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[3830] SS SSB W5KFT(WM5R) Single Op HP

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Subject: [3830] SS SSB W5KFT(WM5R) Single Op HP
From: webform@b4h.net
Reply-to: wm5r@arrl.net
Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 09:31:24 -0800
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                    ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, SSB

Call: W5KFT
Operator(s): WM5R
Station: W5KFT

Class: Single Op HP
QTH: EM00st
Operating Time (hrs): 24
Radios: SO2R

Summary:
 Band  QSOs
------------
  160:    0
   80:  253
   40:  458
   20:  726
   15:  328
   10:    0
------------
Total: 1765  Sections = 80  Total Score = 282,400

Club: 

Comments:

Station:
http://www.kkn.net/~w5kft/

160 - Inverted V @ 145'

 80 - Sloping dipoles - NE, NW from 150', SE from 135'

 40 - Cushcraft 40-2CD @ 150', rotatable
      Cushcraft 40-2CD @ 70', fixed NE

 20 - Hy-Gain 204BA @ 157', rotatable
      Hy-Gain 204BA @ 105', fixed NE
      Hy-Gain 204BA @ 53', fixed NE
      Hy-Gain TH7DXX @ 60', rotatable

 15 - Hy-Gain 155CA @ 135', rotatable
      Hy-Gain 155CA @ 90', fixed NE
      Hy-Gain 155CA @ 45', fixed NE
      Hy-Gain TH7DXX @ 60', rotatable

 10 - Hy-Gain 105CA @ 140', rotatable
      Hy-Gain 105CA @ 100', fixed NE
      Hy-Gain 105CA @ 60', fixed NE
      Hy-Gain 105CA @ 30', fixed NE
      Hy-Gain TH7DXX @ 60', rotatable

Radio 1:  Kenwood TS-850SAT, Ameritron AL-1500
Radio 2:  Kenwood TS-850SAT
Headset:  Heil Proset
DVK:      W9XT Contest Card
Software: TR Log 6.79
Other:    SX0B StackMatches, Ameritron RCS-8V switches, ICE bandpass
          filters, Top Ten Devices Band Decoders, Top Ten Devices
          DXDoubler, CDE rotors

Thanks to Bryan for letting me use his station once again.  One
of the amplifiers was still in the shop, so I only had high power
on one radio this year.  I don't think this hurt me too much -
there were a few second radio QSOs I missed because the other
station either couldn't hear me or I got beat out by a high
power station, but it wasn't very often.

I got off to my best start ever in this contest, with my first
hour of over 150 QSOs in the Sweepstakes.  I had some difficulty
keeping momentum over the next several hours.  Conditions were
quite different from last year.  20 meters ceased being
productive a full two hours earlier than last year each evening.

I took an off time Saturday night during the 0200 UTC hour
when a shortwave broadcaster wiped out my run frequency and
I couldn't easily find another good one on 40 meters, and my
CQing efforts on 80 meters were not yet productive.  I probably
should have persevered and stayed on the air.  The last three
hours I was on in the evening were painful.  I need to figure
out how to turn those forty and fifty hours into sixty and seventy
hours.  I have yet to figure out how to do that, though.

I almost had a 100 hour on Sunday morning on 20 meters.  I wish
conditions on 20 meters had been better than they were.

If I had to do it over again, I would have taken a half hour
off time in the 2300 UTC hour on Sunday, which was just a bad
hour for me, and not taken the half hour off that I took in the
0100 UTC hour.  I think I'm still making a lot of tactical
mistakes in this contest - not just with off-time decisions,
but in choosing run frequencies and being persistent enough with
SO2R.  TR Log says I made 46 second radio QSOs.

One pleasant aspect of this weekend's contest was a surprisingly
light presence of jammers.  There were a few malicious carriers
here and there, but nothing like what occured last year in the
contest.

I worked every section more than once, and at least one station
from each section called me.  I was a little surprised to work
not one or two stations in the Nt multiplier, but three of them.
I have yet to really understand why Alberta is so scarce in this
contest.  There are really large cities in that province, and yet
I only worked five VE6 stations, the same number that I worked in
VE5 and VE4.  I worked twice as many stations from Wyoming this
year!

I love operating at the W5KFT ranch, although it's sometimes
a real challenge to keep the contest spirit going when it's
a gorgeous fall day and the sunshine is sparkling off the
lake just outside your window!

  HOUR   80SSB   40SSB   20SSB   15SSB   TOTAL   ACCUM
  ----  ------  ------  ------  ------   -----   -----
   21       0       0       0     158     158     158
   22       0       0      60      56     116     274
   23       0       1     108       0     109     383

    0       0     104      11       0     115     498
    1       0     108       0       0     108     606
    2       0      32       0       0      32     638
    3      31      22       0       0      53     691
    4      62      19       0       0      81     772
    5      72       2       0       0      74     846
    6      34       9       0       0      43     889
    7      31      25       0       0      56     945
    8      13      32       0       0      45     990
    9       1       0       0       0       1     991
   10       0       0       0       0       0     991
   11       0       0       0       0       0     991
   12       0       0       0       0       0     991
   13       0       5      58       0      63    1054
   14       0       0      95       0      95    1149
   15       0       0      42      20      62    1211
   16       0       0      20      39      59    1270
   17       0       0      16       5      21    1291
   18       0       0      29      34      63    1354
   19       0       0      50      12      62    1416
   20       0       0      61       3      64    1480
   21       0       0      72       0      72    1552
   22       0       0      68       1      69    1621
   23       0       7      36       0      43    1664

    0       2      43       0       0      45    1709
    1       0      34       0       0      34    1743
    2       7      15       0       0      22    1765

  TOTAL   253     458     726     328

Multiplier Distribution

   1.           Il  105
   2.           Va   83
   3.           Oh   80
   4.           Mi   76
   5.          Mdc   57
   6.           Nc   55
   7.           Mn   55
   8.          Scv   51
   9.          WWa   51
  10.           Co   42
  11.           Ep   40
  12.           Ga   40
  13.           Or   37
  14.           Az   37
  15.           Wi   37
  16.          ENy   36
  17.           Em   36
  18.           In   36
  19.           On   31
  20.          WNy   31
  21.           Ct   27
  22.           Tn   27
  23.           Nh   26
  24.          NNj   25
  25.           Sv   24
  26.          NLi   22
  27.          WPa   22
  28.          SNj   20
  29.          NFl   20
  30.          Lax   20
  31.           Sc   19
  32.           Ky   19
  33.          STx   18
  34.           Al   18
  35.           Ia   17
  36.          WcF   17
  37.          SFl   16
  38.          Sjv   16
  39.           Mo   16
  40.          NTx   16
  41.          Org   15
  42.          Sdg   15
  43.           Eb   14
  44.           Wv   13
  45.           Mt   13
  46.           Nv   13
  47.           Sf   13
  48.           Nd   13
  49.           Ar   13
  50.           Me   12
  51.           Bc   12
  52.           Ne   12
  53.           Ks   12
  54.           Id   11
  55.           Ut   11
  56.           Sd   10
  57.           Wy   10
  58.           La   10
  59.          Mar    9
  60.           Qc    9
  61.           Ew    9
  62.           Ri    8
  63.           Nm    8
  64.          WMa    7
  65.           Vt    7
  66.          NNy    6
  67.           Ak    6
  68.           De    5
  69.           Sb    5
  70.           Sk    5
  71.           Ab    5
  72.           Ok    5
  73.          WTx    5
  74.           Mb    5
  75.           Vi    4
  76.           Nt    3
  77.           Ms    4
  78.          Pac    3
  79.           Pr    2
  80.           Nl    2


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