[3830] SS SSB W6YX(N7MH) Single Op HP
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Mon Nov 17 12:57:13 EST 2008
ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, SSB
Call: W6YX
Operator(s): N7MH
Station: W6YX
Class: Single Op HP
QTH: SCV
Operating Time (hrs): 24
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band QSOs
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160:
80: 197
40: 540
20: 927
15: 119
10:
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Total: 1783 Sections = 79 Total Score = 281,714
Club: Northern California Contest Club
Comments:
I shared the W6YX station with Risto, W6RK, on Saturday and Rebar, N6CCH, on
Sunday. As on CW I set up a second radio running low power but only worked
about 6 Q's on it on 15 meters. It was helpful in finding VY1EI on 20 for my
79th mult, but I moved the high power radio to the frequency to work Eric. I
missed PR. Rebar worked KP3S on Sunday afternoon on 15 meters but I was busy
running on 20 and never made it back to 15.
Even though I had been given first priority for bands I ended up staying on
nonproductive bands longer than I should have since I'd see that Risto or Rebar
was having a great run and I didn't want to interrupt it. After averaging over
140 for the first 3 hours I stayed on 20 too long because Risto was doing well
on 40.
My 40 meter frequency on Saturday was right next to a foreign broadcaster and
my notch filter worked great for eliminating it. It probably kept some callers
from hearing me though so my rates weren't that great. Then in the 0400 hour
the broadcaster went from S7 to S9+30 and the notch filter was filtering out
all signals. I decided to move to 75 at that point. It will be so great next
year when the broadcasters are off of 40.
Signals on 75 were super loud. I did a quick S&P run up the band and I'd tune
across what I thought was a local and it would be a W3 or W4. The rate dipped
just before 0800 and I decided it was time to take my overnight break.
I started up again at 1300 and was hoping to get an early start on 20 as I had
done last year. This was a tactical mistake as I should have just stayed on 40
until after 1400. I probably lost 100 Q's in the 1300 and 1400 hours by
repeatedly going to 20 to CQ, then retreating to a broadcaster-covered
frequency on 40 when no one answered me on 20. With a real SO2R set-up I could
have dual-CQed to test the waters on 20 without losing my 40-meter frequency
each time.
I took my final hour break in the 2300 hour as 20 was starting to get slow and
Rebar was doing well on 40 and I didn't want to interrupt him there. As with
CW, I probably should have just had a longer overnight break instead of saving
this offtime for the afternoon.
I spent the last 3 hours CQing on 40. Several Q's were lost when signals faded
from moderately loud to unreadable during the time I gave my exchange. I tried
to find other stations to work on 40 with my second radio but everyone I heard
I'd already worked. I find it much harder to listen to two separate audio
streams on phone than on CW.
Thanks to all for the Q's and congratulations to everyone who posted new
personal bests.
73,
-Mike, N7MH
Hour 80 40 20 15 Rate Total
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2100 0 0 143 0 143 143
2200 0 0 149 0 149 292
2300 0 0 133 0 133 425
0000 0 8 75 0 83 508
0100 0 116 0 0 116 624
0200 0 87 0 0 87 711
0300 0 62 0 0 62 773
0400 17 38 0 0 55 828
0500 67 0 0 0 67 895
0600 66 0 0 0 66 961
0700 47 0 0 0 47 1008
0800 0 0 0 0 0 1008
0900 0 0 0 0 0 1008
1000 0 0 0 0 0 1008
1100 0 0 0 0 0 1008
1200 0 0 0 0 0 1008
1300 0 28 8 0 36 1044
1400 0 6 52 0 58 1102
1500 0 0 82 0 82 1184
1600 0 0 14 39 53 1237
1700 0 0 30 27 57 1294
1800 0 0 65 0 65 1359
1900 0 0 49 1 50 1409
2000 0 0 6 52 58 1467
2100 0 0 57 0 57 1524
2200 0 0 59 0 59 1583
2300 0 0 5 0 5 1588
0000 0 61 0 0 61 1649
0100 0 78 0 0 78 1727
0200 0 56 0 0 56 1783
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Total 197 540 927 119 1783
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