NA Sprint SSB Contest - April
Call: K5WA
Operator(s): K5WA
Station: K5WA
Class: Single Op HP
QTH: Texas
Operating Time (hrs): 4
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band QSOs Op Time
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80: 80 3
40: 122 24
20: 71 25
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Total: 273 Mults = 52 Total Score = 14,196
Club: Central Texas DX and Contest Club
Team:
Comments:
I believe that was my first SSB Sprint...at least in a REALLY long time. W9RE
sent me an email telling me to join the fun so since I was at the station
getting antennas ready for a "crane day" next week, I thought I'd
give it a shot. My high KLM 40 (which we are pulling down and replacing with
an M2 linear loaded 40) actually seemed to work today. I don't know why but
that was a pleasant surprise. It allowed me to have 2 directions on 40 which
seemed to help. 80 was very noisy and I missed several callers because I just
couldn't pull them out even with the 4SQR pointing at them.
Mults heard but not worked were NE, OK and I think I heard VE9AA but I only got
the AA so that may be wishful thinking. Lucked into HH2 calling as my last
QSO.
Conditions were really bad on 20. I was only hearing one side of most QSOs.
West coast was loud but East coast was non-existent.
This sure is very different from CW Sprint. I had 150 band changes on CW but
only 6 on SSB. Interesting. Glad to see so many folks jumping into contesting
and giving it a shot.
Thanks for the Qs.
73,
Bob K5WA
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