ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, SSB
Call: NN3W
Operator(s): NN3W
Station: N4RV
Class: Single Op HP
QTH: VA
Operating Time (hrs): 24
Summary:
Band QSOs
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160: 0
80: 854
40: 423
20: 419
15: 6
10: 0
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Total: 1702 Sections = 80 Total Score = 272,320
Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club
Comments:
Thanks to Jack N4RV for letting me use his station. We (and especially Jack)
put in a lot of work to get it ready for SS Phone and CW, and it worked great.
Thanks also to Dick N4RA who did a final week tower climb to get the 80 meter
dipole array working. It was absolutely critical to having a high score!
Tons of activity. Tons of QRN. It appears that some heavenly force either
doesn't like the Mid-Atlantic or we just had bad luck. 72 degrees on Saturday;
tornado watch; 40 MPH winds; thunderstorms. YUCK! The high winds caused all the
power poles to arc, spit, and hiss. That resulted in S9 +5 QRN on all HF bands
which killed me on Sunday.
20 and 80 were tremendous on Saturday night - I had 5 hours with 100+ rates.
Sunday was awful (partially induced by the QRN).
Had 77 sections by the time I QRTed on Sunday morning: needed NWT, NL, and SK.
Found NL on 20 early on Sunday. VE8EV called in around 1300z and I happened
across VE5 later in the morning on 14.230 (being jammed by our SSTV friends).
Such is life. I had my own set of jamming experiences - but this year on 40
meters. The 80 meter pig farmers were relatively subdued this year.
Great participation by NCCC, SMC and PVRC. I did a quick Excel log check and
had over 400 QSOs with IL, MI, IN, and OH. WOW.
Thus endeth this year. I can guarantee that the flavor of SS will start
changing as the sunspots begin to arrive and 15 becomes viable again.
Go PVRC!
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