ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, CW
Call: K8BL
Operator(s): K8BL
Station: K8BL
Class: SO Unlimited LP
QTH: OH
Operating Time (hrs): 23
Summary:
Band QSOs
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160:
80: 189
40: 279
20: 233
15: 193
10: 59
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Total: 953 Sections = 83 Total Score = 158,198
Club: North Coast Contesters
Comments:
Scored about the same as last year, but found much less activity on 80 & 40
and more on 20/15/10.
Had 82 Sections before hitting the sack at 3 AM, only needing NT. It was nice
to be called by a NL instead of searching for one. I figured a NT would
finally
show up on Sunday in spite of none being spotted all day Saturday.
VE8EV showed up about Noon as I recall, but rude non-stop callers on top of
each other chased him away. Somebody spotted VY1EI doing S&P on 15M, so I
went
there and started CQ'ing. After about 2 hours, he called me for the Sweep!!
Last 3 Sections were NE, then KY and finally NT.
This year's gripe: Worked about half a dozen stations who purposely left out
their Call during their Exchange. It broke the rhythm/flow of the contact and
caused me to blow the Check and ask for a repeat since I was auto-programmed
to be expecting a Call instead of numbers. I remembered this since it seemed
like cheating to me to leave out a portion of the required Exchange. These
were not newbies, they were high-profile experienced operators. If I stated
their Calls, you'd recognize all of them, but I won't. IMHO, Rules are Rules!
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