There have been lots of comments of how activity levels in CW SS were so low.
Given the number of us CK64s and nearby years aging out of staying up all night
to operate (or passing from the scene entirely) it is not surprising.
While I would have been in WCF for SS had it not been for the hurricanes that
messed up the beach condos my daughters were renting for this week, I took
advantage of the situation of being in Ohio to return to my Single Operator
Multi-Station CW SS efforts of past years. Though as a recognition of getting
old, rather than trying four separate six hour operations, with drive time
between, I opted for a different approach: go like crazy for as long as the
rate stayed good, and then move on.
The results:
K8MR: 485 x 79 76,630 6.8 Hours 71/Hour
W8KEN: 359 x 72 51,696 4.4 Hours 81/Hour
K8AZ: 315 x 74 46,620 3.4 Hours 92/Hour
W3USA: 175 x 61 21,350 1.8 Hours 97/Hour (A Power)
Total: 1335 196,296 16.4 Hours 81/Hour
I never worked NL, but I did get all the other multipliers from at least one
place. And as I have noticed in past SOMS efforts, the rate goes up as the
contest goes on!
The W3USA operation (from my QTH) may have been against the rules. There had
been a rule about one transmitter/one callsign from a given location, though
the ARRL General Rules page has gone MIA on the ARRL web site. (I did use a
different radio than for the K8MR operation.) If anybody is offended by that
QSO with W3USA, feel free to delete it from your log.
Might we consider a category, whether official or not, for multiple station
efforts, comparing the sum of the scores? While certainly not an apples/oranges
comparison, my total score was better than that of all but three of the serious
competitors. Other details for this category could be worked out (total time
limits, off times between callsign switches, etc.) In addition to be more fun
for those of us being fresh meat, it would give a lot more QSOs for the serious
one station guys.
Meanwhile, if you're looking for rate, try mobiling in one of the state QSO
parties, where you become a new station every time you change counties!
73 - Jim K8MR
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