[Elecraft] K6SE Sprint Summary for Team Elecraft

[Tom Hammond NØSS]

Earl:

Congratulations! Job well done!

>What a workout for a Sprint rookie among a bunch of speed demons, hi!

Yeah... they can tend to 'press' you a bit sometimes.

>Rig:
>       K2/100 driving an Alpha 76CA
>       20m antenna = TH6DXX @ 75' (tower #1)
>       40m antenna = 402BA @ 75'  (tower #2)
>       80m antenna = both towers as a phased array (spacing 135')

Whew! Quite impressive.


>Time operated: 4 hours
>
>                   SPRINT SUMMARY SHEET
>
>      Contest Date : 10-Sep-02
>
>     Callsign Used : K6SE
>
>    BAND   Valid QSOs   Points   Mults   Countries
>___________________________________________________
>
>    80CW        27         27       0         0
>    40CW        51         51       9         0
>    20CW        50         50      22         1
>___________________________________________________
>
>  Totals       128        128      31         1
>
>     Final Score = 4096 points.
>
>Comments:
>
>Due to all of the QRM, I feel that I would have done better using my
>FT-1000MP with its better CW xtal filters (much better skirt
>selectivity).

This is interesting... I ran my K2 in the 1kHz B/W position for the ENTIRE 
contest and had no problems at all...

>Would've worked Tom, N0SS on all three bands, but I wasn't quick enough
>on 80m (I found out that you have to be lightning fast in this contest!).

Yeah... there are a few ways...

1) If you ARE the dominant signal, then jump in IMMEDIATELY after the first 
station sends "TU", or some just send a "T"... anything to let the next stn 
know his exchange was copied.

2) If you don't get him on the first call and he doesn't respond to anyone 
either (usually due to too many stations of similar RST calling), hit him 
again immediately... OR be the LAST one he hears.

3) Try to time you call between those of others.

>At least I had fun beating out any other west coasters to the east coast
>on 80m, hi.

I heard you several times but you were always the one leaving the 
frequency, rather than the one taking it over.

73,

Tom  N0SS