[3830] K6LL SSCW SOHP score

[David O. Hachadorian]

          Contest : SS CW 1997
    Callsign Used : K6LL

             Name : Dave Hachadorian
          Address : 2750 W. 22nd. St.
   City/State/Zip : Yuma, AZ 85364

   BAND   Raw QSOs   Valid QSOs   Points   Mults   
 __________________________________________________

   80CW      115         115        230       2 
   40CW      408         408        816       8 
   20CW      464         464        928      16 
   15CW      408         406        812      53 
   10CW        5           5         10       0 
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 Totals     1400        1398       2796      79 

    Final Score = 220,884 points.


Rig 1: TS-850, SB-220, KT-34XA at 49', 80 half sloper from 46'

Rig 2: TS-850, SB-220, 40-2CD at 55', 10/15/20 trap inv vee at 30'

The distribution of antennas between the two rigs worked out
well. The antenna switching was done with a pair of Dow-Key
relays picked up at a swap meet. The relay coils were driven by the
same two manual switch boxes that select the Dunestar filters.
Rig 2 was for s&p, except for 40, where it was primary.

The inverted vee + KW worked fine for s&p. I was only beaten out
on one occasion.

Computer crashed on the very first QSO. It cost only a couple
minutes, but turned what little hair I have left a lighter
shade of gray.

10 meters had a nice opening, but it was pretty much the same
crowd as on the lower bands, so it didn't contribute much.
It sure bodes well for the SSB weekend though.

15, 20, and 40 were all fb!

A new loud line noise popped up on 80. It sounds like a defective
street light trying to turn itself on every three minutes.
Will try to find it and have it fixed before SSB.

A lot of multipliers were slow in coming. I still needed five
on Sunday morning. They all had distinctive prefixes though,
so I figured I would find them sooner or later. Maritimes (VE1LU)
didn't show up until 1900 on Sunday. I thought I was going to have
to check into the Atlantic Provinces Net and pass a little traffic.
I was delighted to have Jay call me on 80. With his situation at
work, I was wondering if he would show up at all.

132 band changes and 57 second radio QSO's. Not exactly
Jeff's 500/280, but I felt comfortable with it.

Lots of QRP stations.

Lots of activity in the Extra Class portion. It seemed to be
a different crowd down there, and excursions to the Extra
bands produced a brief flurry of QSO's. Will make a note of
that for next year.

One spinoff of two-radio operating is that the duty cycle on
the CQ radio really increases on Sunday, with a constant
barrage of CQ's. You never have to take a break for s&p,
because you're always doing s&p on radio 2. The outside temp
was 90, and the shack temp was about 95. Thank God for
electronic bias switching on the amps. 

There were no rfi problems in my house, and none of the neighbors
complained. Jacki had a big supply of bulletproof phones and high
pass common-mode filters ready to hand out just in case. The
station is in a dense residential development.

See you all in two weeks. Thanks for all the contacts. This
contest is a long-standing tradition, with its pseudo
message-header exchange, and it always feels good to keep the
faith by participating.

Dave Hachadorian, K6LL
K6LL at juno.com
Yuma, AZ


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