[SESprint] Fwd: SSC CW Sprint Team - W4AU

[Scott Robbins]

--- John Unger <w4au at verizon.net> wrote:

> Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2007 14:28:21 -0500
> From: John Unger <w4au at verizon.net>
> Subject: SSC CW Sprint Team - W4AU
> To: Scott Robbins <w4pa at yahoo.com>
> 
> Hi Scott -
> 
> I had a rough time last night, but am glad to see that you seemed to do 
> relatively well. I feel badly that I wasn't able to put more points on the 
> scoreboard for the "Team".
> 
> I don't seem to have write privileges to the SESprint reflector, so would 
> you please post this message there for me?
> 
> Thanks - John, W4AU
> 
> 
> NA Sprint CW Contest
> 
> Call: W4AU
> Operator(s): W4AU
> Station: W4AU
> 
> Class: Single Op HP
> QTH: VA
> Operating Time (hrs): 4
> 
> Summary:
>   Band  QSOs  Op Time
> ---------------------
>     80:  110     2.0
>     40:   74     1.5
>     20:   25     0.5
> ---------------------
> Total:  209    Mults = 35  Total Score = 7,315
> 
> Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club
> 
> Team: Southern Sprint Coalition
> 
> Comments:
> Pitiful score this time around; my worst in many years. I'm not sure
> what is going on, but I really have to carefully check out my KT-34A and
> see what is happening with it on 20 meters.
> 
> For the first time in the Sprint I almost quit after about 30 minutes
> last night. I was getting beat out every time I tried calling at the end
> of a QSO pair; very frustrating. I guess it didn't help that the band
> seemed to go to pot very early, too. I only stayed on 20 for about 30
> minutes and then went to 40.
> 
> Things were not very much better for me on 40, and it was hard to get
> anyone's attention there as well. Also, dodging the RTTY guys was a pain
> until things cleared out below about 7030. I got discouraged and almost
> threw in the towel again. I think one thing that kept me engaged was the
> fact that I had signed up for the SSC team.
> 
> Well, it wasn't all bad news. I went to 80 early and was pleasantly
> surprised to find a good bunch of Sprinters there already. I seemed to
> be a lot louder there, was holding my own in the piles, and made 85 Q's
> in the first hour there. Of course, towards the end I ran out of new
> ones to work and the rate dropped a lot, but it was fun while it
> lasted!
> 
> Nice to work the rest of the SSC group.
> 
> 73 - John, W4AU
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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