[3830] SS SSB W6RCL Single Op QRP

[w6rcl at amsat.org]

                    ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, SSB

Call: W6RCL
Operator(s): W6RCL
Station: W6RCL

Class: Single Op QRP
QTH: lax
Operating Time (hrs): 11:30

Summary:
 Band  QSOs
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  160:     
   80:     
   40:    2
   20:   41
   15:  115
   10:  106
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Total:  264  Sections = 66  Total Score = 34,848

Club: 

Comments:

STATION: FT-817 running 5W to a Force 12 C4SXL at 45 feet.  TR-log software.

The common sections that I did not work:  AZ, GA, NV, UT, NM plus all of the
California Sections except for LAX and SF!!!!!  I didn't have a chance to retune
my 80M vertical from the SS CW contest to the phone bands so I didn't work 80,
and Murphy caused some kind of a problem to the 40M Yagi tuning so it no longer
resonates in the 40M-phone band.  Without the lower bands I was left with
20-15-10.  I heard all of the nearby states and CA sections on 10M scatter, but
signal strength was down --- they were B-precedent stations running S6-S7, so
the path loss was significant and my 5W signal wasn't enough for them to hear
me.  

It was a frustratingly, fun time --- but then what QRP contest effort isn't?

72/73 de alan


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