ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, SSB
Call: W6RCL
Operator(s): W6RCL
Station: W6RCL
Class: Single Op QRP
QTH: lax
Operating Time (hrs): 11:30
Summary:
Band QSOs
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160:
80:
40: 2
20: 41
15: 115
10: 106
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Total: 264 Sections = 66 Total Score = 34,848
Club:
Comments:
STATION: FT-817 running 5W to a Force 12 C4SXL at 45 feet. TR-log software.
The common sections that I did not work: AZ, GA, NV, UT, NM plus all of the
California Sections except for LAX and SF!!!!! I didn't have a chance to retune
my 80M vertical from the SS CW contest to the phone bands so I didn't work 80,
and Murphy caused some kind of a problem to the 40M Yagi tuning so it no longer
resonates in the 40M-phone band. Without the lower bands I was left with
20-15-10. I heard all of the nearby states and CA sections on 10M scatter, but
signal strength was down --- they were B-precedent stations running S6-S7, so
the path loss was significant and my 5W signal wasn't enough for them to hear
me.
It was a frustratingly, fun time --- but then what QRP contest effort isn't?
72/73 de alan
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