[RSM] Sweepstake Results

[Richardson, Ed]

Wow Harm!

Your results are much like the east coast stations with more Q's on 80m than the other bands.  Great effort and well done!

I am afraid with the declining sunspots the next few years will see Sweepstakes turn into a low band contest for all the east coast stations. With such a huge population base, all the W1, 2,3,4,8,9 statins can work each other virtually non stop 24hrs per day. They would only need to come to 20m to work the western half of the continent  for the mults.

I noticed that 40m was open coast to coast all day Sunday. While most of us were on 20m squished together, many east coast stations enjoyed the wide open, QRM free environment on 40m working each other all day. I have to admit it was great to pick up the close in MN, ND, and NE mults. Signals aren't as strong but there was no QRM.

Of course when 40m goes long, the east coast just switches to 80 for continued local QSO's. 

Harm, you are a trailblazer amongst us flat landers!  

Ed 
-----Original Message-----
From: RSM [mailto:rsm-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Harm Hazeu
Sent: Monday, November 21, 2016 4:27 PM
To: rsm at contesting.com
Subject: [RSM] Sweepstake Results

Here is my results.........

ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, SSB

Call: VA4HZ
Operator(s): VE4HAZ
Station: VA4HZ

Class: Single Op LP
QTH: MB
Operating Time (hrs): 22.02

Summary:
 Band  QSOs
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  160:
   80:  101
   40:   63
   20:   85
   15:   15
   10:
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Total:  264  Sections = 73  Total Score = 38,544