ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, CW
Call: N3UM
Operator(s): N3UM
Station: N3UM
Class: Single Op HP
QTH: MD
Operating Time (hrs): 20
Summary:
Band QSOs
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160:
80:
40:
20:
15:
10:
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Total: 805 Sections = 79 Total Score = 127,190
Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club
Comments:
My claimed 127 K this year is off from the 146 K I claimed
in 2010 and 134 K in 2009. I got about the same number
of QSOs on 40 m. this year as in 2009 and 2010, while on
80 m. I got only 57% and 58% as many Qs as in the last
2 years, despite serious effort.: 80 m. propagation was
only fair at best. With more sunspots, 20 m.was more
productive this year, and I found a few tens of Qs and
3 mults (AB, PAC, PR) in a few easy minutes on 15 and 10 m.
But, the better high-band totals were not nearly enough
to make up for the 80 meter deficit. In hindsight I might
possibly have done better to spend an hour or two on
20 m. instead of 40 m. at the very start of the contest.
Fatigue from minor surgery 4 weeks ago may have reduced
my score a bit, but my BIC time was only 1 hr .less than in '10.
One mult. short of a sweep: missed NEBRASKA! Crazy.
NT, PAC, AK, NL, WY, PR, EWA, DE, etc. NO PROBLEM!
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