[3830] SS SSB K3MM SO Unlimited HP

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                    ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, SSB

Call: K3MM
Operator(s): K3MM
Station: K3MM

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

Summary:
 Band  QSOs
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  160:    0
   80:  814
   40:   55
   20:  556
   15:   36
   10:    0
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Total: 1461  Sections = 80  Total Score = 233,760

Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club

Comments:

I think Murphy was saving it all up for this weekend...  It started with what I
think is a bad feedline for the 40 meter antenna - Tripping the amp, about 50%
reflected and if they werent about 20 over I couldnt work 'em.  Then I think
the wattmeter feedthru started breaking down in my antenna tuner for 80, which
started tripping the Alpha 87 out at minimal power levels, bypassed or no. 
This misled me into thinking the antenna was breaking down until I later
patched around it, leaving me with very low power and a bad mismatch on 80 for
most of the first night.  Ugh.  Then I think I found every net frequency on
both 20 and 80 about 15 minutes before "goin' ta meetin' time".  Of course,
like an idiot, I upgraded to the latest version of CT right before the contest
and at about contact 485 it became a random number generator, so I was paper
sequencing after that...  I dread cleaning up THAT log!

I would have just quit and gone to watch my daughter ride in a horse show on
Sunday, but I knew I had to tough it out and do my bit for THE Club!

I think 'ol Murphy was telling me my lack of station maintenance over the past
few years has finally caught up to me.  Time to rebuild!

Congrats to NI1N for a kick-ass single-radio score and also to the rest of PVRC
that showed up in droves for phone SS.  Win or lose, a great club effort!


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