[3830] CQWW SSB N2FF SOSB(A)/10 LP

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                    CQ Worldwide DX Contest, SSB

Call: N2FF
Operator(s): N2FF
Station: N2FF

Class: SOSB(A)/10 LP
QTH: East Williston, NY
Operating Time (hrs): 24

Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Zones  Countries
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  160:                    
   80:                    
   40:                    
   20:                    
   15:                    
   10:  588    31      124
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Total:  588    31      124  Total Score = 265,050

Club: Yankee Clipper Contest Club

Comments:

Great contest despite a Nor’easter that came through on Saturday with plenty
of snow and wind we did not loose power or antennas.  It was a good weekend to
be inside and on the radio.  I decided on single op assisted, single band
operation for ten meters.  I did make a number of contacts Friday night on 40,
20 and 15 meters and also on Saturday morning and evening when ten was not
open.  Those points go to YCCC and the Owls team effort. My all band score was
800 QSO’s and 805, 143 points for almost 24 hours of operation. 

With winds predicted to reach 60 mph or more Saturday afternoon I kept my 3
element quad at 30 feet for the entire contest.  As great as things were it
would have been much better to have it at 50 feet. But that was a risk I was
not willing to take at the first contest of the season.  Also I had no problems
with snow static.  Some experts claim that is because it is not high enough. 
The splatter may have made up for the lack of snow static.

I started on ten at 12:57 Saturday morning just as the band was opening here
and it was go all the time pouncing on packet spots.  I tried running once and
made about  five QSO’s before someone moved in on top of my 100 watts.  I
decided I would be a “packet pouncer” for the rest of the contest figuring
I would wast les time that way trying to establish run frequencies. 
Fortunately my mouse hand made it through without injury.  I also did not
bother to load the voice keyer with the contest exchanges. My voice lasted but
my wife did accuse me of yelling at the radio.  She pointed out correctly that
would not have been good in a multi operation.  In 40 plus years of marriage
she has learned more than I realized about the contest addiction.  

In all I had six hours with rates above 40/hour and two above 60/hour.  It’s
not running but I probably had more mults than were I running.  When I threw in
the tower at 2243 Sunday night I had a total of 800 QSO’s with 588 of them on
ten meters and some 124 countries and 31 zones for 265,050 points for ten
meters.  It has been a long time since I had 124 countries on ten meters in any
contest.  In fact I am not sure that I have ever had that many.  While I did not
set any record I believe that I did manage to increase my numbers for the DXCC
Challenge.  It will take me awhile to figure that out.

Meanwhile thanks to all the great operators in far distant lands who listening
for my signal and made it so much fun.  Our ears are collective well splattered
after this experience.  It will be fun to read others summaries and adventures.


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