[SCCC] RTTY WPX WU6CC(N6ERD) SOAB HP

Mon Feb 11 08:30:55 EST 2013

Wow!!  Outstanding SOAB score Dan. Congratulations.
I show WU6CC was spotted 54 times between spots and skimmers.

73, Bill
N6WS

On 02/10/2013 10:22 PM, Daniel Severance wrote:
> Noted score was 1.3M at 24 hour point, ~19 hours worked
> Band   QSOs    Pts    WPX
> 3.5    124     438     61
> 7      689     2816    316
> 14     429     977     115
> 21     599     1664    215
> 28     38      85      23
> Total 	1879    5980    730
> Score:	4,365,400
>
> Station Tribander at  97 feet, 5 Element 15Meter stack currently fixed on EU, 2 element 40M XM240 at 91 feet, 80M inverted V and inverted Ls.  K3 into AL-1200 fed so only running about 700W. Grid square FN41AJ, Ledyard, CT.
>
>
> 20M was an afterthought until 15M died early today so I was “forced”
> to move to 20M (which prompted to my move to the station with the
> working rotor) – I am actually much more comfortable on the FT-1000MP as I used that during the LDC last year.
> I tried to copy what I could into the new N1MM install which led the
> log window to be full screen or nothing (meant it was always
> minimized/closed) and the Check window was somewhere off screen for the
> first evening/night – very tough to keep track that the data got saved
> correctly (log) and check the calls (check window).  Took the time to
> fix all before starting in on Saturday morning
> Never get used to working EU and being able to work all of US off the back of the beams (even the 5 Element 15s!  Likely missed a lot of US, but they count much less in this contest so it's a fair trade :)  Worked Jim, K6ZH that way :)
>
>
>                      CQ WW RTTY WPX Contest
>
> Call: WU6CC
> Operator(s): N6ERD
> Station: W1AN
>
> Class: SOAB HP
> QTH: CT
> Operating Time (hrs): 39.5
>
> Summary:
> Band  QSOs
> ------------
>     80:  124
>     40:  689
>     20:  429
>     15:  599
>     10:   38
> ------------
> Total: 1879  Prefixes = 730  Total Score = 4,365,400
>
> Club: CT RI Contest Group
>
> Comments:
>
> My first time running this contest in a competitive station other than small S&P
> efforts.
>
> Scrambling as the Multi-op became a single op due to the storm.  The version of
> N1MM on the main computer hung when started so finally had to uninstall and
> reinstall and was scrambling to get it going before the contest.  Spent too
> much time trying to set it for multi-op in case some ended up making it, should
> have just focused on getting it going for single op.
>     Started 15 mins late and then took naps both nights for a total of 8 hours
> off - might have rethought that if I had thought I would do this well - at
> least and earlier start both days would have been in order.
>
> Thanks to John, W1AN for suggesting I come Thursday night to beat the storm -
> had a lot of fun - main issue was running on 15M and suddenly a number of
> stations were calling me N1IBM - little did I know an N1 (likely too close for
> me to hear) had set up shop on my frequency.  Realized I may have worked a
> number of people who instead logged me as N1IBM (they were responding to me),
> meaning I have no idea which mults I lost, etc. - Stopped there, ate and
> regrouped and had to find a new run frequency.  I did notice later I had been
> ted twice, the second noting QRG with N1IBM.  That wasn't a long time but
> it will affect my score depending on how many QSOs/Mults are affected.  It
> explains why one of my mults came back right away trying to get my number after
> we'd worked - he must have realized that he needed me (WU6 - very rare) more
> than the N1!  From my view at the time we had just worked...
>
> Other than that - A great learning experience - it's a big difference having a
> 4 hour run with a rate over 80 QSOs/hour versus the leisurely S&P.  In total 12
> hours running at rates over 68 QSOs/hour!  In kluding the station together I
> didn't have time to perfect the call stacking but late in the contest realized
> I could do it using the delay between ESM enter and the message finishing...
>
> Last issue was the rotor would not go past 100 degrees, meaning I had to work
> EU off the skew of the tribander, not an issue on 15M as I could use the
> stacked 5 Element 15s which were fixed on EU.  Last few hours of the contest it
> dawned on me I could move (moved, not SO2R) to the other station (as I had N1MM
> networked) and use the tribander there with the working rotor.
>
> The good news is I learned things by the end of the contest so I'll do better
> next time - usually I have John, W1AN to bail me out when things go wrong so it
> was interesting fending for myself!
>
> At the beginning of the contest power dropped in and out twice which is why I
> operated with the K3 (where the 15M stack is AND the computer on a UPS).  It
> never went off permanently, but did mess with me for the first hour as it
> happened twice - first time I went upstairs to see what was going on and John's
> wife gave me some candles just in case.  Second time I just waited for it to
> stabilize and got going again.
>
> A lot of time spent asking for numbers the first night as 40 late and 80 were
> pretty noisy, so getting any number was tough and often a different number
> appeared every pass...
>
> I look forward to doing it again - next time I'll try to power through the full
> 48 hours, or choose better and shorter off times - I had researched nothing
> about running an single OP as I thought I was going to be the least experienced
> member of a multi-2!
>
> When it was clear it was likely to be a single OP, I decided Pat would want to
> use his call (NG1G) to operate from home, so I chose the club call WU6CC used
> by myself and WA6L, recently SK - a nice way for me to remember him.  Check the
> WU6CC QRZ site for a classic example of WA6L's humor!
>
> 73
> Dan
> N6ERD
> WU6CC
>
>
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