ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, SSB
Call: K0HW
Operator(s): K0HW
Station: K0HW
Class: Single Op QRP
QTH: South Dakota
Operating Time (hrs): 20
Summary:
Band QSOs
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160: 2
80: 63
40: 48
20: 199
15: 43
10: 0
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Total: 355 Sections = 75 Total Score = 53,250
Club:
Comments:
WOW, what a different world. I thought I would try the QRP Power this year
in SweepStakes Phone as I had good luck in last year's 10 Meter contest.
It was really a battle most of the time. I had spent the last 4 Phone SS
contests in the Unlimited category with the ability to use the Internet for
multipliers and the amp to burn a hole in the frequency. My objective for
the contest was to break the record for Phone QRP in South Dakota. I didn't
realize how hard QRP is. Every QSO in S & P mode seemed like it took several
calls to make and S & P mode is the norm. It seemed that if stations were
in run mode you had to wait until a CQ without an answer befor making an
attempt to call.
I had the best luck on 15 meters and really had good signal reports from
the stations I worked. They seemed to think I was strong but you don't have
a very strong signal when anyone else was calling. I was surprised to work as
many multipliers as I did but I was also disappointed to miss what should have
been the easy ones I heard but didn't work ND, IA, MB and MS. I never heard
any WTX but usually work several, but not this year.
I had a really good run on 20 meters from 0206 to 0244 on Saturday evening.
75 and 40 meters were really tough and 160 was great for QRP but there
were no SS stations there. You at least could hold a frequency on 160
and call CQ but with no responses you know it was not the place to be.
On 75 and 40 if you found a frequnecy it was while one of the SO2R operators
was away on the other radio and they would take it back when they returned.
Thanks to all those stations that I worked and thanks to those many stations
that I called but was not able to make it work. I gave up a couple of hours
early on Sunday evening as we had out of town guests and I missed a couple of
hours on Sunday morning while at church.
73 and catch you all on the 160 meter and 10 meter contests. Again I will be
QRP/CW for both.
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