ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, SSB
Call: K3KU
Operator(s): K3KU
Station: K3KU
Class: Single Op LP
QTH: MDC
Operating Time (hrs): 10
Summary:
Band QSOs
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160:
80: 45
40: 75
20: 21
15: 31
10:
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Total: 172 Sections = 62 Total Score = 21,328
Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club
Comments:
Brutal! I got on just to have a little fun and to make some points for the
Club, but I wound up getting sucked in. A couple of hours Saturday night; a
good night's sleep; a few hours Sunday morning; a ride in the country with my
wife Sunday afternoon (droppped in on N3OC and on W3LPL as we passed by); and a
few more hours Sunday evening. I think the log parser will call it 9:27 all
together, but the log parser will not count that it took me about 30 minutes to
get my first QSO. I almost quit, but that first QSO was a VE1, so I got a
little rejuvenated.
Anyhow, 10 hours of S&P with a really weak signal. I knew that only the loud
ones would hear me. This year I kept the noisy computer on so it would mask the
second-tier signals. That way I wouldn't waste time and frustrate myself
calling them. (How can I be worried about wasting time when I'm only making 17
QSO/hr???) I think only about 10% of my QSOs were on the first call. Lots of
QSX, lots of repeats, lots of "QRZ?", a bunch of "try again later", and a lot of
CQ-in-my-face.
Weird missed sections included LAX, MN, and CT (I kept thinking "Surely K1KI
will show up." And he did, on 75, 15 minutes before the end. I spent 10
minutes on him without success. Absolute zilch, even when no other callers.)
But I did actually work AK!
It was hard work, not very productive, being weak on fone is MUCH worse than
being weak on CW. But I kept getting sucked in! KD4D said "An SSB contest is
better than no contest." He must be right, because all I want to do now is
figure out how to improve my skills, and try it again next year.
73, Art K3KU (That weak signal you couldn't quite copy)
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