[3830] SS CW N9UC School Club

[Jonathan L. Rosner]

                       ARRL SWEEPSTAKES, CW

     Contest Dates : 06-Nov-10, 07-Nov-10, 08-Nov-10
     Callsign Used : N9UC
          Operator : WO9S
          Category : School-Club

  Default Exchange : NR S N9UC 53 IL

              Name : Jonathan L. Rosner
           Address : 5640 S. Ellis Avenue
    City/State/Zip : Chicago, IL 60637
           Country : United States

         Team/Club : Society of Midwest Contesters

    BAND   Raw QSOs   Valid QSOs   Points     Mults
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   160CW       13         13         26          2
    80CW      245        245        490         52
    40CW      100        100        200         20
    20CW        4          4          8          0
    15CW       34         34         48          4
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  Totals      396        396       792       78 mults

     Final Score = 61,776 points.  Operated for about ten hours.

Comments:  The only antenna available to the station was a 160 meter
sloper, so the intention was to operate for a couple of hours on 160
on Saturday night.  But it turned out that not many people were on 160,
and with a tuner it was possible to get out on other bands, so a
part-time operation turned into about a half-time effort.

The amp would not turn on when operating on 15.  I had expected to need
it Sunday morning to break the pileups on VO1TA and VY1EI, but 100W was
enough:  (1) VO1TA tended to listen a bit off-frequency (maybe as much
as 200 Hz!).  Worked him through the pileup on the first call. (2) VY1EI
kept moving up the band.  I remembered this from previous years and worked
him on a new frequency before the pile caught up with him.

Never heard NE and MB; a lot of the operation was S & P.  At the end
of the contest both the tuner and the cable to the antenna were very warm!