[3830] SS SSB KD4D(@N3HBX) Single Op HP

Mon Nov 18 14:53:30 EST 2013

                    ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, SSB

Call: KD4D
Operator(s): KD4D
Station: N3HBX

Class: Single Op HP
QTH: MDC
Operating Time (hrs): 24
Radios: SO2R

Summary:
 Band  QSOs
------------
  160:     
   80:  266
   40:  821
   20:  178
   15:  269
   10:   99
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Total: 1633  Sections = 83  Total Score = 271,078

Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club

Comments:

Thanks again to John Evans, N3HBX, for letting me use his Poolesville station
again.  The new 40 meter stacked OWA antennas work great - as you can see from
my 40 meter numbers.  LOTS of those QSOs were on the inverted vee though.

What fun!  A personal best for me in SS SSB.  :-)  I did two things
differently:
1)  Really concentrated on maintaining a high run rate when conditions were
good.
2)  Changing bands or frequencies when rates seemed too low and not worrying
about holding a frequency for hours.

Previously, my best hourly rate on SSB in Sweepstakes was 100.  This year, I
had FOUR hours over 100 - including a 114 hour running on 40!

"Conventional wisdom" in MDC is to avoid the high bands and on
Saturday night, 80 meters is the place to be.  Well, I started on 10 and stayed
on 15 until I went to 40.  I didn't run on 20 meters until Sunday morning!

I couldn't get good runs on 80 Saturday night (or Sunday morning for that
matter) and ended up spending a lot more time on 40.  Sunday night, I couldn't
get good rates on 40 and went to 80 for the last hour or so.

This weekend showed that I have to be more flexible and CHANGE my plans if
something isn't working...even if it worked last year.

I heard LOTS of comments about how many MDC and VA stations were on...a good
sign!  A high point was an SSB QSO with N2YO - our first on SSB!  Great to hear
you, Chip.

Alberta was my last section for the sweep - VE4 and VE5 were EASY, but not
VE6.

Hourly rates and QSOs by section follow.

Thanks for the QSOs!

2013 Sweepstakes SSB - KD4D QSOs per band (Dupes removed)

       80      40      20       15      10      Hour Total
21	0	0	0	30	72	102
22	0	5	0	68	17	90
23	0	108	0	6	0	114
0	18	47	0	7	0	72
1	45	25	0	0	0	70
2	4	104	0	0	0	108
3	57	28	0	0	0	85
4	0	107	0	0	0	107
5	6	82	0	0	0	88
6	11	53	0	0	0	64
7	19	45	0	0	0	64
8	7	29	0	0	0	36
11	18	3	0	0	0	21
12	14	39	1	0	0	54
13	0	52	8	0	0	60
14	0	44	21	0	0	65
15	0	2	34	12	0	48
16	0	0	0	15	4	19
17	0	0	6	39	1	46
18	0	0	16	6	0	22
19	0	0	38	8	0	46
20	0	0	0	18	4	22
21	0	0	11	36	1	48
22	0	0	27	23	0	50
23	0	7	13	1	0	21
0	9	40	3	0	0	52
1	55	1	0	0	0	56
2	3	0	0	0	0	3
Total	266	821	178	269	99	1633

QSOs by section (Duplicates removed)
  MDC	78
   VA	75
   MN	62
  WWA	57
   IL	54
  SCV	51
   CO	48
   MI	48
   NC	46
   OH	45
  NTX	44
   OR	35
   SV	32
   AZ	32
   WI	30
   EB	30
   MO	30
   IN	27
  EPA	26
   AL	24
  WNY	23
  STX	23
  ENY	23
   KS	22
   TN	22
  SJV	22
   IA	22
  NFL	20
  LAX	20
   GA	20
  EMA	20
   NH	19
   NV	19
   CT	18
   AR	18
   MT	18
   SC	17
   SF	17
  NNJ	17
   NE	16
  ORG	16
   NM	16
  NLI	16
   LA	15
   UT	14
  WMA	13
   SB	13
   KY	12
  WPA	12
  SNJ	12
   BC	12
   MS	12
  WTX	11
   OK	11
  EWA	11
  WCF	10
   WY	10
   ME	10
    ID	9
   SFL	9
    WV	9
    VT	9
   ONE	9
   SDG	8
   ONS	7
    SD	7
    QC	7
    ND	6
   MAR	6
    SK	6
   PAC	5
    RI	5
   ONN	5
    DE	5
    AK	4
    MB	4
   NNY	4
   GTA	4
    NL	3
    NT	2
    AB	2
    VI	1
    PR	1

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