[NCC] Fwd: SS CW W1NN Single Op LP

Tue Nov 4 09:48:48 EST 2014

Hi Bob,

Thanks for the comments.  I read your 3830 report - great job.  You, me 
and Dan were pretty much in a dead heat.

I was wondering about the Unlimited category.  I know that it allows you 
to monitor the clusters and skimmer for mults but do you also use it to 
find new non-mult stations to work?  It seems to me that one really does 
not need much help in finding mults in Sweepstakes (especially if you do 
SO2R) because most ops have to do a lot of S&P and a decent full-time op 
will find most mults without help.  How much do you think being 
Unlimited helps you?

VO1HP had a big pileup when I came across him on Sunday afternoon. I got 
through pretty easily since he was loud and I had a good path to him.  
Later on, I heard him CQing on 20 meters with no takers and later 
another VO1 called me.  That was the toughest mult for me this year.

There was something on CQ contest about VY1EI.  Someone was planning to 
operate his station remotely but they had trouble setting up the 
equipment and only got on late in the contest.  The message noted that 
VY1EI was without an Internet connection for several months. Can you 
imagine being without the Internet for such a long time?  As you may 
remember, N6TR operated his station last year and made well over 1,000 
contacts.

I agree about those guys who leave their callsign out of the exchange.  
I can't imagine why they do it.  It must slow them down when many guys 
keep asking for repeats.

It's a little scary to see how many guys were sending Checks from the 
1950's and 1960's.  What's going to happen to this contest when we all 
go SK?

CU in the next one, Bob.

73, Hal W1NN

On 11/3/2014 7:38 PM, R.T.Liddy wrote:
> Hal,
>
> Very interesting writeup, as usual!
>
> As you said, Low Band activity was down. My 40 & 80 Q's were hundreds
> less than in previous years.
>
> VE8EV was on Sunday around Noon and I tried for 15 minutes. But, the pileup
> got so unruly that he suddenly went QRT when folks wouldn't stop calling when
> he tried to go back to someone. It became impossible for him. I lucked-out while
> CQ'ing on 15 later and VY1EI (QRP) called me for a Sweep!!! I wonder where
> VY1JA was this year.
>
> 73,      Bob K8BL
>
>
> ________________________________
>   From: Hal Offutt <hal at japancorporateresearch.com>
> To: Mad River Radio Club <mrrc at contesting.com>; North Coast Contesters <ncc at contesting.com>
> Sent: Monday, November 3, 2014 7:08 PM
> Subject: [NCC] Fwd: SS CW W1NN Single Op LP
>   
>
> Nice scores from K1LT and N8SS.  It seems that Earl and his station are
> back to their old selves.  Good news.
>
> I worked a lot of members, and managed to catch Jim K8MR at N8TR, AC8E
> and from home.  Imagine if everyone operated like Jim does!
>
>
>                       ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, CW
>
> Call: W1NN
> Operator(s): W1NN
> Station: W1NN
>
> Class: Single Op LP
> QTH: OH
> Operating Time (hrs): 23:15
> Radios: SO2R
>
> Summary:
>    Band  QSOs
> ------------
>     160:
>      80:  271
>      40:  417
>      20:  145
>      15:   84
>      10:   53
> ------------
> Total:  970  Sections = 82  Total Score = 159,080
>
> Club: Mad River Radio Club
>
> Comments:
>
> Mostly fun but somewhat disappointing since my final score was below last year's
> score which was made while operating remotely from Japan without SO2R.  I was
> operating from home this year with SO2R but I just couldn't overcome the slow
> rates on Sunday.  My goal was to set a new personal record but I fell short by
> about 100 QSOs.
>
> Good high band conditions are very helpful for stations on the West Coast and
> places like TX and FL, but they sure hurt us in Ohio and surrounding states
> because they suck up activity on 40 and 80 which are our key bands.  Since my
> station in particular is maximized for low band activity (in other words, I
> have crappy high band antennas) I think this hurts me even more than most.  In
> 2010, I was running on 80 at 2345Z and racked up 626 contacts there.  This year
> I couldn't get anything going until after 0130Z and even then rates were
> mediocre and I had less than half of my 2010 total contacts.  Of course, 40
> makes up for some of 80's loss, but, as many have noted, 40 was practically
> deserted on Sunday afternoon.  If you weren't running on the high bands on
> Sunday, you were losing.
>
> I had a few equipment problems this year.  My homemade SO2R box malfunctioned
> late Saturday night and was only half useable all of Sunday.  And several of my
> antennas have developed high SWR levels, requiring the use of the K3's tuner.  I
> really need to replace some coax cables and do some other PM.
>    
> I was really surprised to hear that there was a VY1 station on.  I tuned and
> tuned and tuned and never heard a peep from one.  Most of the other mults came
> pretty easily, although NL and WV had me worried.  I only remember working one
> station in PR, VI, WY and NE.  WV, SFL and EWA were also pretty rare.  On the
> other hand, sections that have been hard to find in recent years (MB, RI, KY)
> were well represented this time.  It seemed like every other station was from
> MDC.
>
> Until next year....
>
> 73, Hal W1NN
> Medina, Ohio
>
>
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