Here's my score for the ARRL SS CW Contest this past w/e
Targets: 1) to have fun, 2) to do better than last year.
ARRL SWEEPSTAKES -- 1998
Call: K1WD Country: USA
Mode: CW Category: Single Operator, Low Power
BAND QSO QSO PTS SECTIONS
160 0 0 -
80 68 136 -
40 79 158 -
20 68 136 -
15 37 74 -
10 10 20 -
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Totals 262 524 67
Score: 35,108
Power Output: 10 watts Hours of operation: 13
Equipment Description:
Yaesu FT-990 running 10W (ten watts) to SGC-230 tuner on balcony with 100'
long-wire.
Club Affiliation: Yankee Clipper Contest Club
Story:
(Background: I live in a 3rd floor apartment, severely antenna crippled,
but have used an SGC tuner & whip on balcony for past contests)
This year I finally put up a long-wire, something I'd been meaning to do
for the past 3 years. So, on Saturday morning I strung up a 100' l/w
approx north-west from my apartment, with the highest point at about 50'.
I didn't get started until about an hour after the contest began, 10 meters
was open, and things were looking pretty good. However, about half an hour
into the contest I was interrupted by my downstairs neighbour complaining
about TVI. I was running 100W, but when I turned the power down, there was
no TVI, so there I was using 10W (lowest the FT-990 will go without the ALC
tweak), but having already worked half an hour, signing with prec. of "A",
what a drag! Oh, well let's see how it goes. The bands were pretty good,
and much to my surprise I was actually working stations first try. 80 & 40
were the bands of choice. Everything was search & pounce, no running. I
did just over 13 hrs; 67 sections (last year 61), 262 Qs (last year 169),
for around 35k+ (last year 20k+).
Thanks to all who worked me. See you all in CQ WW DX CW in three weeks.
Regards -
William/K1WD
e-mail: k1wd@amsat.org
home-page: http://www.ultranet.com/~whd-inc/
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