[PVRCNC] SS SSB K4OV SO Unlimited HP

[Nathan Moreschi]

Nice score Rob! Great to hear you on.

73,

Nate/N4YDU

On Tue, Nov 24, 2020, 8:14 PM Rob Katz <rob.katz at worldlegacy.com> wrote:

>                    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
> ------------
>  160:
>   80:  391
>   40:  770
>   20:  188
>   15:
>   10:
> ------------
> 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
>
>
>
> —
>
> Rob Katz, Director
> 919-678-6000
>
>
>
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