[PVRCNC] KA1ARB SS SSB Multi-Op

[Robert Katz]

ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, SSB

Call: KA1ARB
Operator(s): KA1ARB, WB1ADR
Station: KA1ARB

Class: Multi-Op HP
QTH: NC
Operating Time (hrs): 24

Summary:
  Band  QSOs
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   160:    
    80:  438
    40:  483
    20:  463
    15:   13
    10:    
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Total: 1397  Sections = 80  Total Score = 223,520

Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club

Comments:

Wow, what fun to hear all the PVRC'ers on the air.  And to be spotted 
so often by NCCC members - what a great little competition. 

We got off to our best start ever though we couldn't sustain the 
pace.  Our raw score was down just a bit from last year, but we did 
OK considering that we blew the microphone amp in the radio on 
Saturday morning before the contest.  I'm sorry about our horrible 
audio.

My multi-op partner is Lee, WB1ADR, a member of YCCC.  He wasn't as 
hot as I was on our efforts to win back the gavel, as many of you 
heard with his unenthusiastic (at best) "Go PVRC" when I was by his 
side.  But he's a great op and a great friend, so we'll cut him some 
slack.  He helped me finish putting up my delta loop beam for 40 
meters, which played *great*.  It felt like we worked every ham alive 
in 8, 9, and 0-land.

Best operating of the contest was the first several of hours, where 
we ran at nearly 100 Q's an hour.  Worst decision of the contest was 
interrupting those runs to try to establish an early foothold on 40 
meters.  We got nothing going until we abandoned that attempt and 
escaped to 80 meters.  Overall, there seemed to be *lots* of 
activity, but I just didn't feel loud on any band this year.  It 
might have been the conditions or it might be my hearing starting to 
go.

Best decision of the weekend was when we gave up our last minute 
scrambling to erect another antenna so we could actually relax before 
the contest.  I might actually try that again for my next contest...

I'm eagerly waiting to see the cumulative club results.  Wonderful 
effort by everybody!

73,
    Rob
-- 
Rob Katz, Director
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