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Subject: [SECC] ARRL SS CW 2002 at W4AN, Second Radio QSOs
From: ku8e1@yahoo.com (Jeffrey Clarke)
Date: Wed, 6 Nov 2002 10:18:12 -0800 (PST)
Here is my breakdown by section. GA was acually pretty rare... only
worked 8 stations. The SMC sure has their act together. I worked 61 IL
stations (the highest by a large margin)

          73's Jeff

Mult           QSOs
 
CT             7
EMA            14
ME             6
NH             11
RI             6
VT             5
WMA            3
ENY            12
NLI            8
NNJ            13
NNY            4
SNJ            11
WNY            15
DE             3
EPA            25
MDC            32
WPA            13
AL             6
GA             8
KY             11
NC             18
NFL            8
SC             2
SFL            6
TN             21
VA             27
WCF            10
AR             6
LA             5
MS             6
NM             7
NTX            20
OK             6
STX            27
WTX            4
EB             10
LAX            8
ORG            5
SB             4
SCV            20
SDG            3
SF             3
SJV            6
SV             11
AZ             15
EWA            7
ID             5
MT             2
NV             3
OR             10
UT             2
WWA            14
WY             3
MI             27
OH             31
WV             7
IL             61
IN             17
WI             30
CO             23
IA             4
KS             7
MN             28
MO             14
NE             4
ND             2
SD             4
NL             1
MAR            3
QC             4
ON             16
MB             2
SK             3
AB             2
BC             6
NWT            --
PAC            1
AK             --
PR             3
VI             4



--- John Laney <k4bai@worldnet.att.net> wrote:
> Hello all:
> 
> I thought some of you might be interested in an analysis of second
> radio
> QSOs last weekend in ARRL SS CW from W4AN.  I made 280 non-dupe QSOs
> on
> the second radio out of a total of 1323 non-dupe QSOs.  Of course,
> some
> of those guys would have been worked on the main radio if I hadn't
> had a
> second radio, but I'm guessing that I would have lost an equal number
> of
> QSOs by not constantly CQing on the second radio if I had had to S&P
> some with the main radio.  So 280 to the plus side might be a little
> high, but probably not a lot.
> 
> This was my third or fourth SO2R experience, the others being the
> other
> two or three times that I did ARRL SS CW from Bill's QTH.  I do not
> have
> my rigs set up for that at home, primarily because I barely have a
> set
> of one antennas per band.
> 
> Hour  Mins    Total QSOs      2nd Radio QSOs
> 21Z   60      78              2               Getting used to things again.
> 22    60      73              4
> 23    60      78              10
> 00    60      78              8
> 01    60      64              17
> 02    60      82              7
> 03    60      88              7
> 04    60      78              8
> 05    60      68              14
> 06    60      71              13
> 07    18      12              7
> 08    0
> 09    0       
> 10    0
> 11    0
> 12    37      28              15
> 13    60      57              16
> 14    60      44              18
> 15    60      52              17
> 16    38      24              9
> 17    44      35              11
> 18    60      42              10
> 19    60      43              13
> 20    60      42              13
> 21    60      35              14
> 22    60      29              10
> 23    60      31              3
> 00    60      27              9
> 01    60      35              11
> 02    41      29              11
> 
> 23 hr, 56 min 1323            280  (Guess I should have operated 4 more min)
> Score:  211,680.
> 
> It seemed to me that only a few mults were difficult this year.  MS
> and
> WY seemed to be more highly represented than in many past years. 
> There
> were only a few ops in VT and RI, but some of the RI stations were
> very
> active and VT was worked early (K1KD).  There were only a few DE
> stations worked and I think two of the three were QRP, but W3PP was
> very
> active.  SC could have been rare. I think only a few different SC
> stations were worked, but Don, W4OC, was so active that few should
> have
> missed the mult.  Thanks also to SECC member George, W4BUW, for a SC
> QSO.  AL stations seemed to be more active than in many CW SSs
> including
> K4NO, K4AB, W4NTI, and W4DEC, who had a big QRP effort.
> 
> KP4 and KP2 were well represented compared to some years, both by
> visitors and stay at home ops.  KH7X was very active, KH6DV was
> moderately active, and I also worked W3GW/KH6, who was QRP.  All of
> the
> other states except MT seemed easy to find, including NE and the
> Dakotas, which can sometimes be difficult.
> MT was well represented by K7BG and, late in the contest, I found
> KS7T. 
> But, it was probably the rarest of the US mults.  
> 
> In Canada, there were a fair number of Maritime stations QRV,
> including
> VE1AOE, who was CQing a lot.  VE2s were better represented than they
> often are, including a DXpedition of sorts to the club station
> VE2CUA. 
> I only worked three VE4s and one was QRP, so that could have been
> difficult.  VE5, 6, 7 were well represented.  
> 
> The two last sections worked were the hardest.  I didn't hear VY1JA
> the
> first day despite the second radio.  I know that he was QRV
> especially
> on 28 mhz.  I found him on the second radio on 10 M low in the band
> on
> Sunday afternoon when he had called someone and got a QSO by S&P.  He
> then sent "down" and QSYed down a few khz to call CQ.  It seemed that
> the band was just opening two way to him.  There was a big pile up
> and
> his signal was weak.  All the backscatter signals seemed to be
> stronger
> than Jay and covered him when he tried to answer somebody.  I kept
> trying with the second radio and got him on about the fourth call. 
> Later in the afternoon, his signals came up to be fairly strong and I
> am
> sure it was easier to handle the pileup then.
> 
> Later in the afternoon, I still had not heard a KL7.  I know now that
> KL7XX was quite active, but I never heard them at all.  Finally, on
> the
> second radio I heard KL7J sign with someone on 28060.  He was also
> very
> weak.  I called, as did NT1N and others, but he answered no one. 
> Finally someone said "QRX."  Maybe that was KL7J.  Anyway, after a
> while
> of calling and leaving the second radio on 28060, I moved on and
> found a
> few more new QSOs.  I went back to 28060 about 10 minutes later and
> it
> was still quiet.  But, I tried tuning 28060 again about 20 minutes
> after
> that and there was KL7J, still weak, but I got through fairly easily
> for
> mult #80.  Very late in the contest, on the second radio, I heard
> KL7WV
> on 20 M doing S&P, but I couldn't figure out how to work him.  I
> think
> he was going up the band and I was going down, so we didn't meet very
> often in my tuning the second radio. If I had still needed AK, I
> would
> have moved up the band a bit and called CQ with the antennas north
> for
> as long as it seemed likely I had a chance for him to answer me (and
> he
> probably would have unless the contest ended (or my remaining
> operating
> time ended) too soon.
> 
> Haven't heard from K4GA and didn't work Archie in the contest.  
> Congrats to all on the FB scores posted.  Be sure to send in your
> score
> for South East Contest Club, no matter how small and we will add to
> the
> club score by a lot of SS Phone scores in two weekends.  WB6BWZ is
> especially to be congratulated on his QRP score in just 17 hours. 
> Thanks for the QSO, Matt.
> 
> There were a number of GA, AL, and maybe SC and NC stations in the SS
> who are not yet signed up for SECC, but who are eligible for
> membership
> and club score counting.  If you know any of these guys, let's get
> them
> on board!  I didn't meant to slight Tennessee, but the TCG is so well
> organized, I doubt many TN stations within our circle would want to
> join
> to the exclusion of TCG, but it would be nice to have them in both
> clubs.  This might help with multiop stations under some contest
> rules.
> 
> Hope everyone has a good week.
> 
> 73,
> 
> 
> John, K4BAI.
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