ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, CW
Call: KD4D
Operator(s): KD4D
Station: N3HBX
Class: Single Op HP
QTH: MDC
Operating Time (hrs): 24
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band QSOs
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160:
80: 270
40: 413
20: 349
15: 71
10:
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Total: 1103 Sections = 83 Total Score = 183,098
Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club
Comments:
Thanks to John Evans for letting me use his great station in Poolesville again.
Everything worked.
I have a new toy: a Microham u2r. I'm testing it as a replacement for my SO2R
master. I used it with LPT port (Classic) control and it worked well. I really
like the feature that allows switching the headphones from stereo (one ear on
each radio) or automatic with a single keyustroke. The SO2R master used a
rotary switch. I'll try the Microham protocol (to get rid of the LPT port)
after Sweepstakes. I expect it to work well either way.
Wow - that was a memorable last section (NT). Perhaps the luckiest thing that
ever happened to me in a contest.
I had lost all hope of getting a sweep before my last break at 6:45PM EST.
After my last break (7:15PM), I though - "Well, I'll run on 40 and take a
pass through 20 meters on the second radio. Might as well point the beam
roughly at KL7 - it isn't worth selecting the three-elements on the stack
though - low beam only".
I had been through the upper part of 15 and 20 several times with beams pointed
Northwest. I decided to start at the bottom of the band since I had been at the
high end before.
First station on the band, CQing with no callers, was VY1AAA. I found him
immediately after the break. Couldn't hear him at all with the tower pointed
west. Got him in one call - there was nobody calling. :-)
Date Hour Total 3_5 7 14 21 Total
2015-11-07 21 86 0 0 69 17 86
2015-11-07 22 78 0 31 40 7 164
2015-11-07 23 70 0 37 33 0 234
2015-11-08 0 66 0 21 45 0 300
2015-11-08 1 64 37 27 0 0 364
2015-11-08 2 57 36 21 0 0 421
2015-11-08 3 61 46 15 0 0 482
2015-11-08 4 59 14 45 0 0 541
2015-11-08 5 48 18 30 0 0 589
2015-11-08 6 47 35 12 0 0 636
2015-11-08 7 40 13 27 0 0 676
2015-11-08 8 15 7 8 0 0 691
2015-11-08 11 20 17 3 0 0 711
2015-11-08 12 41 30 11 0 0 752
2015-11-08 13 31 5 23 3 0 783
2015-11-08 14 36 0 19 17 0 819
2015-11-08 15 35 0 10 25 0 854
2015-11-08 16 33 0 2 21 10 887
2015-11-08 17 15 0 0 10 5 902
2015-11-08 18 42 0 0 28 14 944
2015-11-08 19 12 0 0 6 6 956
2015-11-08 20 26 0 0 16 10 982
2015-11-08 21 13 0 0 11 2 995
2015-11-08 22 36 0 30 6 0 1031
2015-11-08 23 26 0 12 14 0 1057
2015-11-09 0 22 0 18 4 0 1079
2015-11-09 1 24 12 11 1 0 1103
Total 1103 270 413 349 71
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