ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, SSB
Call: VA7ST
Operator(s): VA7ST
Station: VA7ST
Class: Single Op LP
QTH: BC
Operating Time (hrs): 17
Summary:
Band QSOs
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160:
80: 7
40: 40
20: 132
15: 365
10: 132
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Total: 676 Sections = 83 Total Score = 112,216
Club: Orca DX and Contest Club
Comments:
Chose low power this time. Not sure why other than it worked okay for CW two
weeks ago. Had fun, but maintained the sweep-anxiety stress until after 0000z
Sunday afternoon when I finally found AB on 40M.
Last year running HP I quit the first night at 0700z missing ME, DE, MS, PAC,
EWA, NL, ONE and SK.
This year with LP I quit at 0940z missing: AB, DE, GTA, ID, MAR, MS, NL, NLI,
NNY, ONE, ONN, ONS, PAC, VI, WPA and WY -- a very long list.
I took the only approach that can work: whittle away at the list one at a time.
VO1KVT provided NL, and VE9AA gave me MAR. Thankfully, the Ontario lads I hadn't
heard on Saturday night were out and about on Sunday. Got the list down to AB
and DE by mid-afternoon. Landed DE while CQing on 15M, but spent a long time
combing through 10M, 15M and 20M looking for the elusive VE6 final multiplier.
Wasn't until 4 p.m. local Sunday that I decided to see if there was any chance
of making the short hop to Alberta on 40M. I hit the bandswitch and like magic,
VE6SV was 20-over in my headphones. Sweep.
Special thanks for the great turnout from the VY1/VE8 guys -- at one point on
Sunday afternoon I ran across five of them on 15M all CQing with good signals
into BC. They made NT plentiful. Had a few people mention the scarcity of SK,
though.
Year-over-year (raw)...
2014 SOLP 17hr 676 83 112,216
2013 SOHP 15hr 1016 83 168,656
2012 SOHP 20hr 1210 83 200,860
2011 SOLP 14hr 667 80 106,720
2010 SOHP 11hr 554 73 80,884
2009 SOLP 16hr 500 74 74,000
2008 SOHP 16hr 753 78 117,468
2007 SOHP 11hr 421 77 64,834
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