ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, SSB
Call: W4AAA
Operator(s): KK9A
Station: KK9A
Class: Single Op LP
QTH: North Carolina
Operating Time (hrs): 24
Summary:
Band QSOs
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160:
80: 720
40: 395
20: 365
15: 20
10:
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Total: 1500 Sections = 80 Total Score = 240,000
Club:
Comments:
The station is under construction and the only permanent antenna on the 110 foot
tower is a homebrew 6 element 20m beam with a 60 foot boom that I put up a month
earlier and never tested. Just before this contest I installed many temporary
antennas and I ran the various control and hardline cables from the tower to
the house. A thunderstorm storm passed though on Friday night and it was still
quite windy when I finished setting up on Saturday morning, just before the
contest. I began on 20m and the new beam worked well. I had a fantastic start
working mostly the west coast with a peak 60 minute rate of 109 QSOs. After 2
1/2 hours I switched to 80m. Fortunately the storm had now passed and the band
was quiet and open to most areas of the US and Canada. I worked all 80
multipliers during the first 8 hours. Nearly all of them called me so I did
not have to spend much time looking for a sweep. I had very little success on
40m during the first night however on Sunday afternoon the skip was shorter and
conditions were much better. For some reason I did not have a lot callers on
20m during the second day even though the band was wide open, perhaps I ran out
of west coast stations to work. I was never able to run at all on 15m so I
spent most Sunday afternoon on 40m. After the sun went down I switch to 80m
until the contest ended. I had a great time operating the 75th November
Sweepstakes. QSL via WD9DZV.
73,
John
john@kk9a.com
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