W4PA SS CW QRP class
817 x 78 mults = 127,452 claimed score in 24 hours.
SWEEPSTAKES SUMMARY SHEET
Contest Dates : 07-Nov-98, 08-Nov-98, 09-Nov-98
Callsign Used : W4PA
Operator : W4PA
Category : QRP
Default Exchange : # Q W4PA 82 TN
Name : SCOTT ROBBINS
Address : 1163 OLD CARTERTOWN ROAD
City/State/Zip : GATLINBURG, TN 37738
Country : United States
Team/Club : TENNESSEE CONTEST GROUP
BAND Raw QSOs Valid QSOs Points Mults
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80CW 214 214 426 4
40CW 268 268 536 17
20CW 218 218 436 28
15CW 101 101 202 20
10CW 16 16 32 9
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Totals 817 817 1632 78
Final Score = 127,296 points.
Station Description: Two Omni-VI Plus transceivers @ 5 watts
10/15/20: 6 el 20m yagi @ 100' fed with 1" hardline
TH7DX @ 85' fed with 1" hardline
"Domestic stack": 3 el to NE @ 40', 3 el to west @30'
phased with WX0B box on 40' tel pole
40: 3 el 40m yagi @ 70'
solo HF2V vertical, elevated feed/radials
80: Phased HF2V's, 1/4 wave spaced 10,000 feet of radial wire,
relay switchable between NE/SW
solo HF2V vertical, elevated feed/radials
I've said before you learn from every contest. This time, I learned
something about my station before the contest. I discovered that at
5 watts, I could simultaneously call CQ and S&P with two radios on
the same band. There is about 225' of separation between the big
tower with the TH7 and 20m monobander and the "domestic stack"
telephone pole. Ditto with the phased verticals and solo HF2V on 80
meters. When conditions went ugly on Sunday, I parked one radio at
about 14.080-090 calling CQ while going up and down 20 meters with
the second radio on the big monobander. Same thing both nights on
40 and 80. I think that this made a big impact on my score.
I worked VY1A during the first hour and was able to clean up all
other mults except VO1 - heard VO1MP three times on two different
bands but QRP was not making it through the pileup so I elected to
ignore it and keep hunting QSO's instead.
I really enjoyed this one. I felt a lot less pressure running QRP
than running high power and....(gulp)....I may do this for the
phone SS this year as well.
Go Tennessee Contest Group!
73,
Scott Robbins, W4PA
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