[3830] SS CW K6LL SO Unlimited HP

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Mon Nov 5 11:38:03 EST 2007


                    ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, CW

Call: K6LL
Operator(s): K6LL
Station: K6LL

Class: SO Unlimited HP
QTH: AZ
Operating Time (hrs): 24
Radios: SO2R

Summary:
 Band  QSOs
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  160:     
   80:  209
   40:  485
   20:  606
   15:   28
   10:     
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Total: 1328  Sections = 80  Total Score = 212,480

Club: 

Comments:

Congrats to the big scorers out there. You guys are unreal!

This was my first time using N1MM in SSCW. It worked well, but I need more so2r
practice with it. I think I pretty much got the hang of it after a few hours,
but still made a few fumble-finger mistakes. I guess I can finally remove the
DOS second hard drive with TRLog on it. That program sure has served well over
the years. Thanks, Tree, and thanks to the N1MM crew for what is obviously the
product of a TON of work!

When I got back in October from my 4 month long summer vacation, I found that
the background noise on 80 meters had jumped to 20 over nine with the receiver
in AM mode. It's not power line noise, either, because there are tonals and
lots of sound variation across the band. I spent a lot of time the week before
the contest erecting receiving antennas (pennant, low wires, etc) but never
found anything that provided a better s/n ratio than the shunt fed tower.
Consequently, I stuck mostly to S&P on 80, which was workable with the 250 Hz
filters. I think I will avoid SSB contests for a while though, until the noise
goes away or we get some sunspots for the high bands.

I used N2IC's formula for off time (0900Z-1230Z, then many short breaks) and I
think it was an improvement over my previous years' 0930-1330. I did take the
final 90 minutes off, which was probably not optimal. There were lots of
stations to work on 40 from 1230Z on Sunday morning, and the rate did perk up
after my short breaks, so more of those short breaks are in order for next
year.

Once again this year, K6RIM and I ended up in the same "packet pileups," and,
once again, he beat me every time! I just looked up his antenna, which is an M2
7/10-30 log periodic, but he's on a 1000' ridgetop. That combo obviously works.

The weather was the hottest I can remember in November, in the 90's, and the
shack got really hot. If this wx trend continues, I've got to put some kind of
superscoop in the shack's air condx vent to get more air in here.

Thanks for all the Q's, and for another enjoyable event in the SS tradition.

Dave Hachadorian, K6LL
Yuma, AZ



















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