W6GO CWSS score

[Jim Pratt]

1996 ARRL November Sweepstakes, CW, W6GO, Single Op, "High Power"

Operator:  N6IG


Band	QSOs
==============
80	137
40	568
20	503
15	158

Total:  1366 x 78 ====> 213,096

Club:  River City Contesters

Comments:  I was sure, with the new section, that I would set a new 
Division record for sure.  No dice...I did better last year, even WITH 
odd score reductions from Newington.  Conditions seemed very poor, 20 
closed before sundown, 40 good only for a couple of hours.  Last year, 40 
was gangbusters all night...not this year.

Ran two radios with two computers, two monitors, two keyboards, 
networked.  I think I like it better this way.  Don't have to worry about 
odd things happening when switch between Radio 1/Radio 2 on CT.  BUT, 
will try TR for sure before next year...gotta be a better way!

Nice to work two VE8's...VY1JA and VE6SH/8.  Only worked one WYO, it was 
mult # 78.

Odd moment:  having BOTH NY3M and NY3G call at the same time, trying to 
get them to believe I was actually copying their calls correct.  That was 
an interesting couple of minutes!

Station:  FT1000/Alpha 76PA, IC765/Alpha 76PA
Antennas:  80- rotary dipole at 158', 40- 4/4 at 150'/80/, 20/15-Stacked 
KT34XAs at 110'/60', M2 Skip log at 100'.

Alpha 77 blew up in the first 10 minutes of the contest, before I even 
made a QSO with it.  Peter Dahl filter cap shorted, this makes the second 
bad one!  Hence, my comment about being "high power", don't think I was 
even running 1500W on 15 meters.

Will be sending in paper logs this year for a change...no disks.

W6GO will be multi-single in Phone SS, C U then.

73, Jim  N6IG


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