[SCCC] ARRL Sweepstakes SSB

Michael Tope W4EF at dellroy.com
Wed Nov 19 18:05:14 EST 2008


John

I was tempted to activate W6UE in Pasadena for a few hours to see if I 
could get a "fresh meat" pileup going on Sunday afternoon. Sounds like 
it would have been a real feeding frenzy as soon as "LAX" hit the 
spotting network.

Wish I would have had the time to spare. Maybe next year.

73, Mike W4EF..........................


John wrote:

>                    ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, SSB
>
>Call: N6QQ
>Operator(s): N6QQ
>Station: N6QQ
>
>Class: SO Unlimited HP
>QTH: LAX
>Operating Time (hrs): 15.2
>
>Summary:
>Band  QSOs
>------------
>  160:     
>   80:   19
>   40:  414
>   20:  213
>   15:  212
>   10:     
>------------
>Total:  858  Sections = 80  Total Score = 137,280
>
>Club: Southern California Contest Club
>
>Comments:
>
>Lots of line noise, at times S9 level.  As WN6K put it, was at times hard to make out signals.  
>
>15 meters was almost as good as 20 this year.  No luck on 10 meters.  40 was the money band.  
>
>The most unusual:  LAX was RARE.  Many stations were looking for LAX.  Several stations stated I
>was their last section.
>
>Last year, work all 80 sections with 350 Q's.  This year -- over 500 Q's to complete sweep.
>
>Hope to have a sun spot for CQ WW CW.  In the Oct CQ WW SSB, their was a spot on Sat.  May the 30 day cycle
>will be working for the CW contest.
>
>73  John
>
>
>n6qq at msn.com 
>http://www.qrz.com/callsign/N6QQ 
>http://dx.qsl.net/cgi-bin/logform.cgi?n6qq
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