[SCCC] N6WS

[Bill Shell]

SCCCers,

I spent 23 hours operating the CQWWCW.  That was more time than I have 
dedicated to ham radio since the 2012 CQWWCW.  I need to take a lesson 
from W6TK, and enter more contests to get ready for my retirement 
years.  This contest was really a lot of fun, and I heard a lot of 
familiar stations on the bands that brought back fond memories of 
contesting.

To phase back into contesting, I thought I would try just pointing & 
clicking on the band-map just to see how many points I could get without 
really tuning the radio or running. That lasted until early Saturday 
morning when 80m seemed was pretty hot.  I decided to try running 
stations using low power, but after 30 minutes and only got 35 contacts 
I went back to pointing and clicking on high power.  So, all but 35 of 
my contacts came off the cluster.

I was a little disappointed the automatic antenna pointing in N1MM was 
broken in the latest version.  I wanted to keep my hands occupied with 
just the keyboard and mouse instead of reaching for the radio or antenna 
rotor control.

73, Bill
N6WS


                   CQWWCW Summary Sheet

        Start Date : 2013-11-22

     CallSign Used : N6WS
       Operator(s) : N6WS

Operator Category : SINGLE-OP
              Band : ALL
             Power : HIGH
              Mode : CW
Overlay Category : TB-WIRES
  Default Exchange : 3
        Gridsquare : CM95RA

              Name : Bill
           Address : 260 Mesa Road
    City/State/Zip : Nipomo  CA  93444
           Country : USA

      ARRL Section : SB
         Club/Team : SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CONTEST CLUB
          Software : N1MM Logger V13.10.2

         Band    QSOs    Pts  ZN    Cty
          1.8      11      23    7    7
          3.5      73     195   17   24
            7     110     309   27   68
           14     164     467   30   87
           21     264     759   32  111
           28     156     444   26   68
        Total     778    2197  139  365


             Score : 1,107,288

               Rig : Yaesu FT-1000MP MkV, AL-1200

          Antennas : CC X-9 @ 17m, 40m Dipole @ 17m, 80 & 160 Slopers @ 12m

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