SWEEPSTAKES SSB SUMMARY SHEET
Contest Dates : 16-Nov-96, 17-Nov-96, 18-Nov-96
Callsign Used : AE0M
Operators : AE0M, N0BBS
Category : MS
Default Exchange : # B AE0M 67 SCV
Time : 18 hrs
email : becker@sprintmail.com
RIG : FT-990, FL-7000, and 486DX2-66 MHz running TRLog v 5.89
Power : 500W
Team/Club : Northern California Contest Club
BAND Raw QSOs Valid QSOs Points Mults Antenna
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40SSB 132 132 264 25 40m Inv. Vee @ 20'
20SSB 184 184 362 27 20m Inv. Vee @ 24'
15SSB 91 91 182 26 40m Inv. Vee @ 20'
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Totals 407 407 808 78
Final Score = 63024 points.
SSB: I had to leave twice to do quick production jobs at work, and my younger
brother was in town from New Hampshire so had to make time for a visit, and
Celia was too bushed from yard and housework (several repairs and out of town
trips piled up the work) for more than a few hours effort on Sunday. Just a
18 hr. total.
This is the lowest number of Qs I have ever gotten a sweep with. Until Fred
Laun, K3ZO, told me during our QSO, I did not realize we had already bagged a
SNJ with W2YR. I spent some time during the last hour calling for an insurance
SNJ but never heard another one.
The HOA BoD put a note in their November newsletter soliciting anyone with
interference problems, especially on weekends, to call the office to lodge a
complaint. Apparently the note of last February produced only complaints about
the Salsa music in the telephones from the 50 KW AM broadcaster just 1/4 mile
west of our development. They also sent my friendly neighbor a letter telling
him that giving me permission to support one end of my 40m dipole by a string
tied to the top of his deck cover is a violation of the CC&Rs. They did not
cite which provision he was in violation of, though. Thus far he has elected
to ignore their letter and will give me a copy if he can find it again.
We spent about an hour on Sunday afternoon reducing the recently appeared 15m
RFI on his big TV to a barely noticeable level by application of big ferrite
toroids on the coax cable both into and out of his VCR. I also moved the end
of the 40m dipole back 15 feet further away to the garden wall. The
trespassing persons acting under color of authority of the HOA BoD may be able
to reach it there, but they are on notice as per our lawyer's last letter to
theirs they will be committing another act of trespass if they do so. Anyhow,
at this point, with the 49ers still playing, we postponed cleanup of the other
TVs until later.
AE0M, Tony Becker - becker@sprintmail.com - Silicon Valley, U.S.A.
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