[SCCC] N7DA 2021 SS CW

[Drew Arnett]

Forgot:  single op low power unassisted

On Tue, Nov 9, 2021 at 2:55 PM Drew Arnett <arnett.drew at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Claimed score:   18792  (Adjusted from raw output below after deducting
> operator who didn't answer my CK? fill request.)
>
> Operated portable with 15 and 20m 1/4 wave whips on vehicle from nearby park.
> Horizon isn't perfect there, but at least it's not on the wrong side of the
> neighborhood mountain.  :-)  Besides the antenna, tested out other portable
> contesting gear I have been accumulating.  25 pound 1300 W-hour batter worked
> great with a KX3/KPA100.
>
> Time worked:  about 6 hours less about an hour for lunch break, fooling around
> with experimental portable radio setup, talking to neighbor, etc.  First hour
> was about 50 QSOs/hour sustained.  So either the portable location was better
> than home or the SFI helped.  Ran laptop (about 35W) instead of Raspberry Pi
> (only 5W).  Need to work on gooseneck/brackets/mounting for display and rig.
>
> Was able to run and did so quite a bit.  But also did a few sweeps S&P of both
> bands.  With whip antennas and 100W, didn't try to fight the big pileups.
>
> States worked:  AK AL AR AZ CO MA NY PA GA IA ID IL IN KS KY LA CA MD
> ME MI MN MO MT NC NE FL NH NJ TX OH OK OR HI SC SD TX TN VA WI NY PA
> WV WA WY
>
> Territories, provinces, etc., worked:  BC, Ontario (GTA, ONN), PR
>
> The rest of the report below is generated by my HB contest logger when it
> spat out the cab file.  TODO:  generate a nice map plot of sections worked
> or sections missed!
>
> Fun stuff!
>
> Drew
> n7da
>
> -----snip-snip-----
> DUPE:   20211107 184754 14037450 CW N7DA 54 A 90 SDG W4DAN 234 A 58 TN
> DUPE:   20211107 210708 21027320 CW N7DA 128 A 90 SDG K8LX 940 M 64 MI
> QSOs:   175
> Sections worked:   54
> Score:   18900
> band #QSOs
> 14.0 103
> 21.0 74
> Sections worked:   AK AL AR AZ BC CO EMA ENY EPA GA GTA IA ID IL IN KS
> KY LA LAX MDC ME MI MN MO MT NC NE NFL NH NLI NNJ NTX OH OK ONN OR PAC
> PR SC SD SDG SFL SJV STX TN VA WCF WI WMA WNY WPA WV WWA WY
> Sections not worked: AB CT DE EB EWA MAR MB MS ND NL NM NNY NT NV ONE
> ONS ORG PE QC RI SB SCV SF SK SNJ SV UT VI VT WTX
> mult #QSOs (for those worked more than once)
> IL 11
> MDC 10
> VA 9
> OR 9
> MN 8
> WWA 8
> STX 7
> TN 6
> SDG 6
> MI 6
> OH 5
> GA 5
> NFL 5
> EPA 5
> WNY 5
> BC 5
> NNJ 4
> MO 4
> CO 4
> SD 3
> NTX 3
> WI 3
> NC 3
> SJV 2
> NLI 2
> NH 2
> LA 2
> EMA 2
> IN 2
> MT 2
> AL 2
> WCF 2
> PR 2
> KS 2
> IA 2