[3830] SS CW NR5M(KU5B) Single Op HP

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                    ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, CW

Call: NR5M
Operator(s): KU5B
Station: NR5M

Class: Single Op HP
QTH: Hempstead, TX
Operating Time (hrs): 24
Radios: SO2R

Summary:
 Band  QSOs
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  160:    0
   80:   79
   40:  446
   20:  323
   15:  376
   10:    3
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Total: 1263  Sections = 80  Total Score = 201,920

Club: Central Texas DX and Contest Club

Comments:

Sorry for the late post. In my tired haste Sunday night I brought home the 2009
log instead of mine from the station. 

Thanks once again to George for asking me to come back and give this another
go. He kept the food coming and encouraged me to continue operating.

I had originally planned to operate with the University of Houston club call,
W5UH, to give W0BH at K0HC a run for his money but decided to get my annual SO2R
practice. Next time, Bob!

I went up to the station Friday and got all setup and ready. Having had a
brutal sinus infection the entire week prior, I swallowed my pride and went to
the doctor Thursday knowing I didn't want to feel that badly during the
contest. The combination of new medicine and food really did a number on my
stomach and ended up making the majority of the weekend a real struggle.

Nonetheless, I had a lot of fun this weekend especially at the very beginning
and end. I got off to a really good start on 15 and thought I'd easily be able
to make the 1350 I had targeted. Thanks to some SO2R tips from a few of the
CTDXCC contingent, I was feeling pretty good about being able to efficiently
work the second radio. I know I still could have worked it harder at times.

No station problems came up except for the operator. I tried really hard to
grab second radio Q's while keeping a run frequency and only flubbed up the
keystrokes a couple of times. MUCH improved over last year's debacle. I had an
interesting moment on Saturday night as I was finishing dinner. My fork fell
off the table to my left and when I reached down for it, the table (with 10
rotator controllers and a few StackMatch controllers) tilted backwards and
almost everything on the table hit the floor.. It was a really good thing that
no one could hear the words that came from my mouth (except George). Luckily,
nothing was broken. The Green Heron people have built some sturdy boxes.

I spent the first 12 hours on and decided that once a VE4 called for the sweep
it was time to quit. I had originally planned on only taking 3 hours off but
took some cough medicine that ended up knocking me out. So, I added another
hour to the off-time. As usual, things were really slow on Sunday and I tried
to work the second radio a whole lot. Perhaps it is laziness or boredom, but I
got tired of reaching over to the second radio to spin the VFO lots of times.

As a 95% Multi-op guy, I really find making a sweep with no packet spots
gratifying.

I'd like to apologize to NP4DX who I duped because, in my stupor, I had decided
that the call was NP2DX. I think that was my only real screw-up.

As N3BB noted, I also had a couple of nice "rare-DX" moments. VU2NXM called me
on 15 Sunday morning and was relentless so I just decided to be nice and give
him a quick contact. That was pretty cool. Finding Dave, N2NLStrokeKH2, on the
second radio was pretty cool, too.


Thanks for all the Q's, everyone and for all the local CTDXCC competition. I
must admit though, it is a bit strange sending a check of 66. For this 02 check
guy, this would mean I was licensed 22 years before I was even born. Talk about
time travel.

Up next, I'm taking the weekend off and KJ5T will be piloting the NX5M station
for the SSB weekend. 

73,
Colin KU5B


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