[PVRCNC] Sweeps "Attaboys" (and "Attagirls" too)

[Bob Gates]

I am pretty new to contesting and still trying to find my bearings, but I am
having tons of fun.  Maybe this has always been this way with PVRC and the
SS, but I thought a lot of my fun came from the pre-contest PVRC tips,
cheerleading and member encouragement.  It was great fun to watch all these
e-mails fly by (really helps the work day go by).  And as if that wasn't
enough fun, the post-contest "funny QSO" e-mail was great!

I enjoy being a part of PVRC and continue to look forward to each contest.

73 and Go PVRC!

Bob KJ4IC

-----Original Message-----
From: pvrcnc-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:pvrcnc-bounces at mailman.qth.net]
On Behalf Of KAZeringue
Sent: Wednesday, November 19, 2008 2:26 PM
To: PVRCNC
Subject: [PVRCNC] Sweeps "Attaboys" (and "Attagirls" too)

Curiosity occasionally gets the best of me in equally curious ways.
Last night it was Sweeps record scores.  So it is time for a bit of
in-house after action cheer leading.

It looks like 2008 is a unique year for members of our NC chapters in
terms of effort for this years' windmill tilting.

We have a few folks who not only improved their own recent efforts, but
may well have one-upped the record books for our NC section and Roanoke
division.  The log checking may be critical, but the raw scores reported
show outstanding efforts worthy of recognition - record or not.

Congrats to N4AF, NX9T, KA1ARB and AA4NC!

If I missed anybody else breathing hard vacuum in the upper
stratosphere, let me know.  I'm going to add the info to the pvrc/nc web
site soon.

I hope everyone else is as happy with their own individual efforts as I
am with my own.  I see a lot of scores from NC with significant QSO and
point gains over 2007.  Outstanding.  Especially outstanding with
unfavorable propagation conditions.

For my own part, I bumped up my own personal best from the KazShack, and
managed to tread water with self induced Murphy on my back for Ess Ess
Bee.  Sweet.  I'm looking forward to seeing my own UBN/NIL report to see
if I was able to improve accuracy as well.  (El Escribano Inexacto is
renowned for needing improvement, aina?)

Sweeps has quickly become one of my favorite contests.  I hope y'all had
as much fun as I did.

The scores and record scores below.

73 de w4kaz


KA1ARB  1569 Q's  251,040       SSB Multi - New NC Section record

NX9T    612 Q's    94,248       SSB QRP - New Roanoke Div & NC Section

W4MR(AA4NC) 1678 Q's   268,480  SSB U  -  New Roanoke Div & NC Section

N4AF   1420 Q's   227,200    CW B - New Roanoke Div & NC Section


Honorable mention:
W4MR(AA4NC) 1161 Q's   185,760
Will was only about 8000 points shy of his own record of 193280 set at
the last sunspot peak in 2002.  Purty damn good for the bottom of the
cycle with broken antennas.

SSB records as of 2007
Roanoke Division
W4OC               218,672  A    SC   1998    PH       Roanoke
N4UK               305,572  B    SC   1997    PH       Roanoke
WF7B               269,808  M    VA   1993    PH       Roanoke
WA4PGM              83,622  Q    VA   1992    PH       Roanoke
K4KDJ              115,182  S    VA   2000    PH       Roanoke
NI1N               267,680  U    VA   2007    PH       Roanoke


NC Section
W4AAA              214,400  A    NC   2007    PH       Roanoke
W4MR(AA4NC,op)     277,120  B    NC   2002    PH       Roanoke
W4MR(@AA4NC)       248,376  M    NC   1999    PH       Roanoke
NX9T                79,344  Q    NC   2007    PH       Roanoke
WF4DD(KG4CZU,op)    64,620  S    NC   2002    PH       Roanoke
W4MR(AA4NC,op)     254,880  U    NC   2001    PH       Roanoke



CW records as of 2007
Roanoke Division
W4OC               188,160   A       NC       2002   CW      Roanoke
N4AF               208,000   B       NC       2007   CW      Roanoke
W4RM               179,680   M       VA       2007   CW      Roanoke
KD8G               112,500   Q       WV       1995   CW      Roanoke
W4ATC              102,256   S       NC       1999   CW      Roanoke
NI1N               198,080   U       VA       2007   CW      Roanoke


NC Section
K7GM               159,448   A       NC     1994     CW      Roanoke
N4AF               208,000   B       NC     2007     CW      Roanoke
AA4S               173,558   M       NC     1994     CW      Roanoke
W2CS               105,924   Q       NC     1999     CW      Roanoke
W4ATC              102,256   S       NC     1999     CW      Roanoke
W4MR(AA4NC,op)     193,280   U       NC     2002     CW      Roanoke


finis!~
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