ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, SSB
Call: W0OR
Operator(s): W0OR
Station: W0OR
Class: Single Op HP
QTH: MN
Operating Time (hrs): 18
Summary:
Band QSOs
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160:
80: 32
40: 129
20: 657
15: 214
10: 20
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Total: 1052 Sections = 80 Total Score = 168,320
Club: Minnesota Wireless Association
Comments:
Well, it's over for another year--the two most hectic weekends in ham
radio. I was too darn tired to run the post contest software last
night, gettin' too old, I guess. Anyhow, surprised myself by hanging
in there much longer than I planned. Being primarily a cw guy, I have
never done that much with phone contests. And this year I was only
going to put in a few hours to help the maroon team a bit. But one
hour led to another, and another, and another. With my XYL gone for
most of the weekend it was easier to just keep going. When it was
over I had done just about the same as in the CW gig. By far the
best phone SS score I've ever done. Now I wonder what could have
been had I put in the full 24 hours. Still wouldn't have won HP, but
might have been able to hit 200K. Operating time was about 18 hrs.
The sweep was the easiest I remember. My last two sections were ND
and NE. Once I got them early Sunday afternoon, I worked several
more of each. Twenty meters was fantastic, with the rate meter at 125-
130 a number of times. Forty was lousy the first night, so I quit
around 10 and went to bed and got a full 8 hours. I am convinced
that for an SS the single Vee antenna I use really works well. I'm
lucky to have lots of space out behind my lot, and it points east and
west. Still, managed to work two of the Yukon stations without any
trouble. Thanks to all the MWAers who called. Congratulations to
all on a great showing.
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