[3830] K6LA SS Phone S/O L/P

[KWIDELITZ at delphi.com]

                                 ARRL NOVEMBER SWEEPSTAKES
         
             Call used: K6LA
             Location: LAX
             Category: Single Op All Band
             Mode: PHONE
             Power: 150W
             Callsign of Operator: K6LA 
         
             Exchanged Information: nr A K6LA 65 LAX 
         
             Hours of Operation: 23:58
         
             band      QSOs     points
             160          0          0
              80         60        120
              40        140        280
              20        298        596
              15        584       1168
              10        242        484
             TOTAL     1324       2648   X   79 multipliers  =  209,192
         
             Club or Team Name: SCCC
         
             Comments:
         
        I  lost a shot at the top 10 in the first hour and last  hour  of 
        the  contest.  For SS CW, I started on 15 and S&P'd  on  10.  For 
        Phone,  I started on 10 under the theory that there are  lots  of 
        guys you can only work on 10. I should have started on 15, as  my 
        1st  hour was only a 74, half on 10 and half on 15. My  2nd  hour 
        was a 121 with only 7 on 10 meters. 
         
        The last hour I lost my concentration and desire and got lazy and 
        only  made  19  QSO's. I didn't want to go to  40  meters,  cause 
        Saturday night it was so noisy and so unproductive that I  didn't 
        want to leave 20. I should have as 40 was much better Sunday than 
        Saturday.
        
        I noticed the quieting on 10/15/20 all at once at 1620 Sunday.  I 
        was  so amazed at the sudden quietness that I checked  the  solar 
        conditions  via  the WWW on the second computer. It  didn't  show 
        anything,  so  I couldn't be sure what caused the change  in  the 
        bands. Though things were quiet, it didn't slow the rate down too 
        too  much, as I had a 63 hour at 1500, a 48 hour during 1600  and 
        it improved from there to the 60's and 70's until 2300.
        
        One  of  the more memorable experiences was giving my  1st  sweep 
        from LAX. Yup, after a QSO Sunday afternoon, a guy thanked me for 
        giving  him the sweep. I couldn't believe it so I asked "LAX  was 
        your  last section?" He was really excited and confirmed LAX  was 
        last. I gave out a bunch of sweeps from VY1JA last year in  phone 
        SS. I never expected to do it from LAX. My own sweep was easy with
        3 NLs in the log after nary a one in CW
        
        It  looks like I won the SCCC W6UQF Memorial Trophy for  Combined 
        CW & Phone Sweepstakes, Low Power. I think having done that, I'll 
        go  back to high power next year. Higher rates are where the  fun 
        is.

73. Ken, K6LA - Ken Six Los Angeles, KWIDELITZ at DELPHI.COM
                

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