[RDXA] K2NNY CW SWEEPS Summary

[Paul Mackanos - K2DB]

ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, CW

 

Call: K2NNY

Operator(s): K2DB

Station: K2NNY

 

Class: Single Op LP

QTH: NNY

Operating Time (hrs): 22.7

 

Summary:

Band  QSOs

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  160:    1

   80:  129

   40:  616

   20:  142

   15:   69

   10:   28

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Total:  985  Sections = 83  Total Score = 163,510

 

Club: Rochester (NY) DX Association

 

Comments:

 

I had a BLAST, only thing is that I over slept on my time off periods. I
tried

to stay on for the entire 24 hours, but it didn't happen. OH well, that's
what

happens when you try and stay on for 24 out of 30 hours. I did have fun, it
is

definitely different when the upper bands are open. We normally have our
most

q's on 80 meters, but this year it was 40. I did my best to get everyone the

NNY section, did a lot of s & P instead of running this year. It was a nice

experiment, and I think the control up & down arrows got a real workout on

N1MM. If you were CQ'ing, you probably worked K2NNY, with CW Skimmer and
VE7CC

software, you cannot hide, I will find you. I did do a few hours of CQing,
but

the rates were slower than in the past, probably because I did the s & p

routine. Murphy was here again this year, he ALWAYS strikes and this year
was

no different, he struck on Friday, with the 60 mph winds, everything was OK,

except the tree that held up one end of the 80 meter inverted vee blew over
and

broke the rope that held the center support of the antenna at the top of the

tower in the pulley. Yeh, the pulley is still up there hihi. Had to go out
in

the 40 degree temp, with a pouring rain on Saturday morning and put it back
up.

Not on the tower this time, I am too old to climb in that kind of WX, so out

came the fishing pole with a heavy weight. We got it back up in the pine
trees

at about 50 feet. I need to fix the back-light on the 746Pro display, it is
a

pain in the butt to have to look at N1MM to see where you are!.

I only have one QSO that I know I may get dinged on, with W7WMO, propagation

went screwy and he dropped out on my end, I think he got my info, I know I
got

his hihi. I had to laugh a few times, several stations giving me a Q
precedent

and being 20 to 40 over nine on my end, asked me to repeat my info several

times when I have a PRO67B pointing down their throat and running 150 watts,

makes you think huh? (Maybe there was QRM on their end?)

Any others I get dinged on are MY FAULT, I hope I didn't have too many

"FAT FINGERS". The worst QRM I had here was local, in the shack, with

my Dad yelling at the TV when our Steelers were getting their butts handed
to

them by the Patriots! He wasn't too happy with the Buffalo Bills either. All

those multi-op stations out here need to have the rig control set so that
the S

& P transmitter has control, not the run station, you drive the CQing

station nuts with the herky jerky exchanges, you know what I mean. Made me

laugh a few times!

73 Paul K2DB @ K2NNY.

 

 

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