ARRL CW Sweepstakes
Call: WA7BNM
Section: LAX
Low Power
7.9 hours
Band Qs
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160 0
80 61
40 69
20 68
15 101
10 0
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299 x 70 = 41,860
Antennas:
80: Rotatable dipole at 70 ft
40: 3-el yagi at 60 ft
20-10: Tribander at 75 ft
Comments:
Originally planned to just get on enough to produce 100 QSOs of CW
practice, all S&P. Got "brave" enough to actually call CQ and found I was
actually able to handle what must be the world's longest contest exchange
at a rate of about 60/hr. Most of my copying problems were the result of
QRM or QSB swallowing someone's signal.
Generally, I found all bands to be quiet. Which helped, since there were a
lot of signals barely above the noise, regardless of power level.
All in all, a fun time. Didn't worry about the score. Didn't worry about mults.
73 de Bruce, WA7BNM (bhorn@netcom.com)
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