ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, CW
Call: K3WA
Operator(s): K3WA
Station: K3WA
Class: SO Unlimited HP
QTH: Illinois
Operating Time (hrs): 24
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band QSOs
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160:
80: 318
40: 425
20: 229
15: 46
10:
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Total: 1018 Sections = 83 Total Score = 168,988
Club: Society of Midwest Contesters
Comments:
Outstanding contest. I always advise others to test their stations days before
a contest, never make last minute changes, and NEVER upgrade software just
before a contest. So guess what - I got a new radio on the Thursday before
sweepstakes, (Flex 6700), had to change as much of my station automation as I
could, upgraded the Flex software to an Alpha test version, re-do my antenna
switching configuration, and wound up doing some things manually. Oh, and I
didn't have time to add in my W3NQN filters or my coax stubs before the
contest.
So, this contest was a real study in overcoming a learning curve and suffer
through some outages as I managed to break the test software several times,
especially a major systems crash right after QSO number
911. Karma in action. I lost easily an hour of my operating time recovering
from the problems. I operated assisted but, frankly, I never needed to use the
spots. I really have to think about that for next year.
Lots of fun as always.
The highlight of this contest was finishing my clean sweep Sunday morning. I
had 81 of the 83 sections by 6 PM on Saturday. Still needed AK and PR. Even
NT called in while I was running on 20 meters early in the contest. Got AK
later Saturday evening. That left me needing PR. I took a few hours off for
sleep Sunday AM around 0200. Sunday AM started well at 0600. I went up to 20
meters and had a pretty good run going about 0900. I noticed a weak station
starting to CQ on my frequency, just loud enough to be bothersome. I listened
to him for a while and was about to tell him to QSY when I realized he was a
KP4! Well, I worked him, thanked him for the sweep, and gave him the
frequency. Good trade.
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