[3830] SS SSB K6IF SO Unlimited HP

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                    ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, SSB

Call: K6IF
Operator(s): K6IF
Station: K6IF

Class: SO Unlimited HP
QTH: SF
Operating Time (hrs): 22:30
Radios: SO2R

Summary:
 Band  QSOs
------------
  160:    0
   80:  163
   40:  332
   20:  721
   15:  349
   10:    0
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Total: 1565  Sections = 80  Total Score = 250,400

Club: Northern California Contest Club

Comments:

Great fun, as always.  Started out right on track with my two previous best
efforts (in '02 and '04) - 371 in '02, 378 in '04 and 365 this year in the first
3 hours.  Went to 40 quite a bit earlier than in previous years, and was
rewarded with personal bests on 40 and 80 meters.  However, I paid a price on
the higher bands...  

I never seemed to really get rolling on 15 after the first 90 minutes of the
contest, and 20 was very tough.  I usually find a nice quiet freq high in the
band and run tons of low # A guys who are close to ESP level.  This year I
didn't find that quiet frequency until late Sunday afternoon - and without much
happening on 15 I struggled to keep up with last year's pace (1677 x 80 last
year).  Family commitments kept me from the radio for the last couple of hours,
but given my historical performance during that time I don't think I would have
made it much over 1600 or 1625 anyway.

A very unpleasant visit from a mad neighbor took me off the air for a while in
the 17:00 hour Sunday, and really shook me up mentally. It took me a while to
get my head back in the game - and you can see it in my rate sheet.

Congrats to K6LL for another great showing in U, and thanks to all who make this
such a fun and competitive event.  W4NF and I had a nice chat just before the
contest - despite the fact that we were in direct competition.  That is what
makes this such a grand hobby!

K6IF was:

TS-850 + Alpha 76
Orion + AL-1200
4 el. SteppIR's at 38' and 73' for "run" radio (either one)
2 el. SteppIR at 55' for second radio
2 el. K6IF 24' boom 40' yagi at 80'
Force12 Mag 180S at 85'

QSO/Sec by hour and band

 Hour      80      40      20      15     Total     Cumm    OffTime

D1-2100Z    -       -       -    127/38  127/38    127/38  
D1-2200Z    -       -     37/9    75/6   112/15    239/53  
D1-2300Z    -       -    126/7      -    126/7     365/60  
D2-0000Z  --+--    7/3    79/1    --+--   86/4     451/64  
D2-0100Z   1/0    76/7     1/1      -     78/8     529/72  
D2-0200Z  17/1    64/1      -       -     81/2     610/74  
D2-0300Z  18/0    43/0      -       -     61/0     671/74  
D2-0400Z  20/0    36/0      -       -     56/0     727/74  
D2-0500Z  18/0    42/2      -       -     60/2     787/76  
D2-0600Z  44/0     8/0      -       -     52/0     839/76  
D2-0700Z  26/0    20/0      -       -     46/0     885/76  
D2-0800Z  19/0     2/0    --+--   --+--   21/0     906/76     27
D2-0900Z    -       -       -       -      0/0     906/76     60
D2-1000Z    -       -       -       -      0/0     906/76     60
D2-1100Z    -       -       -       -      0/0     906/76     60
D2-1200Z    -       -       -       -      0/0     906/76     60
D2-1300Z    -       -       -       -      0/0     906/76     60
D2-1400Z    -      3/0    38/1      -     41/1     947/77      8
D2-1500Z    -       -     95/0     2/0    97/0    1044/77  
D2-1600Z  --+--   --+--   85/0     7/2    92/2    1136/79  
D2-1700Z    -       -      9/0    35/0    44/0    1180/79  
D2-1800Z    -       -     19/0    17/0    36/0    1216/79  
D2-1900Z    -       -     70/0     3/0    73/0    1289/79  
D2-2000Z    -       -      9/0    45/0    54/0    1343/79  
D2-2100Z    -     14/0     2/0    38/0    54/0    1397/79  
D2-2200Z    -      2/0    58/0      -     60/0    1457/79  
D2-2300Z    -      5/0    57/0      -     62/0    1519/79  
D3-0000Z  --+--   10/0    36/0    --+--   46/0    1565/79  

Total:   163/1   332/13  721/19  349/46


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