[3830] SS SSB K3KU Single Op LP

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                    ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, SSB

Call: K3KU
Operator(s): K3KU
Station: K3KU

Class: Single Op LP
QTH: MDC
Operating Time (hrs): 22

Summary:
 Band  QSOs
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  160:     
   80:  258
   40:  126
   20:   34
   15:   52
   10:   27
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Total:  498  Sections = 83  Total Score = 85,502

Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club

Comments:

Sent Prec "M" (and adhered to band change rules) because I expected two newbie
helpers might come Sunday toward end of 'Test.  They did not make it, so I
wound up being Single-Op.

My first big effort in SS SSB in over 30 years.  Many thanks to W3LPL for the
hand-me-down CT-DOS computer with the K1EA DVP and matching cable.

I know so little about operating 'phone that I had to put up a chart of the
band allocations so I would know where to look for QSOs.  My 'phone copying
skills improved in this 'Test so that by the end I was acceptable.  Still, I
think my LCR will be embarassing.  I just hope I don't get DQ'd for excessive
score reduction (HI).

Not having any 'phone experience, I can't say if the differences in band-QSO
breakdown from SS CW come from propagation, or from bigger disadvantage of Low
Pwr on 'Phone, or from differences in population densities.  I did have a
harder time getting thru pileups than I did on CW.  And even though
(NON-ASSISTED) sweep is easier on SSB, I'm delighted to get one from what my
wife calls "your little station" -- TS-850SAT and a 200-ft dipole in the trees,
about 55-ft up (improved just before SSCW).

Only laugh in this one: hearing K4XS send a report, "(NR) xxx BRAVO K H... uh,
I mean K 4 XS...."  I guess even Bill gets punchy.


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