ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, CW
Call: K5NA
Operator(s): K5NA
Station: K5NA
Class: Single Op HP
QTH: STX
Operating Time (hrs): 24
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band QSOs
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160:
80: 309
40: 451
20: 595
15: 34
10:
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Total: 1389 Sections = 80 Total Score = 222,240
Club: Central Texas DX and Contest Club
Comments:
I did a poor job of preparation for this contest because I had a busy week
before it. I left several things that needed to be done until the last minute.
On Saturday, I still doing station setup and was running around out in the
field trying to get beverages to work. I finally gave up and just lived with
what was working.
I started the contest already exausted. I trudged along calling CQ and had some
good early rates. My operating was straight-forward and very mechinical.
However, my brain wouldn't cooperate when trying to do SO2R. It just required
too much brain power that I didn't have available.
I started making a few SO2R QSOs after 0500Z. And I had some serious problems
with staying awake. It wasn't until the next morning after about 3 hours of
rest that I was able to get more serious with SO2R and felt more alert for
running.
I am sure that my accuracy will suffer. I hope I have learned my lesson and
will be better prepared and rested next year. But who knows about next year?
Just the same it was still a lot of fun because it was SS CW.
73, Richard - K5NA
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