[3830] K7NT CW SPRINT LOW POWER

[Michael Conatore]

                              SPRINT SUMMARY SHEET
     Contest Date : 05-Sep-99
    Callsign Used : K7NT
         Operator : K7NT
         Category : LOW POWER
 Default Exchange : # MIKE OR
         Antennas : 3 el tribander at 25' for 20M, inv. vees at 65' for
40M and 80M
              Rig : TS940S 100 watts

             Name : MICHAEL CONATORE
          Address : 14199 S. E. MAPLE LANE
   City/State/Zip : MILWAUKIE, OR 97267-1558
          Country : United States

        Team/Club : Team.Boring

   BAND   Raw QSOs   Valid QSOs   Points   Mults   Countries
 ______________________________________________________________

   80CW       35          35         35       1         0
   40CW       82          81         81       5         0
   20CW      119         118        118      38         1
 ______________________________________________________________

 Totals      236         234        234      44         1

    Final Score = 10530 points.

I, by virtue of my statement below, have taken part in the NCJ North
American
Sprint, conscientiously applying my most ethical interpretation of the
rules
for this contest as set forth in the National Contest Journal.

 Date _SEPT. 5, 1999_   Signed _MICHAEL CONATORE_______  Call
_K7NT______

SOAPBOX:
IT SEEMED LIKE I WAS BEHIND MOST PEOPLE I WORKED ALL THROUGH THE CONTEST

AND THAT I WOULD NOT MAKE MY GOAL OF 10,000 POINTS, BUT I ENDED UP DOING
BETTER THAN I THOUGHT I WOULD. 20 DIDN'T LAST AS LONG AS I HOPED, BUT IT
SEEMED PRETTY
GOOD WHILE PEOPLE WERE THERE. 40 WASN'T REALLY THERE YET FOR THE WEST
COAST WHEN ACTIVITY ON 20 MOSTLY PETERED OUT. I KEPT GETTING BEAT OUT ON
40 (NO BIG SURPRISE WITH 100 WATTS TO AN INVERTED VEE) BUT I KEPT MAKING
CONTACTS. A BIG FACTOR IN
BEING LOW POWER WITH WIRES IS MISSING A LOT OF THE "CQ QSOS", THE 2ND
QSO ON THE
INHERITED FREQUENCY. TRIED A FEW CQS BUT THINK I NEED TO MOVE ON FASTER.

AS USUAL, THE SPRINT WAS A GREAT TIME FOR ME AND I LEARNED MORE ABOUT
IT.
GEE! WHAT A GREAT CONTEST!


--
Michael R. Conatore
K7NT
k7nt at arrl.net





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