[SCCC] ARRL Sweepstakes SSB

[Milton Garb]

Yes ma'am...
You're telling everyone that YOU were out there and in the contest...
And it really takes a lot of work to put on a contest. Turning in your log, 
regardless of the score says, "Thank you for putting on the contest."
Milton
W6QE

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kate Hutton" <katehutton at gmail.com>
To: <W4EF at dellroy.com>
Cc: <sccc at contesting.com>
Sent: Sunday, November 22, 2009 9:50 PM
Subject: Re: [SCCC] ARRL Sweepstakes SSB


> On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 9:09 PM, Michael Tope <W4EF at dellroy.com> wrote:
>
>> Kate,
>>
>> Score = #QSO x 2 QSO points/QSO x # Multipliers
>>
>> 714 = 21 x 2 x 17
>>
>> You can use the following application to convert a paper log into a
>> Cabrillo file and then submit it to ARRL
>>
>> http://www.b4h.net/cabforms/arrlssssb_cab3.php
>>
>>
> Thanks.  Are there any advantages to actually submitting such a low score?
>
>
>> I don't have any experience with the Gap Eagle, but from what I hear that
>> performance of the GAPs can be all over the place depending on the band 
>> and
>> the model. There is one model that is notoriously bad on 20 meters while 
>> at
>> the same time pretty good on 40 meters (might be the Voyager).
>
>
> This antenna is pretty strange.  15 m is completely unusable; the SWR is
> wacko.  10 m is fine (or at least tunable), 12 m is fine, 17 m is fine, 20 
> m
> is fine.  No-one has been able to satisfactorily explain to me why this 
> is,
> except that "there is other metal in the area" (such as dog runs in the 
> back
> yard).
>
>
>> I've been running some comparison tests between a Cushcraft R7000 with 
>> the
>> base at about 8' and inverted-Vs at 35' (80/40/20 meter inverted Vs with 
>> a
>> common apex). On close-in stuff (out to say 500 miles), the inverted-Vs
>> clobber the R7000. On longer distance stuff (> 1000 miles) the R7000 is
>> often equal and occassionally better in terms of absolute S-meter 
>> reading,
>> but almost always more noisy than the inverted-Vs. Depending on the time 
>> of
>> day, that might explain why you did better on 20 than 40 (if 40 is 
>> primarly
>> supporting short skip a vertical can put you at a big disadvantage 
>> compared
>> to a horizontal antenna).
>>
>>
> Comparing similar skip distances, eastern & midwestern US, my impression 
> is
> that fewer stations hear me on 40 m than on 20 m.  I had already noticed 
> in
> my CW experiences, both far & near, on 20 m stations can copy me & I can
> barely copy them.  On 40 m it's the other way around.
>
> Kate
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