[3830] SS CW K3ZO Single Op HP

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                    ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, CW

Call: K3ZO
Operator(s): K3ZO
Station: K3ZO

Class: Single Op HP
QTH: MD
Operating Time (hrs): 24

Summary:
 Band  QSOs
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  160:     
   80:     
   40:     
   20:     
   15:     
   10:     
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Total: 1098  Sections = 79  Total Score = 173,484

Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club

Comments:

Oops!  I may have overshot and put in 24:09 instead of 24:00 hours.  We'll let
the HQ people sort it out.

No NT section.  40 was my best band by far with well over half my QSOs,
including being called on that band by NP2B, WP3R and KL7WV.  I had to S&P KH7X
instead of running him, but that was also a 40m QSO. 

Interesting that the people at SpaceWeather.com say the flare occurred at 1725Z,
but I clearly noticed the effects at 1717Z when the 20m band I was running on
suddenly sounded dead and I went searching to find any signals at all, finding
only 3, all locals, on the whole 20m CW band.  I worked K3DI at
1719Z, having already logged the other two locals I found.  Can it be that the
Sun "telegraphs its punches" to the ionosphere? 

Station:  TS-830-S driving Titan 425 amp

80m: 3-el KLM Yagi @ 140 feet
40m: 3-el Telrex 40M346 Yagi @ 94 feet
20m: 4-el W6PU dual-driven quad @ 78 feet
15m: 8-el Telrex 15M845 Yagi @ 155 feet
10m: 4-el K3TW-modified W6PU dual-driven quad @ 78 feet

CU all on SSB in two weeks!

73, Fred, K3ZO


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