[SCCC] SS CW W6PH Single Op 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
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160:    1
80:  147
40:  337
20:   309
15:  324
10:     0
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Total: 1118  Sections = 83  Total Score =  185,588

Club: Southern California Contest  Club

Comments:

One radio (IC-781, AL1200) CT-DOS 9.57  
Temporary Field Day antennas

More contacts on 160m than 10m.  I  listened to 10m a couple times but the
stations I heard were already worked  or would be worked on the other bands.

I had 81 sections when I went to  bed and picked up K1VSJ and VY1EI on 
Sunday
morning.  I heard VY1EI  several times later in the day and worked about 
four
more RI stations.   The other tough sections were NNY, ONN, and VT.

This is my fifth year of  just over 1100 contacts.  I haven't tried SO2R 
but it
may be the answer  to getting over that lower 1100 threshold.

The level of activity seemed  to be lower than in previous years.  The last
couple hours were really  tough with the CQ to answer ratio being 25 to 
one, or
it seemed that  way.

There seemed to be atmospheric noise on 40m on Saturday night which  masked 
some
of the very weak stations.  It wasn't there on Sunday  evening.  On the 
other
hand, 80m was more comfortable on Saturday  night.

Hours on each band:  80 - 3.3; 40 - 7.7; 20 - 6.8; 15 -  6.0.

Lots of OF's in this SS with CK's in the 50's.  I know how old  you  are!

73, Kurt, W6PH