ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, CW
Call: W6YX
Operator(s): K6OWL W6KNS W6RK
Station: W6YX
Class: Multi-Op HP
QTH: SCV
Operating Time (hrs): 21:08
Summary:
Band QSOs
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160: 0
80: 85
40: 192
20: 230
15: 293
10: 0
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Total: 800 Sections = 80 Total Score = 128,000
Club: Northern California Contest Club
Comments:
Please see http://www.w6rk.com/ for more detailed rate graph and numbers.
We probably should add the 4th operator to the list: MU4PHY, Mr. Murphy. But
since he didnâ??t contribute any QSOs and only took them away, we wonâ??t.
Several problems shadowed this years participation. Some of the antennas are
under maintenance (20m 6-el, 80m 4-square) but that wasnâ??t supposed to slow
us down. The major obstacle happened Saturday night 6.30pm when FT-1000 MkV
went deaf. And really deaf, not like those stations that are spotted as deaf.
Most likely the receiver front-end died. So, we had to change to Yaesu FT-847
for the rest of the contest.
It took long time to troubleshoot and replace the rig, and brought additional
problems with amplifier keying and user unfamiliarity with the rig reduced our
QSO count. We were only 100W for the rest of the Saturday night until we had
the amplifier keying figured out and Sunday we were full power again.
Anyways, it was fun and we made the sweep. Our objective was to contribute as
much points as possible for the NCCC club contest and do our best in Collegiate
Championship.
Equipment:
Yaesu FT-1000 MkV & Yeasu FT-847
Alpha 78 amp (barefoot Saturday night)
Antennas:
Tribander: Force12 C31XR at 60 ft
15m: 6-el at 75 ft, 5-el at 25 ft
20m: 5-el at 36 ft.
40m: 4-el yagi at 65 ft, and inverted vee at 55 ft.
80m: inverted vee at 55 ft
Software:
Writelog 10.47E.
Please see http://www.w6rk.com/ for the rates.
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