[NCC] SS CW K8BL SO Unlimited LP

Dan w8car at buckeye-express.com
Thu Nov 12 09:45:38 EST 2015


Nice score Bob! I concurr with your ideas about condx and participation. CU 
@ AZ for WWCW

Dan 'CAR

-----Original Message----- 
From: R.T.Liddy
Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2015 4:54 PM
To: North Coast Contesters
Subject: [NCC] SS CW K8BL SO Unlimited LP

                    ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, CW

Call: K8BL
Operator(s): K8BL
Station: K8BL

Class: SO Unlimited LP
QTH: OH
Operating Time (hrs): 22

Summary:
Band  QSOs
------------
  160:    2
  80:  352
  40:  342
  20:  84
  15:  136
  10:    5
------------
Total:  921  Sections = 83  Total Score = 152,886

Club: North Coast Contesters

Comments:

The condx were OK, but not the best. WWV numbers were kinda crummy, but the
noise was down.

It seemed to me that activity was down a bit from previous years. A number 
of
the familiar Calls didn't end up in my Log. And, finding an open spot to CQ
wasn't much of a problem. There weren't many S/N's so high that made me say
WOW like in past years.

Worked all the Sections except NT before going to bed around 2:30 AM. There
were Spots for VY1, but I was never able to hear him. On Sunday, Spots for 
him
started showing up around Noon, but he was incredibly weak and the feeding
frenzy kept covering up what little I could hear. I succumbed to the desire
for Clean Sweep and spent way too much time trying to hear him well enough 
to
toss in my Call and it cost me well over an hour of operating on and off. In
mid-afternoon, I decided to give up. But, just before sunset, I gave him
another listen when he was spotted on 20M. After about 10 tries, I finally
got him!!!! YAHOO!!

This is my all-time favorite Contest in spite of the really long exchanges, 
but
once you get into it things just seem to flow. We've reached the point where
some of the Check Numbers (11, 12, 14, etc.) make you wonder if they  are
1912 or 2012!!!

BTW..... Looking over the Contest Summaries on 3830, there are a number of
Stations that have scores showing they worked 84 Sections. That's a pretty
neat trick since there only 83 Sections to work!?!?!?! Did a new Section
show up that I don't know about??? (HI-HI)
P.S.  You know it's time to take a sleep break when you start responding to 
your OWN EXCHANGE!!!


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