[NCC] Fwd: SS CW K8MR Single Op HP

[Jimk8mr at aol.com]

ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, CW

Call: K8MR
Operator(s): K8MR
Station:  K8MR

Class: Single Op HP
QTH: Ohio
Operating Time (hrs):  5

Summary:
Band  QSOs
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160:    0
80:  232
40:   92
20:  105
15:    7
10:     0
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Total:  436  Sections = 70  Total Score =  61,040

Club: Mad River Radio Club

Comments:

This year my  annual SS tour was shortened a bit by a requirement to attend 
a
surprise  birthday party for my daughter's boy friend on Saturday evening. 
This
kept me  from my usual schedule of Saturday at N8TR and AC8E on the opposite
side of  Cleveland. So on Saturday I operated from home around the party  
times,
skipped my visit to K8AZ, and did Sunday at AC8E and N8TR.

I  was concerned that after the great conditions in CQWW SSB the week  
before,
people would be too burned out for SS. But the similar great  conditions 
for SS
made up for any burnout. Very nice after all those low  sunspot years to 
have 4
bands going at once, to have no skip zones on 40,  short skip on the higher
bands, and no aurora issues.