[SECC] SS CW AA4LR Single Op LP

[Bill Coleman]

                   ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, CW - 2020

Call: AA4LR
Operator(s): AA4LR
Station: AA4LR

Class: Single Op LP
QTH: Georgia
Operating Time (hrs): 3.5

Summary:
Band  QSOs
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 160:    0
  80:   50
  40:  102
  20:   28
  15:    5
  10:    0
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Total:  185  Sections = 61  Total Score = 22,570

Club: South East Contest Club

Comments:

Antennas:
80/40/20m trap dipole 10m high
160/80/40m trap inverted J with two radials at 6 feet high.

Equipment:
Elecraft K2/100 w/ KAT100 running 100 watts.

Comments:

Just a casual handing out of a few Qs. The antenna situation hasn't changed much at the Fulton County QTH. The 80/40/20 trap dipole worked well for this contest. I recently raised it from about 15 feet to 30 feet high, so that works better.

K2/100 was taken apart on Friday to install the K60XV option. It performed flawlessly over the weekend. However, today, Monday, it is showing some odd problems.

Was able to run effectively on early Saturday evening on 80m, and Sunday afternoon on 40m. Got the rate meter over 100 for a while, which surprised me.

Had one unpleasant glitch. When I stopped operating Saturday night, I left my rig on. Sometime about 1230z, the computer decided to start sending CQ SS on repeat. Just before church I had got an email from someone who was upset about me calling CQ and not answering anyone. I ran to the operating desk and stopped the computer. My apologies if these CQs caused anyone any wasted time.

On Sunday afternoon, I left the operating desk for a few minutes, only to come back and find the auto-repeat CQing AGAIN. I most definitely cancelled the CQ before I left. I do not believe my cats were involved in this.

I'm revising my operating procedures with N1MM and will switch the radio off when I'm away from the desk.


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Bill Coleman, AA4LR, PP-ASEL        Mail: aa4lr at arrl.net
Web: http://boringhamradiopart.blogspot.com
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