[PVRCNC] [PVRC] SS CW N1LN SO Unlimited HP

[Guy Olinger K2AV]

Your score is 63 Q's per hour *overall.* That's really very good.

Nice.

g.

On Mon, Nov 7, 2016 at 6:51 AM, Bruce Meier <bemeier at bellsouth.net> wrote:

> ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, CW
>
> Call: N1LN
> Operator(s): N1LN
> Station: N1LN
>
> Class: SO Unlimited HP
> QTH: NC
> Operating Time (hrs): 14
> Radios: SO2R
>
> Summary:
>  Band  QSOs
> ------------
>   160:
>    80:  342
>    40:  255
>    20:  255
>    15:   30
>    10:
> ------------
> Total:  882  Sections = 83  Total Score = 146,412
>
> Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club
>
> Comments:
>
> Started out slow waiting almost 4 minutes for a reply to my CQ but the
> tempo
> picked up quickly.  I always run Unlimited to be able to use Skimmer on
> radio 2 to assist with mults which also worked well.  In just 3 hours and
> 20
> minutes the sweep was completed. Rhode Island was the last mult which was
> checked off with a Q with W1XX.
>
> When I shut down at 0519 UTC or 0119 local, before time change, I was just
> about tied with last year.  That was soon to change.  At 1145 or 0645 local
> I was back on the air.  Well, until we noticed that the house was not
> warming up.
> So, off I went to try to diagnose the issue.  No luck so a call to the
> Heating Company was in order.  They responded in about 1 hour for
> relatively
> expensive weekend rate, but it was fixed in about 1 more hour.  With that
> problem behind me I got back to the radio.
>
> I stayed on until 2224 UTC and then called it quits.  I just can't keep my
> butt in the chair with the Sunday afternoon rates, even when running
> Unlimited and 2 radios.  Besides, it was cocktail time!
>
> See you in two weeks for SS SSB.
>
> 73,
> Bruce N1LN
>
>
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