ARRL Sweepstakes Contest, CW
Call: AA5AU
Operator(s): AA5AU
Station: AA5AU
Class: Single Op LP
QTH: LA
Operating Time (hrs): 22.5
Radios: SO2R
Summary:
Band QSOs
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160: 0
80: 65
40: 237
20: 299
15: 294
10: 82
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Total: 977 Sections = 79 Total Score = 154,366
Club:
Comments:
I honestly didn't plan for this to happen. I was just going to jump in and play
around like I do every year. And I hadn't planned on using the 2nd radio since
I had failed miserable in the past and never got the knack of it.
But something happened Sunday morning when I was browsing the ARRL CW SS Records
and saw that the LA low power record was only about 148k. I turned on the 2nd
radio and somehow, someway, I was all of a sudden able to copy signals in both
ears. As time went on, I got fairly good at it and my rate picked up
considerably and it starting becoming a whole lot of fun. I got into a rhythm
and took off. But this 2 radio CW stuff is pretty tough compared to my normal
easy-chair SO2R RTTY operation, but the rhythm was familiar and things just
clicked.
In hindsight, I wish I'd operated the full 24 hours. But I'm so happy with my
effort so it doesn't really matter. A sweep would have been nice, but I'm
satisfied with the results.
Overall, great Sunday... the Saints won, Dale Jr. won and I possibly set a CW
contest record for LA! hi Come to think about it, how did I possibly learn to
work 2 radios on CW, watch TV and browse the Internet on a 3rd PC at the same
time? Hmmm...
73 & thanks for all the Q's!
Don AA5AU
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