[NCC] Fw: NA Sprint CW W1NN LP

[Hal Offutt]

I worked six of the other nine members of our team, including K3LR twice. 
Missed KL7RA, K2UA and N8SS.  N8EA was very weak here.  K9NW was my last 
QSO.  Other than team members, I worked KW8N and K8MR each on three bands, 
and W8UE once, so there was a lot of MRRC/NCC activity this time.

Let's do this again.


                    NA Sprint CW Contest

 Call: W1NN
 Operator(s): W1NN
 Station: W1NN

 Class: Single Op LP
 QTH: OH
 Operating Time (hrs): 4

 Summary:
 Band  QSOs  Op Time
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   80:   70
   40:   80
   20:   39
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 Total:  189    Mults = 43  Total Score = 8,127

 Club: Mad River Radio Club

 Team: MRRC+NCC

 Comments:

 TS-930 and G5RV @ 35'.

 First time operating a Sprint from the (somewhat) new QTH.  Antenna had 
been
 knocked down by a storm in June and I finally repaired it Sat afternoon. I
 figured I could make at least 225 contacts with this setup but it wasn't to 
be,
 in spite of what seemed to be good condx and less QRN than expected.  20 
was
 brutal and if anyone else was calling I had little chance of getting 
through.
 A few stations couldn't hear me even when nobody else was calling.  40 and 
80
 were much better and I even had quite a few answers to QSO's.  I remember
 getting beat in the piles at least three times on different bands by W8UE. 
The
 final insult was reading later that he was operating from his car with a 
mobile
 antenna! I guess I have some work to do.  On the plus side, this was one of 
my
 best mult totals ever I think.  Heard but didn't work PEI, NV, and I think 
one
 more.  Working WAS in the Sprints is very much possible now.  Too bad there
 isn't more non-US N.A. activity.

 Recently I have been working very few Ohio or neighboring state stations in 
the
 Sprints.  With the long skip on 80, I wonder if it wouldn't be a good idea 
for
 us Midwesterners to start out on 80 to make sure we work each other.

 Sure missed working Phil.  I had a nice dinner with him in Japan not that 
long
 ago.  He was a very nice man and one of the best CW ops on the planet.  RIP 
old
 friend.

 Love the CW Sprint.

 73, Hal W1NN
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