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

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                    ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, CW

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

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

Summary:
 Band  QSOs
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  160:     
   80:  270
   40:  413
   20:  349
   15:   71
   10:     
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Total: 1103  Sections = 83  Total Score = 183,098

Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club

Comments:

Thanks to John Evans for letting me use his great station in Poolesville again. 
Everything worked.

I have a new toy:  a Microham u2r.  I'm testing it as a replacement for my SO2R
master.  I used it with LPT port (Classic) control and it worked well.  I really
like the feature that allows switching the headphones from stereo (one ear on
each radio) or automatic with a single keyustroke.  The SO2R master used a
rotary switch.  I'll try the Microham protocol (to get rid of the LPT port)
after Sweepstakes.  I expect it to work well either way.

Wow - that was a memorable last section (NT).  Perhaps the luckiest thing that
ever happened to me in a contest.

I had lost all hope of getting a sweep before my last break at 6:45PM EST.

After my last break (7:15PM), I though - "Well, I'll run on 40 and take a
pass through 20 meters on the second radio.  Might as well point the beam
roughly at KL7 - it isn't worth selecting the three-elements on the stack
though - low beam only".


I had been through the upper part of 15 and 20 several times with beams pointed
Northwest.  I decided to start at the bottom of the band since I had been at the
high end before.

First station on the band, CQing with no callers, was VY1AAA.  I found him
immediately after the break.  Couldn't hear him at all with the tower pointed
west.  Got him in one call - there was nobody calling. :-)

Date          Hour  Total 3_5   7     14    21    Total 
2015-11-07    21    86    0     0     69    17    86    
2015-11-07    22    78    0     31    40    7     164   
2015-11-07    23    70    0     37    33    0     234   
2015-11-08    0     66    0     21    45    0     300   
2015-11-08    1     64    37    27    0     0     364   
2015-11-08    2     57    36    21    0     0     421   
2015-11-08    3     61    46    15    0     0     482   
2015-11-08    4     59    14    45    0     0     541   
2015-11-08    5     48    18    30    0     0     589   
2015-11-08    6     47    35    12    0     0     636   
2015-11-08    7     40    13    27    0     0     676   
2015-11-08    8     15    7     8     0     0     691   
2015-11-08    11    20    17    3     0     0     711   
2015-11-08    12    41    30    11    0     0     752   
2015-11-08    13    31    5     23    3     0     783   
2015-11-08    14    36    0     19    17    0     819   
2015-11-08    15    35    0     10    25    0     854   
2015-11-08    16    33    0     2     21    10    887   
2015-11-08    17    15    0     0     10    5     902   
2015-11-08    18    42    0     0     28    14    944   
2015-11-08    19    12    0     0     6     6     956   
2015-11-08    20    26    0     0     16    10    982   
2015-11-08    21    13    0     0     11    2     995   
2015-11-08    22    36    0     30    6     0     1031  
2015-11-08    23    26    0     12    14    0     1057  
2015-11-09    0     22    0     18    4     0     1079  
2015-11-09    1     24    12    11    1     0     1103  
Total               1103  270   413   349   71


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