2017 ARRL Sweepstakes CW

Call, Stn Op: N6ZFO

Class: "B"
QTH: SF
Operating Time (hrs): 21.5

Summary:
Band QSOs
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160: 0
80: 167
40: 269
20: 340
15: 238
10: 0
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Total QSO's: 1014 Sections = 80 Score = 162,240

Club: Mother Lode DX/Contest Club

Equipment: FT-1000MP MkV driving an Alpha-86

Antennas: Innov/Force 12/K7NV multi-monoband Yagi; 40m DE Zepp.

Comments: SS - the contest we love to to hate. No exception this year. Many participants, when asked for a repeat of, for example, Ck re-send the entire exchange. So these ops don't have any hand-sending capability. I won't even comment on behavior in the pile-ups. So I decided to pull the plug at noon Sunday. . . . but then remembered, you always want to quit Sweepstakes early Sunday, so soldiered on to finish 21.5 hours.

Down 6 multipliers at noon Sunday (Wtx, Me, Wy, PR, VI and Labrador).. then, on successive QSO's, worked WY and WTX. Much later in the afternoon, a weak W2 called in and, lo and behold, gave Me for his QTH. He was weak, almost in the noise, so had to work with him to verify all elements. . . fortunately a competent and cooperative op. He gave me number in the 20's.

Just trying to accumulate a few points for MLDXCC in the Mediium Club category.

73 Bill n6zfo