[PVRCNC] SS SSB WW4M Single Op LP

[Pete Soper]

Hi Jim,

Thanks for the reminder of how much can be accomplished with motivation 
and the tools on hand!

-Pete AD4L

On 11/21/2011 09:37 AM, Jim WW4M wrote:
> Call:      WW4M
> Category:  Single Operator
> Power:     Low Power
> Band:      All Band
> Mode:      SSB
> Section:   NC
> Operating Time: 11.1 hrs
>
> BAND     QSOs
>
> 160       0
>   80      163
>   40       28
>   20       62
>   15       61
>   10       13
> -----------------
>
> Total: 327   Sections: 80
>
> Total Score:  52,320
>
> First time trying to contest from this house and it's definitely not a
> contest-friendly station IC-706 with hand mic (yuk), no vox, low
> power, single dipole, manual antenna tuning. The only luxury I had was
> a RadioShack DSP/filter. I was grateful that the power lines a block
> away didn't seem to cause any problems.
>
> Worked NT and EB back-to-back on 15m for #77 and #78 at 2306Z as the
> band was fading. I managed to run a little bit on 75m but was still
> missing PR and NV, so decided to try to find them on 20m. Heard a
> non-contester complaining that he couldn't keep his sched because of a
> pile-up caused by a PR station, so I found it and managed to get
> through on the 2nd call! Then had just about given up on NV and
> decided to make one last pass through 40m when I heard Whiskey 7 Radio
> Nevada calling. Somehow he managed to get my exchange. This sweep was
> definitely more of an accomplishment (and luck) than when I ran high
> power from K3KO's wonderful station.
>
> The first improvement is going to have to be to free up my hands so I
> can talk and type at the same time. Should have done that sooner.
>
> 73, Jim WW4M
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