[3830] KK7GW Phone Sprint SOLP

[David Jones]

KK7GW Single Op/Low Power

Band      Raw Q's    Valid Q's   Mults

 20         16          16         5  
 40         59          57        20
 80          1           1         1

Total       76          74        26-->1,924

Hours of operation: 3.4

Equipment: Kenwood TS-530, dipole @20-25 feet.

Comments: Interesting contest.  My first sprint where I really went 
after Q's.  40 stayed fairly long the whole time and I can't get 
anything on 75.  The pig farmers were out in force on 75, I heard 
numerous references to "those damn contesters".  I need a better antenna 
for 80, the only person who could hear me was Rich, N7TR.  
There's no meters like 40 meters though. What a band.  Despite having a 
S5 noise level from 7.210 to 7.270, I still had a ball on 40.  Many 6's 
were practically breaking my needle at 40 over, I thought my receiver 
was going to overload once.  The Heil performed great, and a boom mike 
is a LOT better than a hand mike.  We should rename this one the 
"Southwest Sprint".  Let's see, with 40 minutes left, N7TR, AD6DO, K6LL 
and a whole bunch more in that area are already over 200 Q's.  Great 
job.  I don't have a competitive score, but I sure learned to deal with 
QRM.  From 0100z to about 0145z the whole area from 7.220 to 7.240 was 
packed.  Picking out info when there's someone 20 over half a kHz up is 
really tough.  Fun contest.

See you all in ARRL DX, out of town for the CW sprint.  Thanks for the 
Q's.

73

David Jones, KK7GW   
kk7gw at hotmail.com


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