[LCC] LCC Digest, Vol 25, Issue 14
Ted Saba
kn5o at bellsouth.net
Mon Nov 22 14:12:46 EST 2010
Congrats to the LCC members for this past w/e SS SSB contest.
I messed up the entry form and put in my call when it should have
been W5RU, not KN5O as you look over the submitted forms.
Here are our results that we posted:
ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, SSB
Call: KN5O (Note : should be W5RU)
Operator(s): KN5O K1DW KC5R W5KB N5HZ AE5MW
Station: KN5O
Class: Multi-Op HP
QTH: Covington, LA
Operating Time (hrs): 24
Summary:
Band QSOs
------------
160:
80: 266
40: 906
20: 449
15: 118
10:
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Total: 1739 Sections = 80 Total Score = 278,240
Club: Louisiana Contest Club
Comments:
Much, much appreciation goes to my angel of a wife, Lorraine, for putting up
with us for this past weekend. Since the early summer, she has undergone 6
rounds of chemo for BC and is currently enduring a 25 day protocol treatment
of
radiation (and soon nearing the end of that). Yet she was gracious enough
to
host us for this contest and keep us fed with a big Sunday meal. She
certainly
deserves our special thanks.
Re the contest, it seems like the bands were not as good to us as they were
last year. Compared to last year, our score is about the same. We had only
23
more raw Qs this year compared to last (1739 vs 1716) before log checking.
15M is never good to us for the US due to our location. 20M folded early
and
so we spent more time on 40M and 80M. Our 80M Qs were higher than last
year,
attributable to more time spent there, plus we a have a better antenna
system
now vs then.
Early on, I was beginning to wonder if we were going to make a sweep. We
racked up 78 sections farily quickly, only lacking SC and PR. Where was SC?
Finally one called in Satruday evening while we were running on 40M at
0332z.
We didn't get PR until Sunday morning at 1329z when the S&P station bagged
NP4G
on 20M.
I can understand the delay for PR, but SC? Regarding SC, it was like when
you
need something, you go looking and looking, never to seem to find it - only
when you do, you pounce on it quickly and you're soooo happy you got it at
the
price you paid - only to then find a lot more of them available - in better
condition and and better prices than what you initally paid - that's our SC
story for this contest.. We went on to work 9 more of them. Thankfully we
have
at least 2 of every section in case of log issues.
We also couldn't believe how strong some of the Q-stations were.. A few
broke
though some mini-pileups we had going. Congrats guys! And also many, many
thanks to those stations that had the "extreme patience of a Saint" to hang
in
there for our requests for fills and/or repeats. You guys are a better
person
than I am in that regard.
As I said earlier, we were hoping for a really better score, but 'twas not
going to happen. After looking over the log, I should move the station to
MS.
LA in no longer a "semi-rare" section in SS. Plus I couldn't believe how
many
ND, MT, SD, VT and NT stations we worked - geez.. In the past, those
sections
were normally hard to find for us. But this time is was MS. We only worked
3
MS stations, almost as rare as VI and PR where we got 2 each.
Also interesting and encouraging were the '08 though '10 checks we worked.
Hope the trend continues.
Fortunately, no real equipment malfunctions, except for LP-Rotor on the S&P
station. Somehow, one of us messed that application up, and messed up some
system files. I later on had to do a system restore to get it work again.
We
did take a brief, momentary power outage Sunday morning - good thing I put
all
the computers and hardware on UPS systems when I moved the shack to a new
area
above the garage. Only the ALPHAs kicked out and had to wait the obligatory
3
minutes for them to come back up.
So thanks for all the Qs. From all of us here at Mardi-Gras world, have a
safe, wonderful Thanksgiving holiday and party-hearty.. We'll be back in
pitching for CQWW this weekend.
73,
Ted
KN5O for Team W5RU
Team
W5RU - K1DW (Dallas); KC5R (Al); W5KB (Keith); AE5MW (Mike); N5HZ (Dr. Jim)
and
KN5O (Ted)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2010 18:16:26 -0600
> From: "Robert 'RC' Conley" <rc.kc5wa at gmail.com>
> To: lcc at louisianacontestclub.org
> Subject: [LCC] sweeps
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> SSSSB Score Summary Sheet
>
> Start Date : 2010-11-20
>
> CallSign Used : KC5WA
> Operator(s) : KC5WA
>
> Operator Category : SINGLE-OP
> Band : ALL
> Power : QRP
> Mode : SSB
> Default Exchange : Q 77 LA
> Gridsquare : EM32WL
>
> Name : Robert Conley
> Address : 303 Riverbend Dr
> City/State/Zip : West Monroe LA 71292
> Country : USA
>
> ARRL Section : LA
> Club/Team : Louisiana Contest Club
> Software : N1MM Logger V10.10.1
>
> Band QSOs Pts Sec
> 3.5 75 150 25
> 7 41 82 18
> 14 37 74 11
> 21 48 96 16
> Total 201 402 70
>
>
> Score : 28,140
>
>
> Rig : Elecraft K3/10
>
> Antennas : 40' tower w/dipoles 40m & 80m
> 40m Delta loop, HB 160m base loaded vertical
> and Butternut HF9V
>
> Soapbox : Once I got the exchange down correct I had a blast.
> I think someone stole half of NY state. Lots of praise
> about running QRP
>
>
>
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>
> Message: 2
> Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2010 06:04:23 -0600
> From: Steve Lott <lottsphoto at gmail.com>
> To: kg5vk at arrl.net
> Cc: Mark Ketchell <k5er at arrl.net>, Randy Fulco K5SL
> <rfulco at bellsouth.net>, lcc at louisianacontestclub.org, Marcel Livesay
> <mlivesay at gmail.com>, Glenn <n5sh at shrevetales.net>
> Subject: Re: [LCC] sweeps
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> SSSSB Score Summary Sheet
>
> Start Date : 2010-11-20
>
> CallSign Used : KG5VK
> Operator(s) : KG5VK,N5VU,KA5M,K5SL,K5ER,N5GP,K5TFH
>
> Operator Category : MULTI-ONE
> Band : ALL
> Power : HIGH
> Mode : SSB
> Default Exchange : M 72 LA
> Gridsquare : EM33LL
>
> Name : Steven Lott Smith
> Address : 138 Amy Lane
> City/State/Zip : Benton LA 71006
> Country : USA
>
> ARRL Section : LA
> Club/Team : Louisiana Contest Club
> Software : N1MM Logger V10.10.2
>
> Band QSOs Pts Sec
> 3.5 287 572 21
> 7 392 784 17
> 14 425 850 42
> 21 83 166 0
> Total 1187 2372 80
>
> Score : 189,760
>
> We had a blast even though I came down with a very bad cold the day before
> the contest
> Thanks to everyone that joined the KG5VK Multi-Op team again this year and
> a
> special thanks to
> Mark K5ER for making the journey from East Louisiana !
>
> Steve
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> Message: 3
> Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2010 07:33:38 -0600
> From: "Scott Dickson, W5WZ" <w5wz at w5wz.com>
> To: <lcc at louisianacontestclub.org>
> Subject: [LCC] SS SSB - W5WZ SOAB HP - SO1R, non-assisted, part time
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> SSSSB Score Summary Sheet
> CallSign Used : W5WZ
> Operator(s) : W5WZ
>
> Operator Category : SINGLE-OP
> Band : ALL
> Power : HIGH
> Mode : SSB
> Default Exchange : B 97 LA
>
> Band QSOs Pts Sec
> 3.5 67 134 8
> 7 194 388 12
> 14 386 772 55
> 21 2 4 0
> Total 649 1298 75
> Score : 97,350
>
> I had other commitments, so it was a part-time effort. However, I had
> a lot of fun! I had 42 sections by the end of the first hour.
>
> ARRL SS SSB - 2010-11-20 2100Z to 2010-11-22 0300Z - 657 QSOs
> W5WZ - Off Times >= 30 Minutes
>
> 2010-11-20 21:00Z - 2010-11-20 21:00Z 00:01 (1 mins) (Start late)
> 2010-11-21 01:59Z - 2010-11-21 05:04Z 03:06 (186 mins)
> 2010-11-21 05:27Z - 2010-11-21 21:21Z 15:55 (955 mins)
> 2010-11-21 23:38Z - 2010-11-22 02:59Z 03:21 (201 mins) End early
>
> Total Time Off 22:23 (1343 mins)
> Total Time On 07:37 (457 mins)
>
>
> During the times I was on the air, I had some pretty high rates, so it
> made
> for a fun time for me! Averaged 85.3 QSOs per hour or 1.43 QSOs per minute
> for every minute I operated. I loaned my MK2R+ to the team at KG5VK, so I
> didn't have ability to use a voice keyer - everything was done live mic.
>
> ARRL SS SSB - 2010-11-20 2100Z to 2010-11-22 0300Z - 657 QSOs
> W5WZ Max Rates:
>
> 2010-11-20 2111Z - 4.0 per minute (1 minute(s)), 240 per hour by W5WZ
> 2010-11-20 2117Z - 2.9 per minute (10 minute(s)), 174 per hour by W5WZ
> 2010-11-20 2159Z - 2.2 per minute (60 minute(s)), 131 per hour by W5WZ
>
>
> Gotta remember to check the "Running" box on N1MM! Pressing F1 for voice
> keyer function does it automatically. That is a N1MM requirement for the
> QSO to be logged as a 'run' qso.
>
> ARRL SS SSB - 2010-11-20 2100Z to 2010-11-22 0300Z - 657 QSOs
> W5WZ Runs >10 QSOs:
>
> 2010-11-20 2101 - 2129Z, 14161 kHz, 69 Qs, 147.7/hr W5WZ
> 2010-11-20 2131 - 2324Z, 14162 kHz, 194 Qs, 102.7/hr W5WZ
> 2010-11-20 2328 - 0009Z, 7140 kHz, 71 Qs, 104.7/hr W5WZ
> 2010-11-21 0059 - 0123Z, 3612 kHz, 31 Qs, 77.0/hr W5WZ
> 2010-11-21 0136 - 0148Z, 7150 kHz, 18 Qs, 85.4/hr W5WZ
> 2010-11-21 0150 - 0158Z, 7151 kHz, 12 Qs, 92.1/hr W5WZ
> 2010-11-21 0514 - 0526Z, 3647 kHz, 17 Qs, 85.7/hr W5WZ
> 2010-11-21 2154 - 2214Z, 14344 kHz, 45 Qs, 134.7/hr W5WZ
> 2010-11-21 2215 - 2254Z, 14342 kHz, 72 Qs, 111.4/hr W5WZ
> 2010-11-21 2312Z - 23:37, 7129 kHz, 64 Qs, 149.4/hr W5WZ
>
>
> Go Louisiana Contest Club!
>
> --W5WZ
>
>
>
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> Message: 4
> Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2010 10:59:42 -0600
> From: "Keith" <Keith at nelasat.com>
> To: <lcc at louisianacontestclub.org>
> Subject: [LCC] K5ENS-SS-SSB SCORES
> Message-ID: <F9ACF96F2B2E4DFC87448E0611CED50E at keith>
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> SS-SSB Score Summary Sheet
>
> Start Date : 2010-11-20
>
> CallSign Used : K5ENS
>
>
> Operator Category : SINGLE OP-ALL HIGH NON-ASSISTED
> Band : ALL
> Power : HIGH
> Mode : SSB
> Default Exchange : B 04 LA
> Gridsquare : EM42CL
>
> Name : Keith L Ennis
> Address : 21 Eagle Dive
> City/State/Zip : Rayville LA 71269
> Country : USA
>
> ARRL Section : LA
> Club/Team : Louisiana Contest Club
> Software : N3FJP's November Sweepstakes Log 4.5
>
> Band QSOs Pts Sec
>
> Total 1017 2034 80
>
> Score : 162,720
>
> This was my first real use of my new Hy-Gain Tri-Bander/add-on 40 meter
> dipole and ALS-1300 with my Elecraft K3/P3. Everything worked great. I
> used a Quarter Wave Sloper for 80 meters (that I just got put up on Friday
> morning). It worked great also. Now for some DXing.
>
> Keith,K5ENS
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