[3830] NA Sprint SSB K4XS HP

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                    NA Sprint SSB Contest

Call: K4XS
Operator(s): K4XS
Station: K4XS

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

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Op Time
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   80:   97        
   40:  117        
   20:  108        
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Total:  322    Mults = 46  Total Score = 14,812

Club: Florida Contest Group

Team: Southern Sprint Coalition #1

Comments:

As always, after a sprint you feel more worn out than you should from a four
hour contest.  This one, as others have noted was WORK.

I was out of the box with 28 QSOs in the first fiteeen minutes, but then hit a
wall on 20.  I saw I was quickly sliding behind the guys in the midwest and west
coast.  By the second hour I was several dozen behind guys on the west coast.

However, using two radios really helped and I wound up with around 52 band
changes....trolling on one band with CQs, picking up lots of number ones and
twos while S/Ping on the other band. After the first half hour the signals on 20
were mostly ESP.  I think the big antennas really helped on that band after
that. As a matter of fact, I think the big antennas really helped on all bands,
since the skip turned very long in a hurry.

Thanks for all the QSOs and I may even hit the CW Sprint if I get back from the
Orlando Hamfest in time.


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