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[3830] SS SSB W4DUG(NX4N) Single Op HP

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Subject: [3830] SS SSB W4DUG(NX4N) Single Op HP
From: webform@b4h.net
Reply-to: cqdenx4n@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 02:18:03 +0000
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                    ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, SSB

Call: W4DUG
Operator(s): NX4N
Station: W4DUG

Class: Single Op HP
QTH: WCF
Operating Time (hrs): 3.1

Summary:
 Band  QSOs
------------
  160:     
   80:     
   40:   95
   20:   50
   15:  114
   10:     
------------
Total:  259  Sections = 69  Total Score = 35,742

Club: Florida Contest Group

Comments:

Hello Fellow SS Lovers,
This year's SS Phone contest was a chance to compete against myself.  NX4N vs.
NX4N@W4DUG; what a great time I had!

Contender #1 = NX4N @ Home QTH
SO1R:  K3/KPA500
Antennas:  40m quarterwave vertical for 40m/15m; 20m/10m attic dipole.

Contender#2 - NX4N @ W4DUG (Tampa ARC clubhouse)
SO1R:  IC-7600/Alpha 76A (two tube)
Antennas:  2EL 40m 110'; C31XR @ 100'; C19XR @ 70'

Each 'competitor' operated 3.1 hours (NX4N operated one extra minute more than
NX4N @ W4DUG).


-  NX4N at home had the advantage of better operating times (first hour of the
contest and Sunday afternoon 'fresh meat)
-  NX4N @ W4DUG operated early Sunday morning with changing bands and sleepy
ops, but had much better antennas and 2X power.
Both efforts were all CQing - no S&P.

Now the interesting part -
Please see the details below and note how close the scores, qso's, mults and
even the rates were.  Perhaps this suggests that indeed the biggest single
enabling and limiting factor in contests is the operator!

Either way these two operating gigs were a blast!  Many thanks to the Tampa ARC
for again letting me use their wonderful clubhouse and antennas farm.
It was really fun to give out several sweeps with both the NX4N and W4DUG
callsigns; I truly enjoyed hearing someone say 'SWEEP!' so much  WCF must have
been harder to find this year. 
I haven't operated a phone contest seriously for nearly 20 years.  However such
a self-competition format motivated this cw op to give phone contesting a bit
more serious effort, and I noticed great improvement in my operating ability by
the end of it.  Of course, when you're so rusty there is no way to go but up!
:-)

I also was pleased to hear so many new checks and tried to slow down a bit when
those newbies needed a fill.  

Hope you enjoyed SS Phone as much as I did, even part time!

vy 73,
Chris, NX4N

SUMMARY FOR W4DUG (Op. - NX4N)
Operating time = 3 Hours, 7 Minutes
Band    QSOs    Pts  Sec 
     7      95     190   39
    14      50     100   15
    21     114     228   15
 Total     259     518   69
Score: 35,742

ARRL SS SSB - 2014-11-15 2100Z to 2014-11-17 0300Z - 259 QSOs
W4DUG (Op. - NX4N) Max Rates:

2014-11-16 1434Z - 4.0 per minute  (1 minute(s)), 240 per hour by W4DUG (Op.
NX4N)
2014-11-16 1439Z - 2.5 per minute  (10 minute(s)), 150 per hour by W4DUG (Op.
NX4N)
2014-11-16 1505Z - 2.0 per minute  (60 minute(s)), 118 per hour by W4DUG (Op.
NX4N)

----------------------

SUMMARY FOR NX4N
Operating time = 3 Hours, 8 Minutes
Band    QSOs    Pts  Sec
     7      23      46    8
    21     238     476   40
    28      23      46   18
 Total     284     568   66
Score: 37,488

ARRL SS SSB - 2014-11-15 2100Z to 2014-11-17 0300Z - 284 QSOs
NX4N Max Rates:

2014-11-16 2038Z - 4.0 per minute  (1 minute(s)), 240 per hour by NX4N
2014-11-16 2144Z - 2.5 per minute  (10 minute(s)), 150 per hour by NX4N
2014-11-16 2147Z - 2.0 per minute  (60 minute(s)), 121 per hour by NX4N


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