[SCCC] N6VR SS-CW

[Steve Long]

ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, CW

Call: N6VR

Operator(s): AC6T, KR6X, K6QD & N6VR

Station: N6VR
Class: Multi-Op HP
QTH: SB
Operating Time (hrs): 24


Summary:

  Band  QSOs
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   160:
    80:  211
    40:  481
    20:  586
    15:  100
    10:
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Total: 1388  Sections = 80  Total Score = 222,080

Club: Southern California Contest Club
Comments:

Nice to have the group back again for CW SS this year.  It's our 
annual reunion.

Saturday afternoon the Santa Ana winds were kicking up a lot of QRN, 
but fortunately it stopped around sundown.  80m was quieter than we 
had ever hoped for along with good propagation.  The phased verticals 
really seemed to be effective.

We did well on 20m but wondering how some of the other West Coast 
stations are doing so much better on 40m than us. We have seen this 
before during past SS efforts.

As Leigh, KR6X, pointed out, this is really a saturation 
contest.  The difference in number of QSOs between the top few in 
each category is not that great.  Digging out the stations you have 
not worked yet seems to make the Sunday effort, although slow at 
times, critical to doing well in the contest.

2 x FT1000MP
AL1200
Henry 3K
2 phased 80m verticals, 4 el KLM on 40 @ 70ft; 204BA on 20m at 80ft; 
5 el 15m at 40ft.