ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, CW
Call: KR2Q
Operator(s): KR2Q
Station: KR2Q
Class: Single Op QRP
QTH: fn20ru NNJ
Operating Time (hrs): 23
Summary:
Band QSOs
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160:
80: 251
40: 117
20: 166
15: 9
10:
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Total: 543 Sections = 77 Total Score = 83,622
Club:
Comments:
First, congrats to Tor and Kirk. WOW!
And VFB to the other guys in the top ten! Awesome job!
I was pretty psyched for this one. Last year was my first serious venture into
SS and I had a pretty good learning experience. This year was definitely going
to be better!
I got some nice input on time strategy from many you and I really thank you for
that! N2NC and K5ZD even sent me their previous logs for scrutiny! I spend
nearly 30 minutes on the LL with W2GD while he was driving around, telling how
to win...or at least what had worked for him. N2NC pointed me to an article he
wrote about winning strategies for SS. Short but sweet.
It was clear from the above that 40m would be key, but "all I had" was 2L at 80
feet and everybody was telling me to put up something "low." N2NC even called
me a few hours before the start to tell me that he had modeled my 2L and 80
feet and that it had a "bad" null for high angle.
So on Saturday afternoon I set about to put up a "low" 40m antenna. I did and
it was WAY louder than the yagi on the locals in mid-afternoon. Yup...I was
going to rock on this one!
As the SS started, I just didn't feel anything special...quite the opposite of
what Kirk experienced. It just seemed like a real slog. And that's pretty
much how it felt for the entire time.
Of course, it didn't help that I couldn't stay awake as per all of the great
tips I had received (my last Q before going to bed was as 0559). And even
worse, I didn't get back into the chair until 1254! :-( But I could still put
in a LONGER effort than last year, where I only did 18 hours.
As you can see from my score posting, 40m just did NOT play here. I made
exactly ONE qso on the "low" 40m antenna (because it was louder). Compared to
the other QRP scores, my breakdown just doesn't make any sense.
So, despite putting in 5 more hours than last year, I almost made the same
score as last year (yuck). I only made a few more Q's and worked 2 fewer
mults. :-(
Here is what I experienced when working other QRPers. Not very uplifting.
DATE TIME SENT WKD RX'ED Q's BEHIND
11/3/2007 2140 26 KB7Q 27 1
11/3/2007 2145 30 N4OGW 45 15
11/4/2007 0436 225 K4RO 344 119
11/4/2007 0503 237 K3AN 247 10
11/4/2007 0525 243 KC5R 296 53
11/4/2007 1512 323 N4JF 327 4
11/4/2007 1806 382 K0PC 384 2
11/4/2007 1927 410 N7IR 444 34
11/4/2007 2025 419 W6JTI 470 51
All very familiar calls. And I'm sure there are still some others who passed
me by. I worked 35 other QRPers...I'll be VERY lucky to make the top ten (and
I doubt that it will happen).
Working Kirk 7 hours in was downright depressing!
I missed NL, NT, and AK (never even heard NT).
Again, congrats to all the winners!
de Doug KR2Q
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