ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, SSB
Call: K6IF
Operator(s): K6IF
Station: K6IF
Class: SO Unlimited HP
QTH: SF
Operating Time (hrs): 22:30
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band QSOs
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160: 0
80: 163
40: 332
20: 721
15: 349
10: 0
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Total: 1565 Sections = 80 Total Score = 250,400
Club: Northern California Contest Club
Comments:
Great fun, as always. Started out right on track with my two previous best
efforts (in '02 and '04) - 371 in '02, 378 in '04 and 365 this year in the first
3 hours. Went to 40 quite a bit earlier than in previous years, and was
rewarded with personal bests on 40 and 80 meters. However, I paid a price on
the higher bands...
I never seemed to really get rolling on 15 after the first 90 minutes of the
contest, and 20 was very tough. I usually find a nice quiet freq high in the
band and run tons of low # A guys who are close to ESP level. This year I
didn't find that quiet frequency until late Sunday afternoon - and without much
happening on 15 I struggled to keep up with last year's pace (1677 x 80 last
year). Family commitments kept me from the radio for the last couple of hours,
but given my historical performance during that time I don't think I would have
made it much over 1600 or 1625 anyway.
A very unpleasant visit from a mad neighbor took me off the air for a while in
the 17:00 hour Sunday, and really shook me up mentally. It took me a while to
get my head back in the game - and you can see it in my rate sheet.
Congrats to K6LL for another great showing in U, and thanks to all who make this
such a fun and competitive event. W4NF and I had a nice chat just before the
contest - despite the fact that we were in direct competition. That is what
makes this such a grand hobby!
K6IF was:
TS-850 + Alpha 76
Orion + AL-1200
4 el. SteppIR's at 38' and 73' for "run" radio (either one)
2 el. SteppIR at 55' for second radio
2 el. K6IF 24' boom 40' yagi at 80'
Force12 Mag 180S at 85'
QSO/Sec by hour and band
Hour 80 40 20 15 Total Cumm OffTime
D1-2100Z - - - 127/38 127/38 127/38
D1-2200Z - - 37/9 75/6 112/15 239/53
D1-2300Z - - 126/7 - 126/7 365/60
D2-0000Z --+-- 7/3 79/1 --+-- 86/4 451/64
D2-0100Z 1/0 76/7 1/1 - 78/8 529/72
D2-0200Z 17/1 64/1 - - 81/2 610/74
D2-0300Z 18/0 43/0 - - 61/0 671/74
D2-0400Z 20/0 36/0 - - 56/0 727/74
D2-0500Z 18/0 42/2 - - 60/2 787/76
D2-0600Z 44/0 8/0 - - 52/0 839/76
D2-0700Z 26/0 20/0 - - 46/0 885/76
D2-0800Z 19/0 2/0 --+-- --+-- 21/0 906/76 27
D2-0900Z - - - - 0/0 906/76 60
D2-1000Z - - - - 0/0 906/76 60
D2-1100Z - - - - 0/0 906/76 60
D2-1200Z - - - - 0/0 906/76 60
D2-1300Z - - - - 0/0 906/76 60
D2-1400Z - 3/0 38/1 - 41/1 947/77 8
D2-1500Z - - 95/0 2/0 97/0 1044/77
D2-1600Z --+-- --+-- 85/0 7/2 92/2 1136/79
D2-1700Z - - 9/0 35/0 44/0 1180/79
D2-1800Z - - 19/0 17/0 36/0 1216/79
D2-1900Z - - 70/0 3/0 73/0 1289/79
D2-2000Z - - 9/0 45/0 54/0 1343/79
D2-2100Z - 14/0 2/0 38/0 54/0 1397/79
D2-2200Z - 2/0 58/0 - 60/0 1457/79
D2-2300Z - 5/0 57/0 - 62/0 1519/79
D3-0000Z --+-- 10/0 36/0 --+-- 46/0 1565/79
Total: 163/1 332/13 721/19 349/46
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