ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, SSB
Call: KL7RA
Operator(s): AL7IF
Station: KL7RA
Class: Single Op HP
QTH: Kenai Alaska
Operating Time (hrs): 24
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band QSOs
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160:
80: 45
40: 375
20: 439
15: 694
10:
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Total: 1556 Sections = 79 Total Score = 245,532
Club:
Comments:
First, thanks to Rich, KL7RA for allowing me to move in for the weekend.
I wanted to come down to Kenai and earn a very good score... I fell a little
short of my goals, but I think that conditions were less than optimal.
I started on 15, then moved to 20, then 40, then 80... and the perception here
is that the bands quit earlier than one would expect... so by the time I got to
80, I was there an hour or two earlier than I would have expected, and the rates
headed south. Around 8Z I debated whether my crummy overnight rate would be
higher than the rate that I would get at the end of an extended nap... and I
took the shot and took the break a little earlier, hoping that the morning rate
would be the same or higher... and that I would be there when the bands busted
open... It is hard to know if I made the right decision, but the first hour
after my time off was as good, or slightly better than my last... then the
bands opened up, and I had good rate until about 21Z... which was better than I
had expected.
The real limiting factor was the bands quitting earlier, and opening later...
the extra hour of each band would have made the difference between an OK score
and a great score.
I think I dumped a few Qs... but I am relatively new to this contest, so I will
make notes for the next time.
I missed a sweep by just one - KP2 - that woulda been nice... but I focused on
rate.
Thanks to everyone that called!
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