[SMCARA] This weekend at the cathouse

[Tom Shelton]

I did the November Sweepstakes (CW) this weekend.  16.5 hours listening and responding to ditty-pops, that is an average rate of about 20.6 contacts per hour...  340 contacts, 80 sections, for 54,400 points.  

I finally got Delaware on CW – if confirmed in LotW I’ll have my WAS CW endorsement.  Speaking of WAS, I missed all the states by just one.  I guess the Hams in Nebraska were hiding from me this contest.  I also missed a clean sweep by only 3 sections (Ontario-East, Santa Barbara, and the afore-mentioned Nebraska.  

As I always contest against myself, and as I improved the number of contacts, sections worked, overall score, and butt-in-chair time, I’ll write this one down as a success.

Hope to hear some of you in the Phone Sweeps in a couple of weeks (November 16-18) – more info here: http://www.arrl.org/sweepstakes

Tom Shelton, AB3IC
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