[PVRCNC] SS SSB K4OV SO Unlimited HP

[Rob Katz]

                   ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, SSB - 2020

Call: K4OV
Operator(s): K4OV
Station: K4OV

Class: SO Unlimited HP
QTH: NC
Operating Time (hrs): 21

Summary:
Band  QSOs
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 160:     
  80:  391
  40:  770
  20:  188
  15:     
  10:     
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Total: 1349  Sections = 83  Total Score = 223,934

Club: Potomac Valley Radio Club

Comments:

I went without my multi-op crew this year (Lee N1BA) due to the pandemic, and I missed him very much.  This was my first solo SS SSB in a long time!  Without his help in station building, I was down to one wire yagi for 20m (at 20’), one for for 40m, and an 80m dipole.  With no partner (and little sleep), I had trouble keeping BIC.

Knowing that my signal was weakest on 20m. I started on 40m and moved to 80m around 03:00Z.  I only made it until 06:00Z before I had to go to sleep.  I was back on 80m at 13:30Z and then moved to 40m.  I didn’t actually make it to 20m until around 16:00Z on Sunday.  I did have some steady but slow runs there.  
80m was mercilessly quiet on 80m, and I didn’t even get to try my rebuilt beverages except where they helped with one QSO.  I took the time to snag VY2 in an unruly pileup, but I never heard a peep of NT.

I found people very polite this year, frequency intruders politely moved, and even a couple of harrassers on 75m told me how much they hate contesters in conversation rather than S9+30 music/squeals/rtty signal.  I was thrilled there were so many checks of 20 and many more 18’s and 19’s!

Here’s looking forward to a non-COVID SS next year.

73,
   Rob K4OV



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Rob Katz, Director
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