[SCCC] N6AA - CQ 160 CW

Art Goddard w6xd at ca.rr.com
Sun Jan 25 20:59:05 EST 2009


Dick,

We've all fallen asleep at the rig, so don't beat yourself up.  When faced 
with deep moral dilemmas such as "assisted or unassisted", I always ask 
myself, "What would Crusader Rabbit do?" 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3hHQvkUhJo

73, Art  W6XD


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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard J. Norton" <richardjnorton at gmail.com>
To: "SCCC" <sccc at contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, January 25, 2009 5:29 PM
Subject: [SCCC] N6AA - CQ 160 CW


>               CQ 160-Meter Contest, CW
>
> Call: N6AA
> Operator(s): N6AA
> Station: N6AA
>
> Class: Single Op HP
> QTH: California
> Operating Time (hrs): 8.5
>
> Summary:
> Total:  QSOs = 318  State/Prov = 51  Countries = 29  Total Score = 78,480
>
> Club: Southern California Contest Club
>
> Comments:
>
> Was away a good deal of the time, but still managed 15 Europeans, a high 
> number
> for me.
>
> 1st night - only called stations, keying manually and logging by computer.
>
> 2nd day - interfaced computer to rig.
>
> 2nd night - operated with rig keyed by computer including calling CQ at 
> times.
>
> ... err. Looks like the operator fell asleep at the rig for 15 minutes 
> around
> 0900 the second night with the CQ machine repeating. Telephone rang, and
> helpful competitor alerted me that many were calling and I was not coming 
> back
> to anyone. Gulp. Burning candle at both ends didn't work. Does this phone 
> call
> mean that I should enter as assisted?
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