[3830] SS SSB N1LN SO Unlimited HP
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ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, SSB
Call: N1LN
Operator(s): N1LN
Station: N1LN
Class: SO Unlimited HP
QTH: NC
Operating Time (hrs): 15.5
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band QSOs
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160: 0
80: 541
40: 144
20: 260
15: 55
10: 0
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Total: 1000 Sections = 80 Total Score = 160,000
Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club
Comments:
My SS-CW soapbox started with a list of why I didn't do as good as I should
have. After reading many of the postings and the impact of Murphy on many
failed or, at a minimum, IMPACTED operations I am pleased to report I have
nothing to report in the Murphy department......well, at least during the
contest!
I was ready for SS-SSB on Sunday, November 11. I just got my new 20 meter
tower on the air with a 204BA @ 104' and another 204BA @ 68' on a Tic Ring
rotor. My 40 meter tower was also getting started with one 40 mtr yagi
on-line at 68' on another Tic Ring. The SixPak was back on-line so SO2R was
back. Both amps were tested, WriteLog was configured and tested, including WAV
files. I WAS READY !!!
Well, by Monday afternoon the low 20 mtr beam was no longer rotating. The
rotor control indicated it was turning but the beam was frozen....at 90
degrees. There are not many stations to work at a heading of 90 degrees from
my QTH in North Carolina except for NY4A. How many times could I work Jim
(K4QPL) and Brad (AL4T)? That needed to be fixed. Not bad enough yet? On
Wednesday morning all three of our computers locked up. Reboots generated the
blue screen of death. At that point I figured my participation would be a bit
impacted... well - OK, eliminated. I could simply climb the tower and move the
beam to a more acceptable heading, but no computers?? No way was I even
considering paper logging. The computer issue was a show stopper. What a
difference a few days makes. By Friday morning all three computers were up
and running. Seems our virus software (company not mentioned) was causing the
problem. After removing it from all three systems and installing a different
brand - FIXED ! ! ! Saturday morning my ground crew and I went to the
antenna field, tools in hand. By the way, my ground crew is my wife - Laurie,
N1YXU.
[SIDE NOTE: Without her assistance the towers and antennas would not be up.
Yes, we had help from PVRC and OCRA club members for which we are very
grateful, but with just her help the two of us put up 285' of the 345' of
tower.]
By 10:30 the lower yagi was turning and I was off the tower. I was ready
again!!
My goal was simple. See how quickly I could reach the same score as I did in
the CW contest. CW took me 20.5 hours to work 1000 Qs and a sweep. When I
went to bed Sunday morning I was 1 mult away from a sweep and had about 610 Qs.
I thought that was pretty good considering I had to take 2.5 hrs off between
7:00pm and 11:00pm for some mandatory phone call interruptions!
About 1/2 hr after getting back at it on Sunday morning the sweep was in the
log. I simple did a quick S/P on 40 and worked VO1TA while running on 75.
Have I mentioned how great it is to have SO2R back?? Well, SSB took me 15.5
hours to reach the 1000 Q mark.
Why set such a goal and not try to get as many Qs as possible? Well, the
weather in NC on Sunday was supposed to be very nice. IT WAS! As all of my
antennas are not built and/or up, weekends are still project time for me. I
started building the third 204BA and also made the cables for the 15 mtr
StackMatch and cable for the rotors for the 15 mtr tower. Priority items? I
think so.
How did everything work? Well, even with the new 40 mtr yagi and running 1500
watts I still felt like I was running QRP. As many others have already stated
- 75 mtrs was the money band. Was I a 800 pound gorilla? Well, perhaps 600
lbs.
Anyway, no matter what - it was fun while it lasted (for an SSB contest) and I
hope my combined scores for the CW and SSB weekends help the overall PVRC club
total.
73 for now,
Bruce - N1LN
(aka: NC4KW)
abrillo Statistics (Version 06g) by K5KA
Callsign: N1LN
Category: SINGLE-OP-ASSISTED ALL HIGH MIXED
Contest: ARRL-SS-SSB
Operators: N1LN
-------------- Q S O R a t e S u m m a r y ---------------------
Hour 160 80 40 20 15 10 Rate Total Pct
--------------------------------------------------------------------
2100 0 0 0 48 29 0 77 77 7.7
2200 0 0 0 65 6 0 71 148 7.1
2300 0 32 16 0 0 0 48 196 4.8
0000 0 21 6 0 0 0 27 223 2.7
0100 0 60 0 0 0 0 60 283 6.0
0200 0 13 9 0 0 0 22 305 2.2
0300 0 1 20 0 0 0 21 326 2.1
0400 0 30 1 0 0 0 31 357 3.1
0500 0 114 0 0 0 0 114 471 11.4
0600 0 75 0 0 0 0 75 546 7.5
0700 0 13 46 0 0 0 59 605 5.9
0800 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 605 0.0
0900 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 605 0.0
1000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 605 0.0
1100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 605 0.0
1200 0 74 3 0 0 0 77 682 7.7
1300 0 30 12 0 0 0 42 724 4.2
1400 0 0 6 32 0 0 38 762 3.8
1500 0 0 12 7 0 0 19 781 1.9
1600 0 0 0 15 4 0 19 800 1.9
1700 0 0 0 39 13 0 52 852 5.2
1800 0 0 0 9 0 0 9 861 0.9
1900 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 861 0.0
2000 0 0 5 40 3 0 48 909 4.8
2100 0 20 0 5 0 0 25 934 2.5
2200 0 58 8 0 0 0 66 1000 6.6
2300 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1000 0.0
0000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1000 0.0
0100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1000 0.0
0200 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1000 0.0
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Total 0 541 144 260 55 0 1000
Gross QSO's=1000 Dupes=0 Net QSO's=1000
Unique callsigns worked = 1000
The best 60 minute rate was 120/hour from 0448 to 0547
The best 30 minute rate was 132/hour from 0453 to 0522
The best 10 minute rate was 138/hour from 0453 to 0502
The best 1 minute rates were:
4 QSO's/minute 2 times.
3 QSO's/minute 53 times.
2 QSO's/minute 204 times.
1 QSO's/minute 425 times.
There were 95 bandchanges and 34 (3.4%) probable 2nd radio QSO's.
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