ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, SSB
Call: N4GG
Operator(s): N4GG
Station: N4GG
Class: SO Unlimited HP
QTH: GA
Operating Time (hrs): 12
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band QSOs
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160: 2
80: 427
40: 257
20: 39
15: 66
10: 0
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Total: 791 Sections = 80 Total Score = 126,560
Club: South East Contest Club
Comments:
My usual SS-SSB scenario. Ignore the contest until 10 minutes after it
starts,
get on to make a few Qs on the "other mode." Get caught up in it. Stop
everything and get set-up porperly for SO2R SSB - which happens around here
once a year in November. Go "U" to insure a sweep. Get the sweep but now I
don't want to stop. Have to stop a lot, since no stockpile of snacks and
stay-in-the-chair items stocked in advance. All the antennas are cut for
CW,
so lots of cranking the antenna tuners and non-instant band changing. Some
year I am actually going to do this properly...maybe. Operator error fooled
writelog into adding a 200 Q jump to the serial numbers at one point. If
you
got a S/N above 791 from me please don't pull me from your log - just log
what
I sent you.
40 was typically long early both nights - signals on 80 Saturday night were
unusually strong. Had the attenuator all the way in and the RF gain down
and
guys were still very loud. Noise levels here were decent locally which made
running fun on the low bands - when I was able to clear out some space. 15
was
much better to the left coast than last year - maybe there are a few
sunspots
around after all? Who knows, maybe a 10M contact one of these years. Fun
to
work some new blood - more checks at 00 and above than I expected - also
great
to say Hi to old friends. Lamented hearing one or more known packett
cheaters
leave the band they were on and work VY1EI within 2 minutes of his being
spotted. Several folks at 1700Z Sunday deserving a DQ. Also "fun" to
observe the
crmudgeons change their check from year-to-year to try and mess with the
rest
of us - even though it says: "The year you were first licensed," and not
"Any
number you feel like." Maybe we should DQ a few of those too.......
2X :FT-1000MP+Inrad, Acom 2000A, homebrew SO2R, Writelog, wires in the woods
73,
Hal
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