[3830] SS CW K8BKM SO Unlimited LP

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                    ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, CW

Call: K8BKM
Operator(s): K8BKM
Station: K8BKM

Class: SO Unlimited LP
QTH: MI
Operating Time (hrs): 24

Summary:
 Band  QSOs
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  160:     
   80:  280
   40:  245
   20:  192
   15:   82
   10:   13
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Total:  812  Sections = 82  Total Score = 133,168

Club: Mad River Radio Club

Comments:

No Clean Sweep. Heard both NT stations but not well enough to exchange reports.


Took my tower and antennas down one week before the contest for much-needed
maintenance. Everything went back up around noon the day of the contest. I was
sweating bullets. 

Everyone said the bands would be destroyed by a CME, but I found conditions to
be quite nice, except to the NT. 

My first-ever SS entry after hamming for almost 40 years. I found running UL to
be like shooting ducks in a barrel. Not very challenging, but fun nonetheless. I
did like using my own RBN spot signal reports into different parts of the
country as a way of judging how productive running would be. 

The concentration required to copy a lengthy exchange is fatiguing, even with
the call history database. I can't imagine running SO2R as well. 

I took one long five hour sleep / breakfast / shower break from 3am - 8am,
which only left me two half-hour breaks on Sunday. Might do it slightly
differently next time.

Fun, rewarding weekend.


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