[SCCC] 2019 ARRL SS Phone SOHP W4EF

[Michael Tope]

      Start Date : 2019-11-16

     CallSign Used : NI6W
       Operator(s) : W4EF

Operator Category : SINGLE-OP
Assisted Category : NON-ASSISTED
              Band : ALL
             Power : HIGH
              Mode : SSB

              Name : Michael Tope
      ARRL Section : LAX
         Club/Team : Southern California Contest Club
          Software : N1MM Logger+ 1.0.7704.0

         Band     QSOs     Pts  Sec  Pt/Q
          3.5      48      96   18   2.0
            7       1       2    0   2.0
           14      17      34   14   2.0
        Total      66     132   32   2.0


             Score : 4,224
               Rig : Electraft K3S, KPA500

          Antennas : 20/40M Parallel Inverted-Vees at 37ft
                     80M Vertical

           Soapbox : Not much of an effort. My main goal was to work out 
some of the kinks in my remote system for SSB operation. I definitely 
need a foot switch of some sort to mute/un-mute my headset microphone 
when I am listening, since the activation threshold of the VOX function 
in TeamViewer is way too unpredictable to safely leave the mic connected 
when listening. Also, the internet latency between my hotel room in 
Toronto and my station back in SoCal seemed uncomfortably long. This 
long latency combined with the extra mouse click needed to mute and 
un-mute my tx audio and the mouse clicks needed to go from the 
microphone enable/disable window back to N1MM+ in the TeamViewer remote 
desktop window, made for way too many instances of awkward pauses and 
doubling. Definitely lots of room for improvement. Nevertheless, it was 
still a kick to make some QSOs from the hotel room.

73, Mike W4EF................