[3830] SS CW VE3VN Single Op QRP

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                    ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, CW

Call: VE3VN
Operator(s): VE3VN
Station: VE3VN

Class: Single Op QRP
QTH: ONE
Operating Time (hrs): 

Summary:
 Band  QSOs
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  160:     
   80:   31
   40:  270
   20:  106
   15:  119
   10:   44
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Total:  570  Sections = 80  Total Score = 91,200

Club: Contest Club Ontario

Comments:

My first SS in many, many years. Doing it with QRP was...interesting. it was a
lot easier in the 1970s as a VE4. Rate was so low that it got tedious halfway
through, and I took extra off time. It got really slow towards the end when
many ops reach their 24 hour limit. I had lots of time to snack on left over
Halloween treats.

No doubt that 40 is the go-to band in this part of the continent. Even with QRP
I got some half-decent runs going. Although 15 and 20 did produce CQing results
late in the contest when the bands became quieter.

Did not hear NT, WY or VI. Some fairly common sections like QC, NE and NNY I
only picked up right near the end. Some sections only have casual S&P
operators so if, like me, you're mainly confined to S&P as well, they're
difficult to work.


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