[PVRCNC] K4TMC SS SSB SO LP

[K4tmc at aol.com]

ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, SSB

Call: K4TMC
Operator(s): K4TMC
Station:  K4TMC

Class: Single Op LP
QTH: NC
Operating Time (hrs):  14

Summary:  An S&P effort that netted the following

Band  QSOs
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160:   0
80:     41
40:    115
20:     9
15:     0
10:     0
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Total:  QSOs = 165  Sections = 53  Total Score = 17,490

Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club

Station:
FT1000MP
Heil Pro Set 4
Software: N1MM Logger
80M Inverted V at 45 ft
40M Inverted V at 40 ft

Comments:
Wow! It felt good to finally find time to operate a contest again.  All of 
those e-mails on the PVRC reflector last month spurred me on to make a special 
effort to operate the SS Phone.  Regrettably, my last contest effort was the 
2004 ARRL 10 M.  Corroded element U-bolts prevented me from getting the C3SS up 
on the AB-1342 mast for 20-10M in time before the contest started.  (Why does 
an antenna that cost this much have such crappy hardware?  And, mine is stored 
under the deck hanging from hooks, off the ground, for most of the year.)  I 
would usually have done this check and assembly the weekend before the 
contest; however, last weekend the house was being painted.  I had 4-6 guys with 
ladders everywhere and did not want to get in their way.  Anyhow, from some of the 
comments I heard on 40M, 10 & 15 were dead and 20 was not very good.  I guess 
that explains why I was having so much trouble working 20 with the 40M 
inverted-V.  Oh well, other excuses - I spent too much time looking for new mults 
and avoiding giving points to SMC members (seems every ham in IL/IN and was on!).

73,
Henry - K4TMC
Raleigh, NC