Mark and everyone else in LCC should pat them self on the back<br>because yes our team has inspired us as well as many others within and even outside our state<br>with our progress in getting more activity<br><br>In the past it was relatively easy to attain first place within our state<br>
if you choose the right category to compete in<br>things are changing for the better<br>as we want competition not a free plaque !<br><br>here are some of my other thoughts I posted on the contest reflector...........<br>
<br><br>We again had a blast as the hoist of the North West Louisiana Multi-OP SS Phone Team<br>"Boys from the North"<br>
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OPS were <br>
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KA5M, N5FH, K5RV, K5SL, N5SH, KF5XV, Myself (KG5VK) and the new member of our team Chris WX5CW<br>
and attending in memory Richard Lea NZ5S (Richard was lost to cancer early this year and is a silent key)<br>
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Our score was improved over last year when AE5T took first place from us<br>although I doubt we will take first place, I bet we had the most fun !!!!!!!<br>
<br>Our breakdown was<br><br>
80m 307<br>
40m 337<br>
20m 401<br>
15m 44<br>
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A clean sweep attained with Marsh KA5M working KP4 Sunday morning<br>
Total score 174,240 points.<br><br>Rumor has it that Mark K5ER of LCC managed 154,240 points as a single OP (way to go Mark)<br>and AE5T will take first place from us again this year in Multi-op, but we still had a ton of fun.<br>
<br>I will have more thoughts on this "A larger Team versus a small efficient Team" in the <a href="http://www.sdxa.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Sundown DX Association Blog</a> later this week.<br><br>More than a few postings from other ops on the 3830 reflector indicate they did not manage a sweep and never found KP4<br>
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We are excited that our state now has a contest club (The Louisiana Contest Club) and hope to see it continue to grow, even though this brings us more competition for first place in LA, a
first place plaque on the wall is a small sacrifice for more contest
camaraderie within our state !<br>
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By the way you know your a real Sweepstakes contester when your mom shouts <b>"Did ya Sweep, yet ?"</b> across the fence <br>
while I was giving some guest ops a Sunday morning tour of the antenna farm<br>
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<b>We did and we had a blast !</b><br>
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Thanks to all that have worked us and the Ham Radio spirit that lives in every one of us !<br>
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Steve<br>
KG5VK<br><br><a href="http://www.kg5vk.com/" target="_blank">http://www.KG5VK.com</a><br>My Ham Radio Friends<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 2:04 PM, Mark Ketchell <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:k5er@arrl.net">k5er@arrl.net</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, SSB 2008<br>
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Call: K5ER<br>
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Class: Single Op HP QTH: Louisiana<br>
Operating Time (hrs): 24 Radios: SO2R<br>
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Summary:<br>
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Band QSOs<br>
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160: 1<br>
80: 140<br>
40: 646<br>
20: 106<br>
15: 71<br>
10: 0<br>
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Total: 964 Sections = 80 Total Score = 154,240<br>
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Club: Louisiana Contest Club<br>
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Comments:<br>
Looking forward to see what the rest of the guys in the club did. At one<br>
point, AE5T, KG5VK and I were all within a few Q's of each other. Of course<br>
W5WMU was smoking us all. I heard several LA stations on, including DDXA<br>
club call. Had a couple of comments on the NCJ article, and several<br>
comments about more LA stations than ever before. If nothing else, we have<br>
raised the interest and activity level in the state, and made others take<br>
notice. I'd say we are doing what we set out to do, and having fun at it.<br>
Thanks guys.<br>
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Remember, you can now reach the club home page by simply entering N5LCC.com<br>
in your browser. Enjoy.<br>
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73!<br>
Mark, K5ER<br>
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