ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, CW
Call: N6ZFO
Operator(s): N6ZFO
Station: N6ZFO
Class: Single Op LP
QTH: CA
Operating Time (hrs): 21.5
Summary:
Band QSOs
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160: 0
80: 175
40: 250
20: 152
15: 167
10: 149
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Total: 899 Sections = 82 Total Score = 147,436
Club: Northern California Contest Club
Comments:
Equipment: FT-1000MPMkV at 150 w.
Antennas: 3el Yagis 10, 15
2 el Yagi 20m
40m DE Zepp at 80 feet for 40/80
Comments: The delayed, reflected signals on 80m Sat night were bizarre, making
for difficult operating while hearing one's own signal coming back a fraction of
a second later. Maybe this phenomenon was connected with the CME that grazed
the earth on Saturday?? Oddest propagation phenomenon I've heard in 60 years on
the air.
What's was striking about the contest weekend is the almost even distribution
of QSO's across all bands.
The score was an increase of 26,000 compared to last year. But not by any
means my best. The poor 15m conditions hurt badly. It was generally difficult
to sustain runs, with a few notable exceptions, one during half of the last hour
on 40m. There was one "internet pileup" on 20m that was beyond
belief for about 15 minutes, with rates of almost 3 per minute. I tried very
hard to make 900 QSO's, cq'ing to the last minute, but fell one short. In the
last 90 mins of the contest was able to increase the score from 130,000 to the
final 147,000 thanks to the spectacular run on 7056.
Never heard NT; all other mults came easily and multiply, except for PR and NL
with one Q each. One of the last mults was QC; a qrp station called in on 80m
late Sat night.
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