SWEEPSTAKES SUMMARY SHEET
Contest Dates : 08-Nov-98, 09-Nov-98
Callsign Used : N5NU
Operators : N5NU, AE5P
Category : M/S
Default Exchange : # A N5NU 92 NTX
Name : Jason Goldsberry
Address : Rt. 1 Box 1025
City/State/Zip : Douglass, TX 75943
Country : United States
BAND Raw QSOs Valid QSOs Points Mults
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80CW 27 27 52 0
40CW 397 397 742 15
20CW 170 170 268 17
15CW 85 85 132 23
10CW 82 82 162 24
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Totals 761 761 1356 79
Final Score = 107124 points.
Total of 48 Second Radio QSO's
I also found --> 19 Multipliers on it
Mults most worked: least worked:
IL 40 NL 1
OH 32 EMA 1
VA 26 NWT 1
MN 26 MB 1
SCV 25 SK 2
This was a very informal M/S operation that Army, AE5P, and I did. Some of
the older contesters may remember the ex-AH6P, who won the Pacific Division
over KH6IJ about 20 or 25 years ago. That was the one and only time he
ever defeated KH6IJ in ANYTHING. Talk about "One time wonders"... Same
guy, only a little older, and with a new house in TX now.
I called beforehand to get it set up, only to find out that he wouldn't
make it the first night because of a prior engagement. Anyway, the first
night was by myself.
Second radio operation is AWESOME!! This was the first serious shot at it,
and it got me 48 more QSO's and several multipliers.
Well I started the contest on 10 meters, because 15 didn't sound like any
place for an "A" power station to be. I put the second radio on 15 meters
on the 40 meter dipole. It immediately became useful to me. Thank the
Lord that I found VE4GV on it within the first half-hour, because I heard
nothing else from VE4 the rest of the contest.
Anyway, the first night was ended with 542 QSO's at 0629z. By using the
second radio, I had 77 multipliers when I ended, leaving only MAR and NL
for the next day.
<time lapses>
I got up the next morning at 1240z after hitting the snooze button. I hit
40 meters running, with the first 20 meter QSO being at 1257z. At 1333z, I
found VE9XB on the second radio for the MAR multiplier. One left. I
considered my options. I could either keep running on 40 meters, and hunt
on 20 meters with the dipole, or just completely change bands to a
not-yet-open band.
I changed bands, and immediately found VO1MP on 14.047 with only 3 stations
calling. I got beat out by W1, and then a W3. The pile grew, and grew.
After sitting there listening to him work 35 people, I finally came
through. *whew*.
Sweep in the log at 1437z. First one ever.
I quit around 1600z to go to Army's place. I got there, and it was still
raining. We hooked up his Icom 751 to the G5RV. I operated for a while
then taught him the basics of TR'ing. It got realllllllly slow, so we took
a while off and swapped stories. Around 0000z we left for home.
I got home around 0040, hooked everything back up and resumed operation
until the end.
HOWEVER, I did find a quirk in the rules. It says that all the
transmitters must be within a 500 meter diameter. Maybe it was radius, but
the distance between our houses is well over 15 miles. Because of this, I
AM leaving the contacts in the log, but I am marking them with "0" points,
and making a note to checklog those contacts. They are still valid
contacts, however just not counted. Hence the 678 x 79 that I claim even
though all the contacts are still "valid" ones.
So, by not deleting the contacts it affects nobody else's log, but by not
marking them with 0 points, this keeps me in check with the rules.
Will know better next time...
73, Jason N5NU
PS: Only 1 EMA station? That's too close for me...
n5nu@inu.net
http://www.inu.net/n5nu/
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