2 el
yagi; Hy-Tower; 80 meter Zepp
Such a treat to have switchable antennas - especially when you are QRP.
Some W6 & W7's might have wondered if I had turned on an amp - but I just
switched to another beam or the Hy-Tower. Their signals popped up about 20 db.
Q's by HOUR by BAND
Date Hour Total 3_5 7 14
21 Running Total
2010-11-06 21 41 10 13 18
0 41
2010-11-06 22 36 0 2 34
0 77
2010-11-06 23 34 0 2 32
0 111
2010-11-07 0 28 0 21 7
0 139
2010-11-07 1 28 9 19 0
0 167
2010-11-07 2 28 19 9 0
0 195
2010-11-07 3 32 18 14 0
0 227
2010-11-07 4 34 33 1 0
0 261
2010-11-07 5 37 10 27 0
0 298
2010-11-07 6 35 10 25 0
0 333
2010-11-07 7 28 6 22 0
0 361
2010-11-07 8 11 0 11 0
0 372
2010-11-07 12 31 14 17 0
0 403
2010-11-07 13 23 0 19 4
0 426
2010-11-07 14 30 0 18 12
0 456
2010-11-07 15 43 0 0 43
0 499
2010-11-07 16 26 0 0 25
1 525
2010-11-07 17 36 0 0 0
36 561
2010-11-07 18 24 0 0 22
2 585
2010-11-07 19 14 0 0 6
8 599
2010-11-07 20 19 0 1 16
2 618
2010-11-07 21 22 0 5 17
0 640
2010-11-07 22 26 0 4 22
0 666
2010-11-07 23 42 0 42 0
0 708
2010-11-08 0 27 0 23 4
0 735
2010-11-08 1 11 0 11 0
0 746
Total All Hours 746 129 306 262
49 0
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