[3830] ARRL SS SSB K6LA SO LP

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                     ARRL Sweepstakes, SSB
                    
Call: K6LA
Operator(s): K6LA
Station: K6LA

Class: SO LP
QTH: LAX
Operating Time (hrs): 24
Radios: SO2R

Summary:
 Band     QSOs
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  160:       
   80:     56
   40:     32
   20:    235
   15:    459
   10:    727
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Total:   1509 x     80  =  241,440

Club: SCCC

Comments:

At the last minute, I decided to go low power, what with the high bands being 
so good, I figured I could still have fun and make the top ten, which I didn't 
think I could do high power, even though I'd probably make 300 - 400 more QSOs. 
I believe it turned out to be the right decision.

I came out of the shoot with the last 10 rate meter at 210 and wound up with an 
all-time best hour of 128. I felt like the King of 10 meters. 

But ... when things slowed down and I went to use the 2nd radio, it wouldn't 
load on any band. VERY frustrating. It was working the night before when I 
checked out the station. I figured it was the Bandpass filter box, so I ran in 
the closet and bypassed it, which solved the problem. After the contest, I 
found I had turned off the power switch on my customized Band Decoders by 
accident. Ouch.

In my sweep search, I heard VY1MB on 10 meters. Just as I was about to give him 
a call, he went QRT because of an unruly pile-up. I heard him later S&Ping and 
called CQ up the band to no avail. I heard someone working VY1AO? who was 
S&Ping high on 10 Sunday morning, but couldn't get him. I heard someone working 
a VE8, but couldn't hear the VE8. So about 20:00 I changed my CQ message to 
include looking for VY1/VE8 and about 40 minutes later VY1MB came by for the 
sweep.

Another highlight occured with about 2 hours to go. I was looking for a 
frequency on a very crowded 20 meter band when I heard a station ragchewing on 
14240 say 73. I asked the guy he was working if he was done with the frequency 
and he let me have it. I got in a great run for about 45 minutes before I got 
squeezed out by the QRO guys.

73, Ken, K6LA


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