[SCCC] SS CW W6PH SO HP

[W6ph at aol.com]

ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, CW

Call: W6PH
Operator(s): W6PH
Station: W6PH

Class: Single Op HP
QTH: Lone Pine, CA
Operating Time (hrs): 24

Summary:
Band  QSOs
------------
160:     
80:   69
40:  612
20:  257
15:  165
10:     
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Total: 1103  Sections = 80  Total Score = 176,480

Club: Southern California Contest Club

Comments:

One radio operation.  TS-930S, Amplifier.  40-2CD at 55 feet, A3S at 45 feet.

Started with an AL-1200 (1500 watts) that had problems with an arcing
bandswitch.  Changed to an SB-200 (400 watts) on Sunday morning.  Big
difference in responses to CQ's.

I was intimidated by the wall to wall signals on 20m and couldn't find a
frequency to call CQ, so mostly S&P on 20m.  

First sweep in over 50 years of SS.  Last three sections were SB, VO, and VE4.
I got called by VY1EI on 40m and damn near fell out of the chair.  Thanks,
Eric.

We should get double points for working QRP stations.  It's a lot of repeats 
to
pull them out.

It's been several years since I operated SS and this is my personal best 
ever. 
Great time.

73, Kurt, W6PH
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