ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, SSB
Call: WA7NWL
Operator(s): WA7NWL
Station: WA7NWL
Class: Single Op QRP
QTH: AZ
Operating Time (hrs): 13
Summary:
Band QSOs
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160:
80:
40: 42
20: 9
15: 40
10:
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Total: 91 Sections = 41 Total Score = 7,462
Club: Arizona Outlaws Contest Club
Comments:
A LONG time since my last SS entry. I've operated QRP off-and-on over the
years, and decided to try SS QRP this year, knowing it would be a bit of work
with a low dipole (especially on SSB).
Several observations from the 'cap gun' perspective. First and foremost - many
thanks and gratitude to those stations who patiently worked through the contact
with my tiny signal. Second - and this in not new information, but - if you
are going to run QRP, optimize whatever antenna you can - if it's a dipole get
it up as high as you can. Next - if a station came back with my complete call
the Q was 'easy' from both ends; if they came back with either the prefix or
the suffix, it was a little bit of a chore, but not too many repeats; if they
came back with only one or two letters from my call it was a lot of work (agian
thank you) - there were only two Q's that were mutually discontinued). Lastly,
you can have a GREAT time with just a 'little station' at the QRP level,
regardless of the final score.
The antenna was really basic - a 20M dipole at 18 feet, with a pair of 16-foot
clip-on extensions for 40M - that actually loaded on 15M (never had that work
well before). Interestingly, 40M and 15M were better for me than 20M.
I sensed it would be a LOT of work when I was on my Q #10 and I heard Gary,
N7IR, at his #41.
73,
John, WA7NWL
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