ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, SSB
Call: NN7SS
Operator(s): K6UFO
Station: NN7SS
Class: Single Op QRP
QTH: WA
Operating Time (hrs): 23.5
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band QSOs
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160:
80: 25
40: 36
20: 146
15: 200
10: 163
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Total: 570 Sections = 83 Total Score = 94,620
Club: Western Washington DX Club
Comments:
After a disppointing showing in CW (probable 6th place), I
was growing worried about Phone. I carefully checked my signal
while setting the mic and processor back to a Heil
headset/microphone, since I left the Yamaha down in SF. I also
spent a day moving the 80m loop to favoring North/South so I
could work those hundreds of W6s. Didn't help, I worked less
80m QSOs than last year. 40m was also in poor condition.
Luckily, 10m and 15m were in good condition and provided a
great start on Saturday (and a fairly good Sunday). After the
first 5 hours, I was 30 percent ahead of last year, but that
lead stalled when I had to go to 40m and 80m. I quit after
11 hrs with a slight lead over last year.
I take off 6hrs straight, but at 6AM it was still too dark
for any high bands, so the second cup of coffee won for an
extra 30 minutes off. I went from 40m to 20m and 15m as soon
as I could, but I held back on 10m until the panadapter
showed strong signals around 18z. It was the usual QRP work,
find an empty spot and CQ until it's taken. Tune the second
radio quickly for the needed mults, and then slowly to find
anyone who can hear me.
I've learned to worry about rate, not the sweep. In the first
hour I already had NT, PR and QC. By the end of Saturday I
had 81 mults, missing only NNY and ONE which were found with
Sunday's second radio S&P.
Whenever I looked at 20m there were no holes, and the QRM
level so high that my QRP would not be heard. I lagged behind
the crowd, but finally moved up there at 00Z until the end of
the contest. No way was I going back to 40m or 80m!
Only 1 or 2 percent of the big guns have ugly signals, but
they really trash a wide space. I had one computer lockup,
probably due to my fumbling SO2R clicking and button-pushing.
No QSOs lost, thanks Writelog!
As usual, I can make more QSOs on Sunday, with the high
bands better for QRP. But I finished 16 QSOs behind last year.
Good enough! I never worked or heard a "Q" station with a
higher number.
Sweepstakes reminds me that short, multi-band contests are
more fun, like Thursday night NCCC Sprints and NAQPs. See you
there!
NN7SS (op K6UFO)
10,15,20m: C-31XR at 71ft, C-3 at 53ft, 3el Steppir at 40ft.
40m: Force 12 Delta 240 at 78ft.
80m: Delta loop from 70ft.
Two Kenwood TS-590s turned down to 5 watts.
Array Solutions PowerMaster digital wattmeter.
Writelog software and microHAM micro2r controller.
SDR-IQ receiver and Spectravue software.
QSO by hour and band.
80 40 20 15 10 Total Cumm Off
21Z - - - 8 30 38 38
22Z - - - 11 31 42 80
23Z - - - 32 7 39 119
00Z ---+- ---+- 7 7 6 20 139
01Z - - 23 7 - 30 169
02Z - 3 24 - - 27 196
03Z - 4 17 - - 21 217
04Z 3 6 - - - 9 226
05Z 3 7 - - - 10 236
06Z 7 3 - - - 10 246
07Z 12 7 - - - 19 265
08Z ---+- ---+- ---+- ---+- ---+- 0 265 60
09Z - - - - - 0 265 60
10Z - - - - - 0 265 60
11Z - - - - - 0 265 60
12Z - - - - - 0 265 60
13Z - - - - - 0 265 60
14Z - 6 - 3 - 9 274 35
15Z - - 11 3 - 14 288
16Z ---+- ---+- 13 16 ---+- 29 317
17Z - - 5 14 5 24 341
18Z - - 2 7 8 17 358
19Z - - 4 12 21 37 395
20Z - - 8 7 20 35 430
21Z - - - 19 15 34 464
22Z - - - 14 17 31 495
23Z - - - 19 3 22 517
00Z ---+- ---+- 5 18 ---+- 23 540
01Z - - 12 3 - 15 555
02Z - - 15 - - 15 570
Total: 25 36 146 200 163
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