ARRL Sweepstakes - SSB
Call: K8DX
Operator(s):
Station:
Class: SO HP
Section: OH
Operating Time (hrs): 24
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band QSOs
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160:
80: 471
40: 642
20: 297
15: 99
10: 146
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Total: 1655 x 80 = 264,800
Club: North Coast Contesters
Comments:
For some reason I just can?t seem to get a good start in this contest.
I started on 10M, but just couldn?t get anything going, so after a half
hour I QSY?ed to 15M. Still slow! I bounced between 10 and 15M
for 2.5 hours before going to 20M for a decent run.
At about 0100Z my neck started to really hurt (I?ve just started going
to a chiropractor) and took about 15 minutes off to see if a heating pad
would help. It did, but the effect wasn?t very long lasting. When I
worked K3MM at 0247Z, (a good bench mark for how I?m doing) he
was at 568 to my 472 (and he thinks he had a slow start!) That took
the wind out of my sails and I decided it wasn?t worth the pain, so I
headed upstairs to put the heating pad back on.
After a 40 minute off-time I decided I?d at least try S&P to work the
serious guys before the pain came back and I?d call it a night. When I
went to 80M I found a spot and CQ?ed for a while and just kept plugging
away, thinking that I won?t get to do SS for another year. When I went
to bed I knew I was way behind the pack, but thought I could still turn
in a respectable score.
When I got on in the morning, 75M was in decent shape, and the rates
were surprisingly good before I moved to 40M. During the late morning
I ran across K3MM and I was actually AHEAD by 50 Q?s! That kept me
motivated until the end of the contest.
Sweepstakes, at least from the Midwest is a great equalizer. For having
stacks on 10-40M, over 75% of the Q?s were made on wire antennas!
73?Scott
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