[3830] SS SSB W5KFT(WM5R) Single Op HP
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Tue Nov 22 12:31:24 EST 2005
ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, SSB
Call: W5KFT
Operator(s): WM5R
Station: W5KFT
Class: Single Op HP
QTH: EM00st
Operating Time (hrs): 24
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band QSOs
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160: 0
80: 253
40: 458
20: 726
15: 328
10: 0
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Total: 1765 Sections = 80 Total Score = 282,400
Club:
Comments:
Station:
http://www.kkn.net/~w5kft/
160 - Inverted V @ 145'
80 - Sloping dipoles - NE, NW from 150', SE from 135'
40 - Cushcraft 40-2CD @ 150', rotatable
Cushcraft 40-2CD @ 70', fixed NE
20 - Hy-Gain 204BA @ 157', rotatable
Hy-Gain 204BA @ 105', fixed NE
Hy-Gain 204BA @ 53', fixed NE
Hy-Gain TH7DXX @ 60', rotatable
15 - Hy-Gain 155CA @ 135', rotatable
Hy-Gain 155CA @ 90', fixed NE
Hy-Gain 155CA @ 45', fixed NE
Hy-Gain TH7DXX @ 60', rotatable
10 - Hy-Gain 105CA @ 140', rotatable
Hy-Gain 105CA @ 100', fixed NE
Hy-Gain 105CA @ 60', fixed NE
Hy-Gain 105CA @ 30', fixed NE
Hy-Gain TH7DXX @ 60', rotatable
Radio 1: Kenwood TS-850SAT, Ameritron AL-1500
Radio 2: Kenwood TS-850SAT
Headset: Heil Proset
DVK: W9XT Contest Card
Software: TR Log 6.79
Other: SX0B StackMatches, Ameritron RCS-8V switches, ICE bandpass
filters, Top Ten Devices Band Decoders, Top Ten Devices
DXDoubler, CDE rotors
Thanks to Bryan for letting me use his station once again. One
of the amplifiers was still in the shop, so I only had high power
on one radio this year. I don't think this hurt me too much -
there were a few second radio QSOs I missed because the other
station either couldn't hear me or I got beat out by a high
power station, but it wasn't very often.
I got off to my best start ever in this contest, with my first
hour of over 150 QSOs in the Sweepstakes. I had some difficulty
keeping momentum over the next several hours. Conditions were
quite different from last year. 20 meters ceased being
productive a full two hours earlier than last year each evening.
I took an off time Saturday night during the 0200 UTC hour
when a shortwave broadcaster wiped out my run frequency and
I couldn't easily find another good one on 40 meters, and my
CQing efforts on 80 meters were not yet productive. I probably
should have persevered and stayed on the air. The last three
hours I was on in the evening were painful. I need to figure
out how to turn those forty and fifty hours into sixty and seventy
hours. I have yet to figure out how to do that, though.
I almost had a 100 hour on Sunday morning on 20 meters. I wish
conditions on 20 meters had been better than they were.
If I had to do it over again, I would have taken a half hour
off time in the 2300 UTC hour on Sunday, which was just a bad
hour for me, and not taken the half hour off that I took in the
0100 UTC hour. I think I'm still making a lot of tactical
mistakes in this contest - not just with off-time decisions,
but in choosing run frequencies and being persistent enough with
SO2R. TR Log says I made 46 second radio QSOs.
One pleasant aspect of this weekend's contest was a surprisingly
light presence of jammers. There were a few malicious carriers
here and there, but nothing like what occured last year in the
contest.
I worked every section more than once, and at least one station
from each section called me. I was a little surprised to work
not one or two stations in the Nt multiplier, but three of them.
I have yet to really understand why Alberta is so scarce in this
contest. There are really large cities in that province, and yet
I only worked five VE6 stations, the same number that I worked in
VE5 and VE4. I worked twice as many stations from Wyoming this
year!
I love operating at the W5KFT ranch, although it's sometimes
a real challenge to keep the contest spirit going when it's
a gorgeous fall day and the sunshine is sparkling off the
lake just outside your window!
HOUR 80SSB 40SSB 20SSB 15SSB TOTAL ACCUM
---- ------ ------ ------ ------ ----- -----
21 0 0 0 158 158 158
22 0 0 60 56 116 274
23 0 1 108 0 109 383
0 0 104 11 0 115 498
1 0 108 0 0 108 606
2 0 32 0 0 32 638
3 31 22 0 0 53 691
4 62 19 0 0 81 772
5 72 2 0 0 74 846
6 34 9 0 0 43 889
7 31 25 0 0 56 945
8 13 32 0 0 45 990
9 1 0 0 0 1 991
10 0 0 0 0 0 991
11 0 0 0 0 0 991
12 0 0 0 0 0 991
13 0 5 58 0 63 1054
14 0 0 95 0 95 1149
15 0 0 42 20 62 1211
16 0 0 20 39 59 1270
17 0 0 16 5 21 1291
18 0 0 29 34 63 1354
19 0 0 50 12 62 1416
20 0 0 61 3 64 1480
21 0 0 72 0 72 1552
22 0 0 68 1 69 1621
23 0 7 36 0 43 1664
0 2 43 0 0 45 1709
1 0 34 0 0 34 1743
2 7 15 0 0 22 1765
TOTAL 253 458 726 328
Multiplier Distribution
1. Il 105
2. Va 83
3. Oh 80
4. Mi 76
5. Mdc 57
6. Nc 55
7. Mn 55
8. Scv 51
9. WWa 51
10. Co 42
11. Ep 40
12. Ga 40
13. Or 37
14. Az 37
15. Wi 37
16. ENy 36
17. Em 36
18. In 36
19. On 31
20. WNy 31
21. Ct 27
22. Tn 27
23. Nh 26
24. NNj 25
25. Sv 24
26. NLi 22
27. WPa 22
28. SNj 20
29. NFl 20
30. Lax 20
31. Sc 19
32. Ky 19
33. STx 18
34. Al 18
35. Ia 17
36. WcF 17
37. SFl 16
38. Sjv 16
39. Mo 16
40. NTx 16
41. Org 15
42. Sdg 15
43. Eb 14
44. Wv 13
45. Mt 13
46. Nv 13
47. Sf 13
48. Nd 13
49. Ar 13
50. Me 12
51. Bc 12
52. Ne 12
53. Ks 12
54. Id 11
55. Ut 11
56. Sd 10
57. Wy 10
58. La 10
59. Mar 9
60. Qc 9
61. Ew 9
62. Ri 8
63. Nm 8
64. WMa 7
65. Vt 7
66. NNy 6
67. Ak 6
68. De 5
69. Sb 5
70. Sk 5
71. Ab 5
72. Ok 5
73. WTx 5
74. Mb 5
75. Vi 4
76. Nt 3
77. Ms 4
78. Pac 3
79. Pr 2
80. Nl 2
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