ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, CW
Call: N1LN
Operator(s): N1LN
Station: N1LN
Class: SO Unlimited HP
QTH: NC
Operating Time (hrs): 21
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band QSOs
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160:
80: 375
40: 371
20: 225
15: 65
10:
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Total: 976 Sections = 80 Total Score = 156,160
Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club
Comments:
This was my first serious contest effort from my new QTH in North Carolina. I
can tell that the old TX QTH must be in many hams Super Check Partial (or the
equivalent) as I was asked for many repeats on the section. I usually don't
like to participate in the "U" class, but being still classified "antenna
challenged" I thought having a strong enough signal to actually hold a
frequency might be an issue. It turned out to be that way on 15 and 20 as the
Q count shows. I never felt loud. I was running SO2R and the quick S/P Q on
radio 2 was out of the question for both 15 and 20. I was rarely the first
station called which resulted in many repeated attempts as well as the loss of
the run frequency on radio 1. Conditions on 80 and 40 were just great. I
was quite surprised at how many of the ultra weak "Qs" I was able to pull out.
Suggestion: IMHO when sending the sequence number - don't insert leading
ZEROs. If your signal is weak the leading zero adds to the confusion (could
be a 1??) as well as adding useless additional data to an already long
exchange.
I must thank "U" for my sweep. Manitoba was my last section ( thank you VE4VV)
and the only one I got from the cluster. The sweep occurred at 17:50 UTC on
Sunday. ONE BIG PILE UP and my little 20 meter dipole (up at about 20') had
quite a time breaking through. I must have jumped in the pile at least 5
times, each time (again) losing my run frequency by the time I got back.
I did not quite make the full 24 hours, with my final op time of 21 hours.
The smell of Sunday dinner and the soon to follow Colts - Patriots game seemed
to stop my SS at about 23:00 UTC Sunday evening. Yup, I know.... wrong
priorities :-(
Station:
FT1000-MP (2)
AL-80B
AL-1500
Top Ten - DX Doubler
Array Solutions SIXPAK
WriteLog
80 Inv-V @ 56'
40 dipole @ 30'
20 dipole @ 20'
15 - used the 40 dipole (3:1 SWR)
See you in a couple weeks. I will be back in the "M" class for SS-SSB with my
wife (N1YXU) joining me. See you then!!!
73,
Bruce - N1LN
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