[3830] NA Sprint CW K5GN(@W5KU) HP

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                    NA Sprint CW Contest

Call: K5GN
Operator(s): K5GN
Station: W5KU

Class: Single Op HP
QTH: TX
Operating Time (hrs): 4
Radios: SO2R

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Op Time
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   80:   57    0:26
   40:  119    1:30
   20:  175    2:04
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Total:  351    Mults = 53  Total Score = 18,550

Club: 

Team: Not Bad for a 5 #2

Comments:

I am a lid.  Started with one radio on 20 and the other on 40.  After the first
two QSO's I figured out I had a special name in the memories from last February.
 Had to take time out to fix that, duh!

Just before 0300 I looked at the amp for the other radio and figured out why I
was getting beat out over and over again on 40...the amp was not on...I never
turned it on! 

Then in the last 5 minutes, one of the shift keys locked up on the keyboard. 
Could not get the computer to accept numbers!  Finally got it going but N6MJ
suffered while I was fighting with it.

Oh, well.  Activity was great and I had a lot of fun despite the
embarrassment.

Rate (Standard Form):
Z  80  40  20 TOT NET
0   0   0 100 100 100
1   0  32  49  81 181
2   0  54  22  76 257
3  57  33   4  94 351

The way I look at rate in the Sprint:
0000-0009  13 13 Stupidity: forgot to check the software setup.
0010-0019  30 17
0020-0029  48 18
0030-0039  65 17
0040-0049  82 17
0050-0059 100 18
0100-0109 117 17
0110-0119 132 15
0120-0129 145 13 Stupidity: weak on 40 - thought it was propagation, but
0130-0139 158 13 the 2nd amp was off - only running about 80w.
0140-0149 169 11
0150-0159 181 12
0200-0209 196 15 Still working guys on 20, or the overall rate would be worse!
0210-0219 209 13
0220-0229 219 10
0230-0239 230 11
0240-0249 243 13
0250-0259 257 14 Figured out the amp was off as I was getting ready to go to
80.
0300-0309 268 11 Bummed out--do I quit now?
0310-0319 286 12 Still bummed out even after finding KL7 on 20.
0320-0329 306 20 Time to get going if I'm going to finish.
0330-0339 323 17
0340-0349 340 17
0350-0359 351 11 Computer lockup!

Mults:
W1: CT MA NH RI VT
W2: NJ NY
W3: DE MD PA
W4: FL GA KY NC SC TN VA
W5: LA MS NM OK TX
W6: CA
W7: AK AZ ID MT NV OR UT WA WY
W8: MI OH WV
W9: IN IL WI
W0: CO IA KS MN MO NE SD
VE: 1 2 3 4 5 8
DX: XE KP4

HRD: K4IQJ/AL, VE6EX (both multiple times on 20).

Rumored: ME

Seems I found a lot of mults on the 2nd radio while trying to get things going
on 40m.

20 5el NE, 4el NW at 50/40, TS930/Alpha 76
40 2el NW, 2el NE at 165/70, FT-1000MP/Alpha 78 (for the last hour)
80 wires at 135', FT-1000D/Henry 3K
all at 1500W (except 40, which averaged about 600w)

I see a lot of new calls in the log -- hope you're all finding the CW Sprint as
much fun as I think it is!

Please note that you should not round-robin on the same frequency (remaining on
frequency to work the guy who worked your last QSO).  You have to work someone
off frequency before coming back to a frequency you just finished using.  A CQ
or getting beat out doesn't count.

Congrats to N2NT, W4PA, and especially, W4AN on some FB numbers!

GN


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