[PVRCNC] SS SSB K4TMC SO LP 40M

[K4tmc at aol.com]

ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, SSB

Call: K4TMC
Operator(s): K4TMC
Station: K4TMC

Class: Single Op LP
QTH: Raleigh NC
Operating Time (hrs): 12 

Summary:
 Band  QSOs
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  160:    0
   80:     0
   40:  152
   20:     0
   15:     0
   10:     0
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Total:  152    Sections = 48  Total Score = 14,592

Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club 
Rig: K3/100

Antennas: Inv.-V (N/S) at 50 ft, PAR EF-40 vertical, 2 Ele. Inv.-V (NW) 
yagi at 45 ft., all hanging from mature oak tree limbs 
Comments:
For all of you lamenting how you dislike SSB, you  must really have a hard 
time maintaining sanity at dinner parties and large  social events.  I would 
compare 40M  evenings as being at a large wedding reception with a band 
(SWBC stations)  playing. 
Family commitments reduced my BIC factor  considerably.  The XYL had 
surgery  on Thursday, so I had to maintain the household over the weekend.  So, I 
decided on a single band S&P  effort. 
It was great working all of the PVRC members.  My first was N4ZR, which 
meant that I  did not have to worry about working WV later in the contest.  I 
am sure that I worked more PVRC than  NCCC members.   
Thanks to help from K2AV, I decided to go with a 2  element Inverted-V yagi 
versus a vertical Moxon fixed to the NW.  It played well as the band went 
longer,  but most of my contacts were on the N/S oriented array. 
Do I win any award for a "clean sweep" of all 3 of  the K4VV stations on a 
single band? 
Enjoyed the Monday afternoon warm weather today by  taking down the 40M 
antennas and starting to get the arrays ready for the 10M  contest in a few 
weeks. 
73, 
Henry - K4TMC