[PVRCNC] [PVRC] W4MR (AA4NC op.) SS CW

[Roberts, Will]

I think we'll be OK despite the obvious high band advantage from the west coast. We just have to avoid the siren call of 10 and 15 meters when we hear the loud W6/W7s there on the Phone weekend. Where they are loud into a seemingly unlimited pot of W1/2/3/4s, we are loud into the uninhabited desert where N5RZ and N2IC live! 

I'm hoping for a quiet 80 meters. If it's like it was this weekend, I'll never make 24 hours BIC on Phone!

73,

Will 

-----Original Message-----
From: Richard DiDonna NN3W [mailto:richnn3w at verizon.net] 
Sent: Monday, November 05, 2012 4:10 PM
To: Roberts, Will; pvrc at mailman.qth.net; pvrcnc at mailman.qth.net
Subject: Re: [PVRC] W4MR (AA4NC op.) SS CW

 Nice score Will. I was extremely perplexed and concerned regarding SS this year - especially looking forward to Mike-Row-Fone weekend.  15 was wide open, but not a heck of a lot of activity.  That being said, I think we're seeing a lot of W6s minimizing their efforts on 80 this year.


In other words, 40 will be the go to band this year.  Just consider yourself =very= lucky if you manage to make the "box"...


73 Rich NN3W
 

On 11/05/12, Roberts, Will wrote:

 ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, CW

Call: W4MR
Operator(s): AA4NC
Station: AA4NC

Class: SO Unlimited HP
QTH: NC
Operating Time (hrs): 23.99
Radios: SO2R

Summary:
 Band QSOs
------------
 160: 0
 80: 154
 40: 856
 20: 175
 15: 17
 10: 0
------------
Total: 1202 Sections = 83 Total Score = 199,532

Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club

Comments:

It was a tale of two contests - Saturday and Sunday. Saturday was great and
Sunday was the pits! I had my best Saturday ever and despite the additional
mults, I had my best QSO total and a sweep in the bag by my 0700z sleep time. I
spent most of the day Saturday on 40 meters with good conditions and was looking
forward to finishing the contest on 80m which is usually good from here on
Sunday night. This was not to be as rain brought noisy conditions and a
noticeable drop in normal Sunday participation. Despite working hard on the
second radio, the rate just evaporated.

This has to be the year of the clean sweep. I heard all of the rare mults
everywhere, at times begging for Qs. The new VE3s were very easy to find, with
ONN being the rarest of the 4 mults.

The checks show lots of guys are still doing this after 40-60+ years! Always
nice to work so many familiar calls year after year. Glad we are all able to
stay "radioactive" despite adding another year into the log.

73 - Will AA4NC / W4MR


Equipment:

K3 + AL1200
FT1000MP + LK500ZB
Top Ten DX Doubler, WX0B SixPak, N1MM Logger

80: Inverted V @ 120'
40: 2 el. @ 130'
20: 4/4 @ 120'/50'
15: 4 el. @ 90'




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