ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, CW
Call: KR2Q
Operator(s): KR2Q
Station: KR2Q
Class: Single Op QRP
QTH: NNJ fn20ru
Operating Time (hrs): 22.5
Summary:
Band QSOs
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160: 0
80: 250
40: 128
20: 224
15: 12
10: 0
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Total: 614 Sections = 77 Total Score = 94,556
Club:
Comments:
I worked 36 other QRPers, which I thought was a lot until I checked last year,
when I worked 45 of 'em.
This year, only three of them were ahead of me when I worked them, a LOT
different than last year, but there were a LOT of sizable QRP qso numbers being
sent my way. Worked K4RO early on and he was less than 10 Q's ahead of me.
"Not too bad" I thought, not knowing when he had actually started. Some time
on Sunday afternoon, I heard him again, like 160 QSO's ahead of me. It's great
to hear him at work.
Also on Sunday afternoon (NJ time), weird stuff started happening to my brain.
I was just losing it. My wife called me for dinner 23:21z and I figured that
taking a 30 minute off time was fine. But when I left the rig, I was really
disoriented - groggy. Then my face and sinuses started to get all "tingly" -
like when anesthesia just starts to hit or when I've had "too much food" with
MSG (from days long gone). I wolfed down dinner and grabbed some TV News. The
next thing I know, my wife is waking me while I am sitting on the couch.
First, she tells me that I left the refridge door open (I've never done that).
that she looks at me and says, "you're bad...go to bed." I went to the radio.
I sat down and just starred at it. Maybe a last minute nap would help. Woke
up at 3:15am local time on Monday, when the alarm clock went off --- time for
the salt mines. Oh well! :-)
Missed ND, NT, MB. Never even heard the first two.
Still, I worked a few more Q's than last year...and in a bit less time, but no
sweep. It was fun while it lasted (what I remember of it).
CT + Elecraft K3 (what a nice radio!)
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