ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, SSB
Call: NN3W
Operator(s): NN3W
Station: N4RV
Class: Single Op HP
QTH: VA
Operating Time (hrs): 11
Summary:
Band QSOs
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160: 4
80: 578
40: 30
20: 183
15: 0
10: 0
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Total: 795 Sections = 78 Total Score = 124,020
Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club
Comments:
First, thanks to N4RV for doing a lot of work to get the station ready. The
place was a copper farm with wires everywhere. The station really played. Too
bad I had to leave early.
Got called by my wife (twice) around 0300z with contagious laringytis and if I
didn't the kids to get it and ruin out trip to the Outer Banks, I had better
get home. @%&@)(%&(*@!!! So, I had to pull the plug at my arranged nap time.
Condx were great at first on 20 and I was running like mad. Decided to join
the herd, skip 40 meters and go right to 80. Hello?!!? WTF! My first QSO was
with a guy in Louisiana. That was around 6:00 p.m. Not. Good. Things only got
worse when I found I was working KP4s, W0s in Colorado, 4 stations in North
Dakota, and lots of STX. Ugh. Tried 40 and I felt like 40 was about as
productive as 10 meters is. The skip finally shortened around 0300z and 80
became a zoo with activity.
Hopefully next year I can ensure 24 hours in the cahir. Either that or a nanny
is getting hired......
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