[3830] SS CW K8BL SO Unlimited LP

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                    ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, CW

Call: K8BL
Operator(s): K8BL
Station: K8BL

Class: SO Unlimited LP
QTH: OH
Operating Time (hrs): 23

Summary:
 Band  QSOs
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  160:     
   80:  189
   40:  279
   20:  233
   15:  193
   10:   59
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Total:  953  Sections = 83  Total Score = 158,198

Club: North Coast Contesters

Comments:

Scored about the same as last year, but found much less activity on 80 & 40
and more on 20/15/10.

Had 82 Sections before hitting the sack at 3 AM, only needing NT. It was nice
to be called by a NL instead of searching for one. I figured a NT would
finally
show up on Sunday in spite of none being spotted all day Saturday.

VE8EV showed up about Noon as I recall, but rude non-stop callers on top of
each other chased him away. Somebody spotted VY1EI doing S&P on 15M, so I
went
there and started CQ'ing. After about 2 hours, he called me for the Sweep!!

Last 3 Sections were NE, then KY and finally NT.

This year's gripe: Worked about half a dozen stations who purposely left out
their Call during their Exchange. It broke the rhythm/flow of the contact and
caused me to blow the Check and ask for a repeat since I was auto-programmed
to be expecting a Call instead of numbers. I remembered this since it seemed
like cheating to me to leave out a portion of the required Exchange. These
were not newbies, they were high-profile experienced operators. If I stated
their Calls, you'd recognize all of them, but I won't. IMHO, Rules are Rules!


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