[3830] SS SSB N6BV(@N6RO) Single Op HP

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                    ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, SSB

Call: N6BV
Operator(s): N6BV
Station: N6RO

Class: Single Op HP
QTH: East Bay
Operating Time (hrs): 24
Radios: SO2R

Summary:
 Band  QSOs
------------
  160:     
   80:  146
   40:  408
   20:  994
   15:  241
   10:     
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Total: 1789  Sections = 80  Total Score = 286,240

Club: Northern California Contest Club

Comments:

Thanks once again to Ken, N6RO, for the use of his super station. (As is
customary in the last seven or eight years, Ken operated at the second station
using his own N6RO call sign when I was taking time off, in-between his music
gigs.)

This year seemed much more of a grind, being at the very bottom of the solar
cycle. 15 meters died quickly at the start of the contest compared to previous
years and I had to confront the brutal zoo that is 20 meters earlier than I
would have liked. 

20 meters -- For me 20 pretty much defined the whole contest. I tried, but just
failed, to make 1000 QSOs on 20, ending up at 994. Ken's stacks of 5/5/5 do play
well on 20. 

40 meters played well with the stacked 4-element Yagis, but the rates never
were very good there. It seemed that the east coast guys were down on 75 meters
rather than on 40. 

I did discover that the Orion could be cranked down to a 1300 Hz bandwidth and
weak signals almost "popped out" of the QRM, without a tremendous reduction in
intelligibility. The audio isn't pleasant at 1300 Hz bandwidth, but it is
copiable, even with splatter from strong signals above and below. I don't know
how Ten-Tec does it, but I'm impressed!

The spirited competition between NCCC and PVRC made Sweepstakes more
interesting, with more stations available to work over both the CW and Phone SS
weekends. I certainly heard a lot of MDC stations this year!

73, Dean, N6BV

BREAKDOWN QSO/mults  N6BV  2006 Phone ARRL SWEEPSTAKES  Single Operator
HOUR      160      80       40       20       15       10    HR TOT  CUM TOT  
  21    .....    .....    .....    .....   122/31    .....   122/31  122/31 
  22      .        .        .      18/6     90/11      .     108/17  230/48 
  23      .        .        .     134/16      .        .     134/16  364/64 
   0      .        .        .     110/4       .        .     110/4   474/68 
   1      .        .      64/5      5/0       .        .      69/5   543/73 
   2      .        .      77/0       .        .        .      77/0   620/73 
   3      .      12/2     37/0       .        .        .      49/2   669/75 
   4      .      46/2     25/0       .        .        .      71/2   740/77 
   5    .....    40/1     21/0     .....    .....    .....    61/1   801/78 
   6      .      27/0     32/0       .        .        .      59/0   860/78 
   7      .      13/0     10/0       .        .        .      23/0   883/78 
   8      .       7/0     26/0       .        .        .      33/0   916/78 
   9      .        .        .        .        .        .        .    916/78 
  10      .        .        .        .        .        .        .    916/78 
  11      .        .        .        .        .        .        .    916/78 
  12      .        .        .        .        .        .        .    916/78 
  13    .....    .....    .....    .....    .....    .....    .....  916/78 
  14      .        .        .      79/1      1/1       .      80/2   996/80 
  15      .        .        .      96/0       .        .      96/0  1092/80 
  16      .        .        .      97/0      4/0       .     101/0  1193/80 
  17      .        .        .      67/0      7/0       .      74/0  1267/80 
  18      .        .        .      56/0      7/0       .      63/0  1330/80 
  19      .        .        .      71/0      4/0       .      75/0  1405/80 
  20      .        .        .      66/0      3/0       .      69/0  1474/80 
  21    .....    .....    .....    59/0      2/0     .....    61/0  1535/80 
  22      .        .        .      46/0      1/0       .      47/0  1582/80 
  23      .        .        .      58/0       .        .      58/0  1640/80 
   0      .        .      27/0     32/0       .        .      59/0  1699/80 
   1      .       1/0     54/0       .        .        .      55/0  1754/80 
   2      .        .      35/0       .        .        .      35/0  1789/80 
DAY1      .     145/5    292/5    799/27   238/43      .        .   1474/80 
DAY2      .       1/0    116/0    195/0      3/0       .        .    315/0  
TOT     .....   146/5    408/5    994/27   241/43    .....    ..... 1789/80


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