[3830] SS SSB W6NL(K5TR) Single Op HP
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ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, SSB
Call: W6NL
Operator(s): K5TR
Station: W6NL
Class: Single Op HP
QTH: SCV
Operating Time (hrs): 24
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band QSOs
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160: 0
80: 120
40: 547
20: 565
15: 565
10: 150
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Total: 1947 Sections = 83 Total Score = 323,202
Club:
Comments:
Continuing my desire to operate the sweepstakes contest from different parts of
the country this year I headed out to W6. Dave - W6NL invited me to come out
to his fine station and see what the contest is like form Northern California.
The W6NL station is located in Las Gatos, CA on a 3500 foot mountain top that
has a view of a lot of the Santa Clara Valley Section. During my stay the
visibility was quite good and the view out the windows is amazing.
The contest was difficult for me this year - I only had three hours over 100
and had one of the worst Saturdays rate wise that I have had in a long time. I
am not sure if it just my poor operating / band choices or if the conditions
were really that difficult. As always - and even more so from out west - was
hoping I could stay on 15 and 20 as long as possible just did not work out and
the band change from 15 to 20 proved to be difficult for me and I had another
poor hour early in the contest. 20 meters closed in the 01z hour - way to early
- and forced me to find a home on 40. After such a poor start I was pretty far
behind most of the stations and from then on I was just hoping that Sunday
would be really good. I took all all of my off-time over night and was in the
chair on Sunday from before sunrise until the last 20 minutes of the contest.
That makes for a very long day. Again on Sunday 20 meters closed early and I
was back on 40 meters when it was still light outside. The only upside to that
was getting to work some of the many W6 stations that are hard to work when you
are in W6. This is a big disadvantage to the W6 SS contesters - they do not get
to work all of those casual stations on the high bands that most of the rest of
the country gets to work. So far it has been interesting doing this contest
from some different stations and from different places in the country. I
suspect it will be even more different and more interesting doing this contest
from stations east of the Mississippi river.
Great scores from W7WA, NR5M, N2IC, AA5B(with his dipoles again I bet) and many
others. It looks like 40 and 20 were good to some of the stations to the east
based on the numbers. Thanks for all the contacts and another fun SS.
This is my 33nd high power single op entry and my 37th ARRL SSB SS contest.
You can see a summary of my results here:
http://www.k5tr.net/ssb-ss.html
My operating was not that great - but the station was fantastic.
In the weeks before I arrived Dave took care of some issues he was having with
one of his amps and one of his radios and even managed to find a few spare
radios to add to his inventory in the event of a failure. He also put a spare
amp next to the operating position - as Dave said to keep the other amps
honest.
The station:
2x Kenwood TS-950SD
2x Alpha 87A amps
10m 7 el @ 32'
15m 6 el @ 34'
20m 5 el @ 70'
40m 2 el @ 70'
80m 2 el wire beam @ 140'
All are W6NL designed, built and modified to survive the high winds he gets at
his mountain top location.
Dave and Barb were fantastic hosts, keeping me well fed during my stay and
allowing me to invade their house and station for the weekend. I had a great
time.
You can see a few photos here:
https://goo.gl/photos/XMm1uJfhDaKeUtSC8
Lots-o-numbers:
BAND Raw QSOs Valid QSOs Points Mults
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80SSB 121 120 240 3
40SSB 553 547 1094 3
20SSB 573 565 1130 16
15SSB 568 565 1130 61
10SSB 150 150 300 0
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Totals 1965 1947 3894 83
Final Score = 323,202 points
CALLSIGN: W6NL
CONTEST: ARRL-SS-SSB
CATEGORY-OPERATOR: SINGLE-OP
CATEGORY-TRANSMITTER: ONE
OPERATORS: K5TR
-------------- Q S O R a t e S u m m a r y ---------------------
Hour 160 80 40 20 15 10 Rate Total Pct
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2100 0 0 0 0 121 0 121 121 6.2
2200 0 0 0 0 147 0 147 268 13.8
2300 0 0 0 38 56 0 94 362 18.6
0000 0 0 0 119 0 0 119 481 24.7
0100 0 0 0 85 0 0 85 566 29.1
0200 0 0 96 1 0 0 97 663 34.1
0300 0 0 108 0 0 0 108 771 39.6
0400 0 5 77 0 0 0 82 853 43.8
0500 0 49 32 0 0 0 81 934 48.0
0600 0 19 39 0 0 0 58 992 51.0
0700 0 25 24 0 0 0 49 1041 53.5
0800 0 5 2 0 0 0 7 1048 53.8
0900 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1048 53.8
1000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1048 53.8
1100 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1048 53.8
1200 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1048 53.8
1300 0 15 5 3 0 0 23 1071 55.0
1400 0 0 0 77 1 0 78 1149 59.0
1500 0 0 0 84 9 0 93 1242 63.8
1600 0 0 0 30 23 8 61 1303 66.9
1700 0 0 0 0 78 1 79 1382 71.0
1800 0 0 0 0 48 3 51 1433 73.6
1900 0 0 0 0 1 67 68 1501 77.1
2000 0 0 0 0 26 37 63 1564 80.3
2100 0 0 0 0 24 34 58 1622 83.3
2200 0 0 0 46 31 0 77 1699 87.3
2300 0 0 0 73 0 0 73 1772 91.0
0000 0 0 63 8 0 0 71 1843 94.7
0100 0 0 64 1 0 0 65 1908 98.0
0200 0 2 37 0 0 0 39 1947 100.0
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Total 0 120 547 565 565 150 1947
Gross QSOs=1965 Dupes=18 Net QSOs=1947
Unique callsigns worked = 1947
The best 60 minute rate was 150/hour from 2154 to 2253
The best 30 minute rate was 168/hour from 2223 to 2252
The best 10 minute rate was 186/hour from 2244 to 2253
The best 1 minute rates were:
4 QSOs/minute 14 times.
3 QSOs/minute 143 times.
2 QSOs/minute 436 times.
1 QSOs/minute 590 times.
U.S. Call Areas Worked
Area QSOs Pct
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0 218 11.2
1 161 8.3
2 190 9.8
3 142 7.3
4 279 14.3
5 179 9.2
6 158 8.1
7 142 7.3
8 198 10.2
9 194 10.0
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Total 1861 95.6
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