ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, SSB
Call: N4TP
Operator(s): W4LT
Station: W4DUG
Class: SO Unlimited LP
QTH: WCF
Operating Time (hrs): 22.5
Summary:
Band QSOs
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160: 0
80: 38
40: 683
20: 597
15: 32
10: 0
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Total: 1350 Sections = 81 Total Score = 218,700
Club: Florida Contest Group
Comments:
Decent conditions. Had antenna rotor issues (AGAIN!) at the club station.
Parked our big stack (120ft) with the C31XR and EF240 at 327 degrees, parked
the small stack (55ft) at 358 degrees and switched between the two. Had no
rotor control after that, lucky I'm in the southeast corner of the country!
Worked all states, but missed NT and NL, never heard either. As always, a fun
and challenging contest in Low Power. Did this one "Classic-ly":
Single VFO single receiver. The cluster is basically useless as nobody
actually spots anything of value. While I had the cluster up, I didn't use it
at all. 95% running as with the Tampa ARC antennas, I can hold a frequency
indefinitely with 150 watts! People don't believe that I'm LP, but I am, there
are no amps at TARC! The TARC IC7700'ds receiver is no match for my K3's
receiver... Amazed that they call this the Contester's Rig, as it is simply a
TS850 in a fancy box. Lots of filter blow through... You cant sneak into holes
between big signals like you can with the K3, which is frustrating. The TARC
Force 12 EF240X ABSOLUTELY ROCKS! Best-Antenna-Ever! Thanks for all the
points; this was my single op swan song at this facility as next year, our
contest rookies will be ready to do a multi-one for this contest!
Rig: IC7700 at 150w
Antennas: F12 C31XR at 108ft, F12 EF240X at 118 ft, F12 XR5 at 55 ft, Carolina
Windom 160 at 40ft, Sloping dipole for 80M at 80 ft.
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73!
Lu Romero - W4LT
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