[3830] SS CW NN7SS(K6UFO) Single Op QRP

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Mon Nov 8 14:29:26 PST 2010


                    ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, CW

Call: NN7SS
Operator(s): K6UFO
Station: NN7SS

Class: Single Op QRP
QTH: WWA
Operating Time (hrs): 24
Radios: SO2R

Summary:
 Band  QSOs
------------
  160:    0
   80:   68
   40:  245
   20:  253
   15:  165
   10:    2
------------
Total:  733  Sections = 79  Total Score = 115,814

Club: Western Washington DX Club

Comments:

I'm really pleased with making 700 QSOs while QRP!
This would be 4th place based on last year's QRP scores.

I came within 6 QSOs (or one last mult) of reaching 
the stellar WWA QRP Record of K7RI(NØAX op). Maybe next 
time if 10 meters will be fully open.  In fact, I spent 
way too much time in "10 Meter Optimist Mode" tuning 
the band and listening to weak, weak signals that I'd 
never be able to work while QRP. Finally, only 2 worked.

I started on 15m and had two good hours. Sunday had 15m 
as quirky as ever, going strong to weak and back again 
in the same hour. Less crowded than 15m, so a QRP'er 
could call CQ and stay awhile.

20m was packed with stations up to at least 14.090 KHz!
I could tune for hours until finding a hole, and then
this QRP'er could CQ for about 2 minutes before getting 
stomped... so back to search and pounce.

40m was surprisingly good, helped by my 2 element yagi
at 78 ft on top of a hill looking down to salt water 
to the East.  Stations would double check my "Q" prec 
and say "FB". I'm glad the hundreds of hours of work  
and thousands of dollars of tower and antenna pay off.  
Before the contest I checked both rig's power outputs 
with a digital power meter and had 3.5 to 4.9 watts 
depending on the band/antenna combo.

The less said about 80m while QRP, the better. I wish 
I could spend less time there too, but "the crowd" 
moves there pretty early in the evening.  I actually 
did better on 80m before sunrise on Sunday morning. 

I don't worry about Mults, most show up eventually.
I only missed NL (VO1) and never heard any during my 
extensive tuning. I spent brief times in the pileups 
to get KE0Z/VE4 and VY1EI, but they are fairly close 
and had good loud signals, so a little RIT/XIT magic 
and some bold calling got me through.

A big THANK YOU to the stations who listen carefully 
and spend a couple of rounds pulling the exchange out 
of a weak signal! I really appreciate it! 

NN7SS (K6UFO op)

20m-10m: C-31XR at 71ft, C3 at 50ft, Steppir-3el 40ft. 
40m: Force 12 Delta 240 at 78ft, 40-2CD at 50ft.  
80m: Half-slopers from 60ft or 48ft. 
Yaesu FT-1000MP at 5 watts.
Kenwood TS-2000 at 5 watts.
Writelog software and W5XD SO2R box.

QSOs by hour and band.
     80m     40m     20m     15m     10m Total  Cumm  Off

21Z    -       -      17      31       -   48    48
22Z    -       -      23      40       -   63   111
23Z    -       -      26      13       -   39   150
00Z-  -+-      9      32    ---+-   ---+   41   191
01Z    -      28       -       -       -   28   219
02Z    -      31       -       -       -   31   250
03Z    -      15       -       -       -   15   265
04Z    -      29       -       -       -   29   294
05Z    5      17       -       -       -   22   316
06Z    6      24       -       -       -   30   346
07Z   13      13       -       -       -   26   372
08Z-  -+-      2    ---+-   ---+-   ---+    2   374    56
09Z    -       -       -       -       -    0   374    60
10Z    -       -       -       -       -    0   374    60
11Z    -       -       -       -       -    0   374    60
12Z   13       2       -       -       -   15   389    35
13Z   14      23       -       -       -   37   426
14Z    9      18       -       -       -   27   453
15Z    -       8       -       -       -    8   461    40
16Z-  -+-   ---+-      8      14    ---+   22   483    23
17Z    -       -       9      31       -   40   523
18Z    -       -      30       1       2   33   556
19Z    -       -       -      20       -   20   576
20Z    -       -      24       7       -   31   607
21Z    -       -      42       3       -   45   652
22Z    -       -      17       5       -   22   674
23Z    -       -      22       -       -   22   696
00Z-  -+-      6       3    ---+-   ---+    9   705
01Z    -      20       -       -       -   20   725
02Z    8       -       -       -       -    8   733

Tot:  68     245     253     165       2


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