[SCCC] ARRL SS CW 2016

[Bob Grubic]

Contest: ARRL SS CW 2016

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Call: NC6Q

Operator: NC6Q

Category: Single Op Low Assisted

Station: NC6Q

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Club: Southern California

         Contest Club

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Summary:

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Band    QSOs     Mults

   7         16           11

 14         15             8

 21           5             3

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Total       36           22

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Score: 1,584     All S&P

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Simple Station:

  Kenwood TS-50

  Winkeyer

  Attic dipoles

  N1MM+ logger

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Comments: Couple hours in the seat with family commitments all weekend. Log
will be submitted as a check log. But I studied N1MM+ a little more under
contest conditions. I liked "turning the knob" with the keyboard up/down
arrows and sequentially jumping to spots going down the Bandmap, but
nothings beats the actual feel of knob turning. I also studied how I could
make my shack more ergonomically comfortable. My rig is on a shelf about 13
inches off the desk top (put there before I got into contesting, and pain
to move), so during the contest I designed an "armrest" for my right arm to
rest on and be able to turn the knob easier without incurring back and
shoulder pain while S&Ping. What a great improvement! My next setup will
have my main rig ON the desk top right in front of my right hand, while I'm
comfortably seated.


Regarding the topic on the CQ-Contest mailing list about repeating one's
call sign in the exchange, I did not hear one exchange where the other ham
did *not* send his call sign between the SN/Prec and the Ck/Section. Of
course, my sampling is very small. :)


Sometimes the progress that is made is not in the score.

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73,

Bob, NC6Q