[PVRCNC] K4QPL SS SSB SOHP

[Jim Jordan K4QPL]

K4QPL operator at N4AF QTH
Callsign used: K4QPL

   BAND      QSOs     Points   Mults
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   80SSB     407        814       3
   40SSB      94        188       4
   20SSB     596       1190      68
   15SSB      43         86       2
   10SSB      51        102       3
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 Totals     1191       2380      80
    Final Score = 190400 points.

First full time and serious SSB  Sweepstakes;

HIGHS: First time at N4AF's incredible superstation.
Using that Four-square set up where you can "rotate" on 75 to 4 quadrants
with the flick of a switch.  Why fight the broadcast heterodynes on 40 when
you've got full legal output to a "beam" on 75.
Running for hours on end and using the DVK to save my voice.
Seeing the rate meter/last hour at levels I've never seen in SS.
Working so many PVRC'ers.
Staying awake until I got home 11:30 Sunday night!

LOWS:
When Howie and I smelled smoke escaping from the computer about a half hour
before the start. Relief when we were finally able to swap boxes and all the
interfaces worked.
Not having the skills or interfaced audio to do SO2R.
Feeling like a lid having to ask for so many fills. There's something
about voice which is harder for me to copy than cw.
Being too stressed to remember PVRC'er names until after the QSO.