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Returned home on Sunday on schedule rushed to get on for a few hours after
1600Z, Plan to
cleanse hard drive and generally tidy up computer, on Friday night now in
retrospect was
not good idea !! Switch on , le Voila
no hard drives, Gee I really love windows 95 hi! No time to call my computer
guru for
some tuteledge so resort to old clunker 286 , blow dust off , of course need
recue disk
to restart ( remember those ? ) date time and ct loaded , hard drive moans ,
first
contact logged at 1610z
hit enter long whirr from machine --- machine finally enters Q about 3 seconds
later, oh
well mebbe it will get better when it warms up .
Scoot around S& P on 15 for first 10 mins or so to check if computer is going
to work,
wonder how we every managed to contest without them. Work some west coasters,
some
needed NL so think now that computer is safe I should find a nice quiet freq,
band is
very crowded, call CQ and in a few minutes have a mini pileup some of whom were
not
really polite, oh well that's half the fun ! Not a regular SS op so found the
exchange
is slower than I thought it would be.
First full hour from 1700- 1800 yielded 137 Qs not bad, but not that
gratifying, second
hour 1800-1900 only 125 Qs however now seem to be managing the pileup a bit
better and
finding a rythym to the exchange; last ten qso rate peaks at 208, not bad but
long way
from 501/peak during CQWW, still fun especially when am told by some that I was
last for
the sweep , now starts to feel more gratifying.
Go to 20 meters play there for a while keep beam high for western states VY1JA
Calls me!
He was loud but had to be told he was in there. By now I realize that lots of
NL
stations have been around, feel bit ambivalent about that hi! Cut down on MY
pile up,
However made for lots of happy contesters .
Hung around for while made some contacts on 80 meters , no sweep but at least
a few
more sections than CW. Like the Old Brooklyn Dodgers wait 'till next year.
Looks like a sweep is standard fare for this
contest after reviewing the box scores this week , oh yes finally get main
computer back
on line Tuesday evening.
XYL is very perplexed she wonders aloud why I told her the contest is at the
END of the
month.
CU CQWWCW All goes well -- Good Lord Willin' etc etc.
Gus VO1MP
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ARRL SWEEPSTAKES 1997
Call: VO1MP Section: Newfoundland & Labrador
Mode: SSB Category: Single Operator/HP/Uassisted
BAND QSO QSO PTS SECTIONS
160 0 0 -
80 22 44 -
40 3 6 -
20 179 358 -
15 353 706 -
10 0 0 -
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Totals 557 1114 74
Score: 82,436
Power Output: 750 watts Hours of operation:
Equipment Description:
Club Affiliation:
This is to certify that in this contest I have operated
my transmitter within the limitations of my license and have
observed fully the rules and regulations of the contest.
Signature __Gus Samuelson
MAILING ADDRESS:
Gus Samuelson VO1MP
P.O.Box 38 Site 4 RR # 1
St. Phillips, NFLD A1L1C1
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