[PVRCNC] SS SSB W4KAZ Single Op LP

[KAZeringue]

*****For 2012 *******
SUGGESTION for increasing PVRC club score in 2012:

If you are running high power in EssEssBee, and you work a low power 
club member with a decent run, please do immediately move 750 hz up and 
start a run. {CW was two weeks ago, gotta moove more with the 
mycrowfonez}. Find someone who is NOT contributing to the club score to 
kill.  There are plenty other guys out there to kill.  pse?

Just a thought..............kinda-sorta annoying.
[but par for the course, of course]
*****End Rant********
-ahem-

Even after the late start after, LSU clubbed the baby seals, the 
sections came in quickly.  The usual MIA sections came both early and 
easy.  Figured there was a real shot at the sweep.  AK, PAC? No problem. 
  Worked first PAC on 40m Saturday night, and he must have really good 
rx antennas and clean ears.

77 sections in by noon Sunday.  Spent all of Sunday after 1pm local 
hunting UT, PR, and SNJ.  Came close to hooking up the packet cluster 
again but fought off the urge.  So instead I spent too much time S&P2R 
because of it.  Probably lost Q's, but it is difficult to run the high 
bands here at the home QTH anyway.  And a Sweep has been one of the 
low-powa-no-towa-sans-packet goals.  Grind it out!

Late afternoon....still no joy.  Still missing same three suspects.

Decided high band conditions were getting "squirrelly" enough UT was 
gonna be a problem. Found open spot in the 40m QRM and started short 
run.  SNJ came in pairs.

When the run dryed up enough that the second radio was more interesting, 
went back to S&P2R.  UT called a station I had queued up to work, so 
after the Q I moved him "up 2" and he was nice enough to move.  Sweet!

Found booming PR on 10m, but he was working west, and my 10m antenna is 
currently a high SWR dummy load, so no joy on the PR pile up.  NO JOY.

40m a zoo.  Back down to 80m to try to bulk up Q's.  S-L-O-W.  Found PR 
on 20m on second radio, just pinning my ears back on the N/S 20m dipole. 
  To hell with 80m run(i.e. too excited to do both), even though he 
picked me up on the second call.  !! SWEEEEEEEEP !!

First time to make "natural" sweep with low-powa-no-towa-sans-packet. 
Time to set new goals.

Pretty darned happy.  Good weekend hobby-wise, and LSU is 11-0.   Just 
in time to give Thanks and roast the turkey.

Life Is Good.

73 de w4kaz

                     ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, SSB

Call: W4KAZ
Operator(s): W4KAZ
Station: W4KAZ

Class: Single Op LP
QTH: NC
Operating Time (hrs): 16
Radios: SO2R

Summary:
  Band  QSOs
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   160:    0
    80:  262
    40:   40
    20:  119
    15:   55
    10:   14
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Total:  536  Sections = 80  Total Score = 85,760

Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club

Comments:

Never thought it would happen with low-power-no-tower, but the "hard" 
sections came easy and the "easy" sections were hard.  Good propagation 
sure made a difference.  Found last section on second radio and 
abandoned a good run frequency.........

  ! !    SWEEEEEEEEEEP  ! !

Never expected it to happen on SSB, always figured it would be more 
likely on CW.  But SSCW came up short a few sections, even with skimmer 
and packet.

Go figure.

10m/15m antenna is a dummy load, gonna start from scratch there.  Worked 
10m on the 160m InvL, which turned out to be the best 10m xmit antenna 
of the available choices.  Used 40m dipoles on 15m.

Gonna be some good scores out there if the serial numbers are any 
indicator.

Happy with the score for the amount of time available.

73 es tnx fer the gud ears de w4kaz