AA4LR NA Sprint SSB SO LP Low Antenna 1 hour

[Bill Coleman AA4LR]

NCJ North American Sprint

February 4, 1996.

Exchange: AA4LR Bill GA

Single Operator, Low Power, Low Antennas, 1 hour operating time

     band        QSOs       mults
     ____________________________
      20SSB         4
      40SSB         8
      80SSB         0
    ____________________________

     total:        12          7     claimed score:         84

Equipment:

Kenwood TS-430S
Heil BM-10 with #4 element
Murch UT 2000 tuner

Antenna:
125' doublet at 15-20 feet, fed with (mostly) open wire

Comments:

February 3 was my birthday, so I though I'd have some fun and work
the sprint. Boy, was I wrong.

20m was nearly gone. Heard several stations I couldn't work, like
K7SS/KH6. Went down to 40m, and it was almost as bad. You know
40m has gone long when you can't hear both sides of a domestic QSO.

After 20 minutes on 20, and 30 minutes on 40m, I decided to try my
luck on 80m! Ten minutes of tuning found absolutely no Sprinters, just
pig farmers. At that point, I decided that this wasn't much fun, and
went upstairs and rejoined my family.

Come on, Sunspots!




Bill Coleman, AA4LR      Mail: aa4lr at radio.org
Quote: "Man will never fly in a thousand years!"
            -- Wilbur Wright, 1902