ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, SSB
Call: K6ZH
Operator(s): K6ZH
Station: K6ZH
Class: Single Op LP
QTH: NV
Operating Time (hrs): 11
Summary:
Band QSOs
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160:
80: 57
40: 61
20: 51
15: 202
10: 81
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Total: 452 Sections = 82 Total Score = 74,128
Club: Southern California Contest Club
Comments:
First SS contest operation from our 'second home' in Goldfield, NV (Esmeralda
County - rare if anyone needs it). I was singing a song called "ONE is the
loneliest number" since that was the only section I didn't work :-(
Learned a couple of obvious lessons:
1) 100 watts plus TH-3 at 30 feet = not loud (although I did have a nice run on
Sat. afternoon on 15 meters)
2) do not ever use a G5RV on 40 and 80 meters for this contest (at least not on
SSB!) I do have a 40-80 inverted vee combo here, but I got lazy because of
cold, windy wx and didn't put it up. "My bad."
Exciting moments: I went to bed on Sat. night needing 6 sections: PR, WV, ME,
VO1, ONE, and ONS. I was most concerned about KP4. So after breakfast on Sun.
morning, I punched the radio on to 10 meters, and the first signal I heard (and
worked) was NP4G. OK!
Tuned up the band - next: VO1TA OK!.
Tuned down the band - next: NW8U in WV OK!
About an hour later I worked K8PO in ME OK!
About an hour later I worked VE3RCN in ONS OK!
But no ONE - not heard, not worked. Sigh...
Certainly there were some big scores from NV, but I certainly heard many times
"thanks for NV, I needed that one." So even if I couldn't get runs going most
of the time, I guess I made some people (including WN6K) happy!
On to next year.
73 - Jim, K6ZH [hopefully with a 7 callsign for later contests from Goldfield]
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