[3830] SS CW KO7AA Single Op HP

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                    ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, CW

Call: KO7AA
Operator(s): KO7AA
Station: KO7AA

Class: Single Op HP
QTH: ARIZONA
Operating Time (hrs): 15
Radios: SO2R

Summary:
 Band  QSOs
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  160:    0
   80:    0
   40:   59
   20:  227
   15:  641
   10:   74
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Total: 1001  Sections = 80  Total Score = 160,160

Club: Arizona Outlaws Contest Club

Comments:

That was painful....

I think this is a taste of the future, the dwindling number of CW contesters
spread out over 3 open daytime bands. Maybe it was just the conditions in AZ.

I started out on 15, the band was open to the entire US, short and long skip.
The rate was just slow. I had 20 2nd radio Q's each of the first 4 hours, and
my hourly totals were still behind the last 2 years. At 0230Z it was like a
door slammed shut on 20M. I moved the run radio to 40M and the 2nd radio to
80M and it was like my antennas were down. Nobody to work. Nobody louder than
S5 on 80M. I realized I wasn't going to be able to do 40/80 for 4-5 hours and
shut it down. On Sunday the new goal was 1000 Q's and a sweep. Even that was
painful....

At least frequency fights are a thing of the past !!

It sounded like some people were having fun. I congratulate the persistance
of those that operated 24 hours !!

73, Bill KO7AA in Tucson


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