[SCCC] 2017 ARRL SWEEPS - WN6K SSB SOAB LP

Mark Schoonover mark at ka6wke.net
Wed Nov 22 23:06:58 EST 2017


Paul,

Out of curiosity on your packet comment, is packet different than telnet
into a cluster?

On Nov 22, 2017 12:15, "Paul - cox" <WN6K at cox.net> wrote:

> ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, SSB
>
> Call: WN6K
> Operator(s): WN6K
> Station: WN6K
>
> Class: Single Op LP
> QTH: VISTA, CA
> Operating Time (hrs): 22.5
>
> Summary:
> Band  QSOs
> ------------
>   40:  260
>   20:  212
>   15:  214
> ------------
> Total:  686  Sections = 81  Total Score = 111,132
>
> Comments: Nearly all SSB contests are 40-15 these days. Because of no 80m,
> I went to 40m early Sunday afternoon to dig out the last three mults I
> needed from W6. (LAX,SJV & SB)
>
> The only two mults I could not find were PR & VI but if you don’t use
> packet, it makes it just a stroke of luck sometimes. I did tell someone
> local though, my final score was only affected by 2500 points lower.
>
> Sunday afternoons are always dismal and I was just too darned tired to
> last the final hours working one or two.
>
> My last Mult in VEland was QC & I spent 25 minutes calling in that pileup.
>
> WN6K, Paul
>
> WN6K
>
>
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>
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