[3830] SS CW VE8EV Multi-Op HP

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                    ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, CW

Call: VE8EV
Operator(s): VE8EV N6TR
Station: VE8EV

Class: Multi-Op HP
QTH: Inuvik, NT
Operating Time (hrs): 24

Summary:
 Band  QSOs
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  160:    0
   80:    0
   40:   45
   20:  411
   15:   21
   10:    0
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Total:  477  Sections = 80  Total Score = 75,520

Club: 

Comments:

Many thanks to John, VE8EV, for letting me operate the SS CW from VE8.  It has
always been a fantasy of mine to do this.  Thanks to the internet and HRD
software, and a little software of my own, I was able to operate the contest
while sitting in Boring, Oregon.  

HRD provided a serial link to John's TS2000 and some enhancements to TR Log let
me use the keyer in the TS2000 to send CW with.  IPSound took care of getting
the receiver audio back down to me.  The delay from pressing F1 to hearing my
CQ start in the sidetone was about 300 milliseconds - not bad at all. 
Sometimes the internet sound would hiccup which would do strange things to
exchanges.  I bet my error rate is a bit higher than normal as a result.

Conditions at the start of the contest were FANTASTIC.  First three hours were
85, 83 and 50.  Around that time, things started happening with the aurora and
the best hour I ever had afterward was 35.  There were times the band had a
funny "breathing sound" and most of the signals were all gone.

Was very happy to get a clean sweep.  Thanks to Eric, VY1EI for calling in for
my only NT QSO.  

Was lots of fun giving some of the big guns their clean sweep!!  Even more fun
when they no idea who was behind the "key".

73 Tree N6TR


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