[LCC] W5RU SS Phone Results

[Steve Lott]

I had a blast and regardless of us finishing Third or even further down the
list if that is possible,  this was a win win trip and contest for me.

Ted thank you so much for hosting it again !!!

Steve
KG5VK

On Mon, Nov 19, 2012 at 2:17 PM, kn5o <kn5o at bellsouth.net> wrote:

> Here's our 3830 Posting:
>
>                     ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, SSB
>
> Call: W5RU
> Operator(s): KN5O K1DW KG5VK K5ER KA5M K5TFH NX8G
> Station: KN5O
>
> Class: Multi-Op HP
> QTH: Covington, LA
> Operating Time (hrs): 24
>
> Summary:
>  Band  QSOs
> ------------
>   160:
>    80:  213
>    40:  523
>    20:  746
>    15:  270
>    10:   95
> ------------
> Total: 1847  Sections = 83  Total Score = 306,602
>
> Club: Louisiana Contest Club
>
> Comments:
>
> I'm sitting here analyzing the logs between last year and this year, trying to
> find out where we went wrong.  We were on track with last year's run rates
> though about 20:00z on Sunday (up +1).  But then the rates declined from there
> to the close of the contest; down some 200 Qs from last year, with the last
> hour being a total disaster (Qs down by nearly 100 in the last hour!)
>
> It certainly wasn't from a lack of band coverage - we were actively covering
> 3-4 bands at any time.  Station equipment basically the same, dual interlocked
> SO2R positions.  We had some new ops, but by that time they had been operating
> several hours each, so station familiarization was not so much an issue. So I'm
> thinking it was fewer participants than last year (which from reading the
> comments posted from some, that appears to be one factor, perhaps due to the
> after affects from Sandy.)
>
> Regardless, though we were disappointed in our effort, we ate in style!  Dinner
> Friday night at the Chimes Restaurant overlooking the Bayou, full breakfast in
> the AM, poor-boys for Saturday lunch, Bar-B-Que with the trimmings for dinner,
> repeat breakfast, more sandwiches/Bar-B-Que for lunch, topping it off with
> pizza for Sunday evening.  Not to mention the desserts.
>
> Thankfully no equipment failures and everyone had a good time.  And many, many
> thanks and much appreciation to the XYL for tolerating the bunch!
>
> And thanks to all of you for the Qs.. We'll see ya down the road in future
> contests.
>
> 73,
> Ted
> KN5O for W5RU
>
> (K1DW Dallas, K5ER Mark, KG5VK Steve, KA5M Marsh, K5TFH Tim,  NX8G Rex)
>
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