[3830] K3CR(KB3AFT op) 97 SS SSB Single op Low Power

[Jim Spence]

                           1997 ARRL NOVEMBER SWEEPSTAKES
 
 
     Call used: K3CR                                          Location: WPA
 
     Category: Single Op All Band         Mode: SSB             Power: 100W
 
     Callsign of Operator: KB3AFT
 
   
 
     Exchanged Information: nr A K3CR 92 WPA 
 
 
     Hours of Operation: 24:00
 
 
     band      QSOs     points
     ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
     160          0          0
      80        598       1196
      40        335        670
      20        146        292
      15        105        210
      10          1          2
     ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ
     TOTAL     1185       2370   X   79 multipliers  =  187,230
 
 
     Club or Team Name: North Coast Contesters      
 

     Rig:  FT1000MP

     Iced Antennas:  80 -  Flat Dipole(NE/SW) @ 175'
			-  Inverted-V @ 60'

		     40 -  3 el V-Yagi rotatable with direction switching @ 120'
			-  Inverted-V @ 50'

		     20 -  6/6/6 48' boom OWA yagis @ 175', 120', and 65'

		     15 -  6 el 48' boom OWA yagi @ 55'

		     10 -  7 el 48' boom OWA yagi @ 60'


	Comments:

		Well...a suitable title for this weekend would have been "Want some
antennas with that ice???"  At the start of the contest there was at least
an inch of ice on EVERYTHING...causing the SWR on every antenna to go crazy
over the course of Saturday night...the antenna tuner in the MP really got
a work out.  Fortunately by Sunday afternoon the ice had melted away and
the antennas were back to normal.

		Activity seemed to be WAY up this year...I felt like I hit the lottery
every time I found a reasonably clear freq. on 20 or 40!!!

		Worked every section at least twice with the exception of NWT.  Thanks
for the sweep Ken&J!

	73

	Jim/KB3AFT  	


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