ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, CW
Call: AA4GA
Class: Single Op LP
Operating Time (hrs): 24
Summary:
Band QSOs
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80: 270
40: 391
20: 164
15: 12
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Total: 837 Sections = 79 Total Score = 132,246
Club: South East Contest Club
Comments:
no vo
Literally a pain in the chair. 12 hours is too long for me to sit at
the radio any more!
Slept through the alarm clock, so only had 15 minutes of off time left
when I started back in the morning...took a half hour or so off in the
middle of the afternoon.
If anyone saw my note just before the contest, I did go to Radio Shack
and get some Koss Spark Plug ear buds. They worked out pretty well,
swapping between them and my Sony MDR-7506 over-the-ear studio
'phones. I've liked the Sonys for recording, but never used them on
the radio before. Both sounded fine and kept out external noise (not
much here on LP though)...and more importantly, were both comfortable.
I also got some Sony hang-on-the-ears from Wally World...POS. They're
probably OK if they fit your ears, but they didn't fit mine...and
they're hard, which would grow old quickly. I'll probably use them on
the iPod for when I don't want to cut out external noise. I'm
definitely looking forward to trying the Spark Plugs on the iPod!
--
Lee Hiers, AA4GA
"Have Dobro Will Travel"
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