[SECC] ARRL SS CW 2002 at W4AN, Second Radio QSOs
Jeffrey Clarke
ku8e1@yahoo.com
Wed, 6 Nov 2002 10:18:12 -0800 (PST)
Here is my breakdown by section. GA was acually pretty rare... only
worked 8 stations. The SMC sure has their act together. I worked 61 IL
stations (the highest by a large margin)
73's Jeff
Mult QSOs
CT 7
EMA 14
ME 6
NH 11
RI 6
VT 5
WMA 3
ENY 12
NLI 8
NNJ 13
NNY 4
SNJ 11
WNY 15
DE 3
EPA 25
MDC 32
WPA 13
AL 6
GA 8
KY 11
NC 18
NFL 8
SC 2
SFL 6
TN 21
VA 27
WCF 10
AR 6
LA 5
MS 6
NM 7
NTX 20
OK 6
STX 27
WTX 4
EB 10
LAX 8
ORG 5
SB 4
SCV 20
SDG 3
SF 3
SJV 6
SV 11
AZ 15
EWA 7
ID 5
MT 2
NV 3
OR 10
UT 2
WWA 14
WY 3
MI 27
OH 31
WV 7
IL 61
IN 17
WI 30
CO 23
IA 4
KS 7
MN 28
MO 14
NE 4
ND 2
SD 4
NL 1
MAR 3
QC 4
ON 16
MB 2
SK 3
AB 2
BC 6
NWT --
PAC 1
AK --
PR 3
VI 4
--- John Laney <k4bai@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
> Hello all:
>
> I thought some of you might be interested in an analysis of second
> radio
> QSOs last weekend in ARRL SS CW from W4AN. I made 280 non-dupe QSOs
> on
> the second radio out of a total of 1323 non-dupe QSOs. Of course,
> some
> of those guys would have been worked on the main radio if I hadn't
> had a
> second radio, but I'm guessing that I would have lost an equal number
> of
> QSOs by not constantly CQing on the second radio if I had had to S&P
> some with the main radio. So 280 to the plus side might be a little
> high, but probably not a lot.
>
> This was my third or fourth SO2R experience, the others being the
> other
> two or three times that I did ARRL SS CW from Bill's QTH. I do not
> have
> my rigs set up for that at home, primarily because I barely have a
> set
> of one antennas per band.
>
> Hour Mins Total QSOs 2nd Radio QSOs
> 21Z 60 78 2 Getting used to things again.
> 22 60 73 4
> 23 60 78 10
> 00 60 78 8
> 01 60 64 17
> 02 60 82 7
> 03 60 88 7
> 04 60 78 8
> 05 60 68 14
> 06 60 71 13
> 07 18 12 7
> 08 0
> 09 0
> 10 0
> 11 0
> 12 37 28 15
> 13 60 57 16
> 14 60 44 18
> 15 60 52 17
> 16 38 24 9
> 17 44 35 11
> 18 60 42 10
> 19 60 43 13
> 20 60 42 13
> 21 60 35 14
> 22 60 29 10
> 23 60 31 3
> 00 60 27 9
> 01 60 35 11
> 02 41 29 11
>
> 23 hr, 56 min 1323 280 (Guess I should have operated 4 more min)
> Score: 211,680.
>
> It seemed to me that only a few mults were difficult this year. MS
> and
> WY seemed to be more highly represented than in many past years.
> There
> were only a few ops in VT and RI, but some of the RI stations were
> very
> active and VT was worked early (K1KD). There were only a few DE
> stations worked and I think two of the three were QRP, but W3PP was
> very
> active. SC could have been rare. I think only a few different SC
> stations were worked, but Don, W4OC, was so active that few should
> have
> missed the mult. Thanks also to SECC member George, W4BUW, for a SC
> QSO. AL stations seemed to be more active than in many CW SSs
> including
> K4NO, K4AB, W4NTI, and W4DEC, who had a big QRP effort.
>
> KP4 and KP2 were well represented compared to some years, both by
> visitors and stay at home ops. KH7X was very active, KH6DV was
> moderately active, and I also worked W3GW/KH6, who was QRP. All of
> the
> other states except MT seemed easy to find, including NE and the
> Dakotas, which can sometimes be difficult.
> MT was well represented by K7BG and, late in the contest, I found
> KS7T.
> But, it was probably the rarest of the US mults.
>
> In Canada, there were a fair number of Maritime stations QRV,
> including
> VE1AOE, who was CQing a lot. VE2s were better represented than they
> often are, including a DXpedition of sorts to the club station
> VE2CUA.
> I only worked three VE4s and one was QRP, so that could have been
> difficult. VE5, 6, 7 were well represented.
>
> The two last sections worked were the hardest. I didn't hear VY1JA
> the
> first day despite the second radio. I know that he was QRV
> especially
> on 28 mhz. I found him on the second radio on 10 M low in the band
> on
> Sunday afternoon when he had called someone and got a QSO by S&P. He
> then sent "down" and QSYed down a few khz to call CQ. It seemed that
> the band was just opening two way to him. There was a big pile up
> and
> his signal was weak. All the backscatter signals seemed to be
> stronger
> than Jay and covered him when he tried to answer somebody. I kept
> trying with the second radio and got him on about the fourth call.
> Later in the afternoon, his signals came up to be fairly strong and I
> am
> sure it was easier to handle the pileup then.
>
> Later in the afternoon, I still had not heard a KL7. I know now that
> KL7XX was quite active, but I never heard them at all. Finally, on
> the
> second radio I heard KL7J sign with someone on 28060. He was also
> very
> weak. I called, as did NT1N and others, but he answered no one.
> Finally someone said "QRX." Maybe that was KL7J. Anyway, after a
> while
> of calling and leaving the second radio on 28060, I moved on and
> found a
> few more new QSOs. I went back to 28060 about 10 minutes later and
> it
> was still quiet. But, I tried tuning 28060 again about 20 minutes
> after
> that and there was KL7J, still weak, but I got through fairly easily
> for
> mult #80. Very late in the contest, on the second radio, I heard
> KL7WV
> on 20 M doing S&P, but I couldn't figure out how to work him. I
> think
> he was going up the band and I was going down, so we didn't meet very
> often in my tuning the second radio. If I had still needed AK, I
> would
> have moved up the band a bit and called CQ with the antennas north
> for
> as long as it seemed likely I had a chance for him to answer me (and
> he
> probably would have unless the contest ended (or my remaining
> operating
> time ended) too soon.
>
> Haven't heard from K4GA and didn't work Archie in the contest.
> Congrats to all on the FB scores posted. Be sure to send in your
> score
> for South East Contest Club, no matter how small and we will add to
> the
> club score by a lot of SS Phone scores in two weekends. WB6BWZ is
> especially to be congratulated on his QRP score in just 17 hours.
> Thanks for the QSO, Matt.
>
> There were a number of GA, AL, and maybe SC and NC stations in the SS
> who are not yet signed up for SECC, but who are eligible for
> membership
> and club score counting. If you know any of these guys, let's get
> them
> on board! I didn't meant to slight Tennessee, but the TCG is so well
> organized, I doubt many TN stations within our circle would want to
> join
> to the exclusion of TCG, but it would be nice to have them in both
> clubs. This might help with multiop stations under some contest
> rules.
>
> Hope everyone has a good week.
>
> 73,
>
>
> John, K4BAI.
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