ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, SSB
Call: K8BL
Operator(s): K8BL
Station: K8BL
Class: Single Op LP
QTH: OH
Operating Time (hrs): 20
Summary:
Band QSOs
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160: 2
80: 540
40: 134
20: 141
15: 108
10: 0
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Total: 925 Sections = 80 Total Score = 148,000
Club: North Coast Contesters
Comments:
I was coming to think I wasn't going to get PR and ND. PR was the most
difficult.....there were finally 3 of them on 20M late aftn on Sunday and they
all had massive pileups. My 756P3 has a triple bandstacking VFO and I had
each PR's freq in them and kept switching and calling. It was 15 minutes
until
I got one (KP3S)!! I was so stressed I took half an hour off and ate leftover
pizza.
Ran across N0GF at the tip-top of 40M mid-Sunday evening and got him after
abt 10 calls. Whew!! That was #80. With about an hour left, a ND
K0-something
called me during a run on low end of 80M he had a high number and I wondered
where he was hiding up until that point in the SS. He didn't say.
Most interesting QSO..... Finally hrd VY1EI with a decent signal mid-aftn on
20M
Sunday - but, he was going by numbers and was on 4's!! I was counting to see
how many he would work so I could figure out when he'd be getting to 8's so
I'd
know when to jump back to his freq. All of a sudden, he says "Any 8's on
frequency?"
I jerked my foot to hit the footswitch and kicked it under the desk!!! Then,
nearly
freaking out, I stuck my leg way out and got it pressed with the toe of my
slipper
and called him. My voice was kinda sqeaky from my laid-out position and maybe
that made my signal stand out - he came right back to me through the pileup.
GEEZ,
who says Ham Radio contesting is boring?!!!!!
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