ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, CW
Call: AA5B
Operator(s): AA5B
Station: AA5B
Class: Single Op LP
QTH: NM
Operating Time (hrs): 24
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band QSOs
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160:
80: 195
40: 373
20: 327
15: 210
10:
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Total: 1105 Sections = 80 Total Score = 176,800
Club: NM Big River
Comments:
Another field day style operation. As of Friday afternoon, my only antenna was
an 80-meter inverted L. By noon on Saturday I had the rest of my antenna farm
in place:
40: Inverted vee, apex at 55 feet on a push-up mast.
20: Inverted vee, apex at 45 feet on a second push-up mast.
15: Inverted vee, apex at 35 feet on a fiberglass pole lashed to my deck.
Really gotta get a tower in place next year. Now that the landscaping at the
new house is just about done, maybe Iâ??ll get started on the station.
Interesting problem: Something in the audio system was picking up the AM
broadcast station about a half mile away, so I was treated to easy listening
muzak in my right ear all weekend. It was
A. Relaxing (â??KKJY, soothing music for your busy day!â??),
B. Challenging (try copying QRP exchanges through Sinatra),
C. Annoying (see C),
D. All of the above.
Just as in many previous years, I felt like stopping a few times or maybe just
putting in a part-time effort, especially Sunday morning, but kept going
anyway. Iâ??m sure many of you have felt the same way at times. My wifeâ??s
advice after listening to my grumbling during a break: â??No oneâ??s holding a
gun to your head, ya know.â?? Oh yeah? The club needs my points!
Gun or no gun, it was fun in a warped sort of way. Glad I stuck with it.
73,
Bruce, AA5B at arrl.net
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