NA Sprint SSB Contest - February
Call: NN7SS
Operator(s): K6UFO
Station: NN7SS
Class: Single Op QRP
QTH: WA
Operating Time (hrs): 4
Remote Operation
Summary:
Band QSOs Op Time
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80: 9
40: 40
20: 86
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Total: 135 Mults = 43 Total Score = 5,805
Club: Western Washington DX Club
Team: Northwest STREET CORNER Team #2
Comments:
I was a QRP mouse skittering around the stomping of the High Power
Alligators. Look out - they're trying to do the two-step QSY Rule!
I received more than 4 hours of emails about this 4 hour contest,
inviting me to try it, even though I have reliably appeared in the Sprint
SSB since at least 2002, and occasionally winning QRP.
Congratulations to the marketing team on increasing the activity. More
activity does provide more contacts, and scores will be way up - thanks
also to the additional Multipliers. QRM levels were way, way, way up,
and I heard several complaints from ragchews and nets who go stomped.
I think the new frequency ranges helped.
I'm at the high-rise in San Francisco, so I was remote to NN7SS in WA.
Remote was working Thursday night for NCCC Sprint, then NOT
working Friday night for the practice, then finally working again just in
time for the Sprint SSB (well, 3 minutes late.) I don't have a
"monitor"
function when remote (it would double the bandwidth required) so I
hope my audio was OK.
First hour 20m was total chaos! Some fast, some slow, some loud, some
weak, some following the rules, some just winging it... Second hour was
"productive" as people got in the groove, and some of the QRM crowd
moved off to 40m or beyond.
Usually 40m feels like a slippery slope, but this year it was more fun.
I was able to S&P pretty well, and worked twice the usual QSOs.
80m is usually a QRP SSB disaster. My previous record is 7 QSOs,
this year I got 9. There were plenty of loud signals, but only a few
had "good ears."
My goal was 1500 pts, since I only contest for Prizes rather than for
the satisfaction of exercising my radio skills. I passed that goal before
leaving 20m, and sucked it up to operate full time right to the end. Well,
I took some short breaks when the DIN was too loud or my blood
pressure too high. I've learned to put up with it all and carry on.
Conclusion: Activity way up. QRPers fully stomped.
NN7SS Burt WA (K6UFO op)
20m: C-31XR at 71ft
40m: Force 12 Delta 240 at 78ft
80m: Delta Loop from 80 ft
One Elecraft K3 turned down to 5 watts
RemoteRig and K3/0-Mini control head
Writelog
QSO by hour and band.
80M 40M 20M Total Cumm
00Z - - 29 29 29
01Z - - 44 44 73
02Z - 18 13 31 104
03Z 9 22 - 31 135
Total: 9 40 86
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