[3830] SS CW AL9A SO Unlimited HP

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                    ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, CW

Call: AL9A
Operator(s): AL9A
Station: A

Class: SO Unlimited HP
QTH: Wasilla, AK
Operating Time (hrs): 9:15

Summary:
 Band  QSOs
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  160:    0
   80:   32
   40:   33
   20:   84
   15:    0
   10:    0
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Total:  149  Sections = 70  Total Score = 20,860

Club: 

Comments:

Well, this one stunk!  Been a bad news/good news week, more bad than good.

Bad - high winds (60 -75 mph) last week toppled the tree supporting the center
balun of my Carolina Windom 160.
Good - despite days of additional high winds the antenna somehow survived the
incident undamaged!
Bad - the coax feedline got trapped in a hollow of the stump.
Good - my trusty chain saw was able to free the entrapped coax undamaged.
Bad - after cutting the downed tree up into firewood I wrenched my back lifting
the pieces into my pickup bed.
Bad - a second wind storm broke the coax hanging from the feed point of the
swaying antenna.
Good - the coax broke right at the PL259 connector and was easily replaced.  No
other damage to the coax.
Good - got some new lift lines up into another nearby tree and repositioned the
Windom so it was back in business!
Bad - managed to catch a cold doing all the outside work one day befoe the
start of the contest.
Bad - back pain made sitting in the chair for lengthy periods difficult. 
Stuffed sinuses and plugged ears made operating difficult.  Couldn't get my
head into the contest no matter what.  All S&P and had difficulty copying many
of them.

Hope things are better for the SS SSB contest and the CQWW CQ contest at the
end of the month.


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