[3830] SS SSB W0EEE School Club HP

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                    ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, SSB

Call: W0EEE
Operator(s): N0SSC KC0YDZ KD0MYA KC9TKA
Station: W0EEE

Class: School Club HP
QTH: Rolla, Mo
Operating Time (hrs): 18

Summary:
 Band  QSOs
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  160:    0
   80:   82
   40:  165
   20:  204
   15:  220
   10:    3
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Total:  674  Sections = 83  Total Score = 111,884

Club: 

Comments:

Another "successful" contest that didn't go without it's touch from
Murphy's Law. This was our first contest with the new beam antenna atop the
tower. It was a godsend from the dipole which, at best, would draw in about
20+dB of noise from the building below it -- which, thankfully, was
non-existent for this contest, making the low bands a blast. However, right
before the contest, we saw the beam was missing half of one of it's elements -
turns out it snapped right off and fell to the roof. We were lucky it's a log -
still tuned. 

The contest was great, signals were loud (QRPers were easy pickings), ops
played nicely, then another part of a different element snapped off of the
beam. Crazy to happen twice in one night! A through investigation must be done.


Despite that, we bested our previous years' score and can't await to see what
the next year might bring -- hopefully a SteppIR. We had lots of guest
operators from the college (Missouri S&T) who are aspiring to get their
license. We clocked out early to get on with our busy college lives, and to not
set the bar too high for next year. :D

Good fun, good coffee, broken beam, clean sweep!!!

73,
N0SSC


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