[PVRCNC] NC sweepstakes cheerleading

[kaz]

I'm sure I missed somebody, but here are a few noteworthy items from the 
ARRL Sweepstakes SSB info:

KA1ARB - set a new SSB 'multi' division/section record with his partner 
from New Hampshire.  O'course, geography of the mid atlantic sucks for 
SS, so even a Roanoke division record just barely got KA1ARB into the 
top ten at #9.  Pretty damn good for 2 guys and a radio.  Oh, that was 
also #2 in the SouthEast region.

NX9T - set a new QRP ssb division/section record [but lord only knows WHY]

N4GU missed #1 for the NC section in class "B" by only 34 QSO's.....(I 
HATE when THAT happens!)

W4MR(aka AA4NC) placed #3 in the Southeast region, class "U"

K4CZ was #4 on the "Accuracy Honor roll" with an error rate of only 
00.6% on 661 QSO's.  No 2009 LCR available, but that's at least four 
times better than my own previous best.

W8IVF was only 3 positions (7th) behind Barry for accuracy, with 00.7% 
errors on 531 QSO's

Not PVRC, but K4BAI(college roommate to an NC PVRC'er, and friend of 
many) was only 2 spots down(9th) from W8IVF with a 00.8% error rate on 
1524 QSOs.  Begging your collective pardons....DAMN!


The sections generating the most QSO's were: numbers 1(VA), 2(MDC) and 
7(NC).  Hmmmm, I wonder what certain contesting club could account for 
so much of that?

Finally, for grins and giggles, it might be worth looking at the graphic 
of "QSO's per hour" on page #2 of the ARRL write-up[hat tip NT4D for 
pointig it out]:
http://aptos.arrl.org/contests/2009-ARRL-SSB-Sweepstakes-Interim-PDF-Version-1A.pdf

Great hints are in there for planning op times and band changes if 2010 
conditions are similar.

Also, PVRC/NC East and West put 30 butts in chairs for ~2.1 million 
points and 13652 QSOs during ssb.

[For CW it was 28 butts, 2.3 million points, and 14965 QSO's]

4.4 million points.  Nice.

Apologies if I missed someone.  Hope you all had fun doing it, and 
propagation improves daily!

73 es great work......de w4kaz