ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, SSB
Call: K5TR
Operator(s): K5TR
Station: K5TR
Class: Single Op HP
QTH: EM00uf
Operating Time (hrs): 24
Summary:
Band QSOs
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160: 0
80: 150
40: 610
20: 1330
15: 6
10: 0
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Total: 2093 Sections = 80 Total Score = 334,880
Club: Central Texas DX and Contest Club
Comments:
Another fun Sweepstakes.
I have been trying for a long time to get a full hour above 200/hr and
once again I did not make it although I did get closer - next year!
I got off to a good start this year but after I made the band change
to 40 meters my rate just was not very good. At some point in the
evening someone told me I had what sounded like RF on my audio - and
indeed it was there - I messed with things and made is mostly sound
ok. Maybe my poor audio was one of the reasons for the poor rate on
40 meters - maybe not. Near the end on Sunday I finally found the
cause of the trouble - it was a loose power connection on the back of
the 12v power supply. After I fixed it things on that radio were
working much better. My start was good but the sag in rate I had on
40 meters was not and most good start vanished. The rates on Sunday
were quite good with a number of hours at or near 90/hr.
Over the last few years I have tried to record all my contests but
this time it did not work so I have 30 files with the right names that
contain 2 seconds of nothing. I thought I had it working when I was
trying it before the contest - I have a nice recording of the 45
minutes before the contest.
As to be expected the bands are kind of crowded during the low solar
conditions. At one point I even tuned through 160 quickly but did not
hear anyone calling CQ - I must have picked the wrong time to listen
as I see others made contacts on that band. I don't think I have ever
made an SS contact on 160 - next year! Well, really I hope not -
come on sunspots.
I worked every section twice. The last section I needed was Maine.
Thanks for the contacts, noise and fun.
Lots of numbers and stuff:
Callsign Used : K5TR
Operator : K5TR
BAND Raw QSOs Valid QSOs Points Mults
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80SSB 151 150 300 3
40SSB 621 610 1220 6
20SSB 1361 1330 2660 71
15SSB 3 3 6 0
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Totals 2136 2093 4186 80
Final Score = 334880 points.
Station:
http://www.kkn.net/~k5tr/blanco/k5tr_station.html
June 2007 wind damage:
http://www.kkn.net/gallery/main.php/v/k5tr/windJune2007/
November 2007 CW SS photos - rebuilt station:
http://www.kkn.net/gallery/main.php/v/k5tr/cwss2007/
160 - 1/4 wave sloping verticals sloped east and west
- NE, NW, SE, SW beverages ~500' long
80 - Half wave sloping dipoles - sloped NE, NW from 120'.
- NE, NW, SE, SW beverages ~500' long
40 - Force 12 240N at 120' fixed NE
- Cushcraft 40-2CD at 87'
- NE, NW, SE, SW beverages ~500' long
20 - 6 element yagi at 80' fixed NE
- 6 element yagi at 80'(rotates)
- 6 element yagi 40' fixed NW
- 4 element yagi 60' fixed SE
15 - 6 element yagi at 70' (rotates)
- 6 element yagi at 35' fixed NE
- 4 element yagi at 50' fixed SE
10 - 6 element yagi at 60' (rotates)
- 6 element yagi at 30' fixed NE
- 4 element yagi at 40' fixed SE
HR 160 80 40 20 15 10 HR TOT CUM TOTAL SCORE
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21 --- --- --- 145/46 --- --- 145/46 145/46 0.01M
22 --- --- --- 189/15 --- --- 189/15 334/61 0.04M
23 --- --- 4/0 140/7 --- --- 144/7 478/68 0.07M
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